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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.

Circular Of Shanghai International Energy Exchange On The Delivery Issues Of SC2101

Date 04/12/2020

Shanghai International Energy Exchange has released its Circular on the Delivery Issues of SC2101 as follows:

The last trading day for the crude oil futures contract SC2101 is December 24, 2020, and the delivery dates are December 25 and from December 28 to December 31, 2020. Accordingly, Shanghai International Energy Exchange (hereinafter referred to as “the Exchange”) hereby notifies issues concerning delivery as follows:

Moscow Exchange Risk Parameters Change On Derivatives Market

Date 04/12/2020

CCP NCC changes the following risk parameters starting from 7pm on 4 December 2020:

Taiwan Futures Exchange Newsletter - December 2020

Date 04/12/2020

TAIFEX’s trading volume reached 309,697,676 contracts on November 30, surpassing the previous record of 308,083,576 contracts in 2018. Of all core products, Mini-TAIEX Futures (MTX) posted the strongest growth, with a significant increase of 102.1% YoY to 55,231,745 contracts. The market volatility triggered by the pandemic is considered as a major factor of soaring demand for risk hedging, which drives up the volume of the derivatives market. Meanwhile, ADV in the after-hours session also rose 57.4% YoY as of November 30, with MTX displaying a robust growth of 141.7%. Contracts traded overnight represented 27.7% of the market’s total volume, up from 22.9% of the same period in 2019.