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Securities Commission Malaysia Introduces Enhanced IPO Framework For Main Market

Date 21/07/2020

• New Framework to Take Effect on 1 January 2021;
• Introduces Mandatory Holistic Consultation Process to Facilitate Greater Efficiency;
• Longer Exposure Period for Draft Prospectus;
• Liberalise Principal Adviser Regime;
• Bursa to be in charge of registering prospectuses of ACE Market IPO.

Strategic Cooperation Agreement Signed Between China Financial Futures Exchange And Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

Date 21/07/2020

On July 15, 2020, China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD Bank).

Register For The First ACER Webinar On Gas Transmission Tariffs: Has The Gas Tariff Network Code Improved Transparency?

Date 21/07/2020

Following the recent publication of “The internal gas market in Europe: The role of transmission tariffs. EU Agency report on the application of reference price methodologies in Member States”, ACER will held a series of webinars. The first one will take place on 1 September and will be about transparency.

Instituto BME Signs Agreement With ISDE To Create A Master's Degree In Stock Exchange And Financial Markets

Date 21/07/2020

•  Offering training for the official SIBE, BME Clearing and MEFF Operator licences

Half Year 2020 Volumes: EEX Group Reports Significant Global Growth

Date 21/07/2020

EEX Group continued to achieve significant global growth during the first half of 2020 reporting double and triple digit increases across the majority of its markets. In addition to major increases in the global power segment, EEX Group achieved outstanding results in Dry Freight alongside healthy increases in natural gas and environmental products.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Aligns Bnp Paribas Easy Low Carbon 100 Europe UCITS ETF With New Paris Aligned Benchmark Standard

Date 21/07/2020

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces that it has adjusted the portfolio allocation of the BNP Paribas Easy Low Carbon 100 Europe UCITS ETF, following the change in index methodology.  The Euronext Low Carbon 100 Europe® index, already aligned with the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement, is now in line with the new Paris Aligned Benchmark (PAB) climate index.  This change took effect on 10 July.

Equiduct Engages Exactpro In Quality Assurance Of Its Software - Equiduct And Exactpro Systems Extend Their Master Services Agreement

Date 21/07/2020

Equiduct, the retail-focused pan-European trading venue providing innovative Best Execution solutions, and Exactpro, a specialist firm providing independent software testing of trading and clearing systems, risk management, market surveillance, securities data distribution and post-trade infrastructures, today announce that, following a successful proof-of-concept phase, Equiduct engaged Exactpro to deliver support in functional testing of its software on a long-term basis.

QuantHouse And EliData Partner To Offer Market Data And Execution Capabilities To Financial Institutions Across Europe - 145 Exchange Data Feeds Integrated Into EliData’s Smart Order Router Delivering Arbitrage And Best Execution Capabilities

Date 21/07/2020

QuantHouse, the global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure products and part of Iress (IRE.ASX), today announced that EliData has partnered with QuantHouse to integrate QuantFEED market data into the EliData Smart Order Router (SOR).

Singtel's Dash And Ezra Collaborate To Boost International Airtime Top-Ups For Migrant Workers' Families

Date 21/07/2020

Singtel’s Dash and Ezra are collaborating to enable more migrant workers in Singapore to stay connected to their families back home through international airtime top-ups with the Dash app. Dash is the first Asia-Pacific partner of Ezra, a global aid initiative launched in June that aims to tap on the strength of its partnerships with organisations including mobile operators, financial institutions and NGOs to help vulnerable migrant communities through digital and financial inclusion.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Proposes New Powers To Enhance Effectiveness In Addressing Financial Sector-Wide Risks

Date 21/07/2020

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued a consultation paper proposing enhanced powers to deal with risks that can undermine the financial sector. The proposed new Act for financial services and markets will consolidate similar provisions for various classes of financial institutions  in the MAS Act into a single legislation. In addition, the new Act will include additional powers to prohibit unsuitable individuals from working in the financial industry, expand the scope of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements to persons in Singapore who provide digital token services overseas, strengthen the framework for technology risk management, and enhance the effectiveness of dispute resolution.