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HPS Introduces QR-Based National Payment System To Saudi Arabia - This Initiative Is Part Of The Company’s Joint Partnership With Saudi Payments To Enhance The Electronic Payment Proliferation The Kingdom

Date 05/03/2020

To enhance the electronic payment sector throughout Saudi Arabia and reduce the dependence on cash, HPS has been appointed by Saudi Payments, a fully owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority (SAMA), to provide a unified QR code platform to enable banks, wallet providers and FINTECHs to interact seamlessly within an interoperable platform. This initiative is based on the joint partnership between the two parties, and it aims to support the continuous development of the electronic payments environment in the Kingdom.

Reply To Singapore Parliamentary Question On Green Bond Grant Scheme

Date 05/03/2020

Date: For Parliament Sitting on 5 March 2020

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang, MP, Nee Soon GRC

Question:

To ask the Prime Minister whether there are plans to expand the Green Bond Grant Scheme with stricter regulations to ensure the adherence to the Scheme's definition of eligible expenses 

Answer by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Minister in charge of MAS:

The MAS’ Green Bond Grant Scheme was launched three years ago to catalyse the green bond market in Singapore. To-date, more than SGD6.5 billion of green bonds have been issued in Singapore.

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Notice On Earnestly Implementing The New Securities Law And Making Effective Efforts Concerning The Listed Companies’ Information Disclosure

Date 05/03/2020

Listed companies and relevant obligors for information disclosure:

The amended “Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China” (the New Securities Law for short) will come into force on March 1, 2020. In order to earnestly implement the relevant provisions of the New Securities Law on the information disclosure of the listed companies and improve the quality of the information disclosure of the listed companies, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) hereby announces relevant matters as follows.

Fintech Firms AccessFintech And Cappitech Announce Expansion Of Partnership - Workflow Collaboration Combined With Regulatory Compliance Delivers Greater Governance And Risk Controls In An Increasingly Scrutinized Marketplace

Date 05/03/2020

AccessFintech, which delivers collaboration, transparency and control to the financial services industry, and Cappitech, a leading provider of regulatory reporting, best execution analysis and business intelligence solutions for the financial services industry, today announced they will collaborate to deliver greater governance and risk controls for market participants by providing their combined solution to clients across the financial ecosystem.

Wells Fargo Asset Management Continues To Strengthen European Presence With Five New Senior Hires - The New Appointments Will Support WFAM’s International Development Strategy In Europe And Bring The Best Of WFAM To Its Clients In The Region

Date 05/03/2020

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) today announced five senior hires to its International Client Group, appointing Emmanuel Archampong, Charlotte Dicker, Markus Weber, Murielle Didier and Teresa Smith as the firm continues to strengthen its international development strategy in Europe and bring the best of WFAM to its clients in the region.

BTON Financial Makes Two Senior Hires On The Back Of Strong Appetite For Its Outsourced Dealing Desk - Hires CERN Physicist, Emmet Cawley And LSE Sales Exec, Justin Hudson

Date 05/03/2020

BTON Financial, the independent outsourced dealing desk for asset managers, has announced the appointment of Emmett Cawley as Head of Data Science and Algos and Justin Hudson as Head of Sales, to lead the firm’s expansion strategy. Emmet and Justin will be instrumental in delivering BTON Financial’s mission to support asset managers in taking advantage of the emerging liquidity and execution opportunities while also ensuring regulatory compliance.

JPX Response To Spread Of Novel Coronavirus

Date 05/03/2020

In regard to the spread of the novel coronavirus, Japan Exchange Group (JPX) understands the need to fulfil its duty as public infrastructure by ensuring continued smooth operation of the market. For this reason, JPX has responded by establishing a BCP (Business Continuity Plan) Emergency Headquarters headed by Group CEO Kiyota Akira and implementing the following measures.

ASX Monthly Activity Report - February 2020

Date 05/03/2020

Trading – Cash Markets (including equities, interest rate and warrant trades)

• In February 2020, the average daily number of trades was 19% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded on-market of $6.3 billion was up 26% on the pcp. 
• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.8% in February (compared to 0.4% in the pcp). 
• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in February was an average of 14.9 (compared to 12.6 in the pcp)

SGX Welcomes Memiontec Holdings Ltd. To Catalist

Date 05/03/2020

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed Memiontec Holdings Ltd. to its Catalist under the stock code “SYM”.

Q & A On Formulating “Shanghai Stock Exchange Guidelines For Listed Companies Declaring Insiders With Inside Information”

Date 05/03/2020

Q1: Can you brief us on the main background and rationale for making the rules?

A: For a long time, preventing and cracking down on insider trading has been the focus of regulation and law enforcement for the capital market. The declaration of insiders with inside information is not only an intrinsic requirement of the listed companies for internal control and information disclosure management, but also an important institutional arrangement for preventing and cracking down on insider trading. Earlier, the State Council, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Exchange issued rules on preventing and managing insider trading and declaring insiders with inside information. They have played an important role in guarding against and combating insider trading, maintaining market order, and purifying market environment.