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Japan Financial Services Agency: Overview Of Major Banks’ Financial Results As Of September 30, 2020

Date 04/12/2020

Following the announcements by major banks, etc. of their financial results as of September 30, 2020, the FSA has compiled the figures, etc. announced by these banks.

MonetaGo And GUUD Form Alliance To Strengthen Trade Finance Across Asia

Date 04/12/2020

• MonetaGo forms alliance with GUUD, the specialist in trade and logistics technology solutions for governments and businesses
• SMBC among development partners
• MonetaGo hires trade finance veteran Tat Yeen Yap to support offering

Greek Individual Investors Join BETTER FINANCE Via HELINAS

Date 04/12/2020

BETTER FINANCE is pleased to announce the affiliation of a new member organisation in Greece. HELINAS, the Hellenic Investors Association, is a Non-Governmental Organisation established in 2017 in Athens that is working to uphold investor rights. It is also the leader in shareholder activism in Greece and represents individual and institutional investors in General Assemblies of listed companies through proxy voting and stewardship services.

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Successfully Completes First Physical Delivery Of 5-Year Malaysian Government Securities Futures Contract

Date 04/12/2020

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (“BMD”) crossed another milestone with the successful completion of the first physical delivery of the 5-Year Malaysian Government Securities (“MGS”) Futures Contract (“FMG5”). This follows the re-launch of FMG5 on 18 September 2020 with a revised settlement methodology from cash to physical delivery. 

FTSE SET Index Series December 2020 Semi-Annual Review

Date 04/12/2020

• There are two additions to the FTSE SET Large-Cap Index
• There are five additions to the FTSE SET Mid-Cap Index
• There are 14 additions to the FTSE SET Shariah Index

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Announces Successful Applicants Of Licences To Operate New Digital Banks In Singapore

Date 04/12/2020

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced four successful digital bank applicants.

Overview Of The Japanese Regional Banks’ Financial Results For Six Months Ended September 30, 2020

Date 04/12/2020

The FSA has compiled the regional banks’ financial results for six months ended September 30, 2020, as attached below.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Consults On Investor Identification

Date 04/12/2020

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today launched a consultation on proposals to introduce investor identification for the securities market in Hong Kong.

QLM Life & Medical Insurance Company QPSC Announces Its QAR 659,400,000 IPO On The Qatar Stock Exchange

Date 04/12/2020

 IPO of Qatar's leading provider of life and medical insurance

• 60% of QLM’s shares, equivalent to 210,000,000 shares, are being offered at an Offer Price of QAR 3.15 per Offer Share, making the total size of the Offering QAR 659,400,000, excluding the offering costs of QAR 0.01 per share
• QLM's implied total market capitalization at IPO is QAR 1,099,000,000
• Offering Price of QAR 3.15, resulting from the division of QLM’s market capitalization at IPO by the number of QLM’s post-conversion shares (350,000,000 shares)
• The Offering Price consists of the nominal value per share of QAR 1.00, a premium of QAR 2.14 and Offering and Listing Fee of QAR 0.01 per Offer Share
• Continued commitment and support by the selling shareholder QIC, who will retain a 25% shareholding in QLM post-IPO
• Eligible investors include Qatari citizens and legal entities incorporated in Qatar
• Prior commitments obtained from several anchor investors to subscribe for 15% of QLM’s share capital during the IPO
• Subscription Period open from 10 December 2020 to 23 December 2020

IOWArocks Welcomes BMLL Technologies To Unique Global Marketplace Community - BMLL Data Feed Now Available To Capital Markets Participants Via IOWArocks

Date 04/12/2020

IOWArocks, the global marketplace for data technology and services, today announces BMLL, the award-winning data and analytics provider, has joined their fast-growing data owner community. This partnership means the BMLL advanced analytics data feed is now available to capital markets users via the IOWArocks marketplace. The BMLL Data Feeds covers venue analytics, trading costs, alternative pricing, pricing analytics and trading analytics.