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Joint BETTER FINANCE - BEUC Letter On Collective Redress - HLF CMU: Representative Actions For The Protection Of The Collective Interests Of Financial Consumers As Individual Investors

Date 16/06/2020

BETTER FINANCE and BEUC published a Joint Public Letter to EU authorities concerning the Collective Redress file in light of the recently published Final Report of the High-Level Forum on the Future of the Capital Markets Union, reaffirming the necessity of creating a pan-EU collective redress mechanism that does not exclude European citizens as financial consumers and individual investors and enables them to obtain compensation for damages incurred.

Financial Statements Of The Annual 2019 For Companies Listed On The Amman Stock Exchange

Date 16/06/2020

Mr. Mazen Wathaifi Chief Executive Officer of Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) said that 97% out of 184 listed companies have provided the ASE with their audited annual financial statements for the period ended 31/12/2019 during the specified period in the Directives of Listing Securities. This high percentage reflects the compliance of listed companies with the laws and regulations, and the commitment of such companies to the principles of transparency and disclosure.

Paul Hilgers Appointed As Managing Director Of Deutsche Börse's Cash Market

Date 16/06/2020

Amman Stock Exchange: The Financial Results Of The Companies Listed For The Year 2019

Date 16/06/2020

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), Mr. Mazen Wathaifi, stated that 178 companies out of 184 listed companies have provided the ASE with their annual reports for the year 2019.

Working Group On Euro Risk-Free Rates Recommends Voluntary Compensation For Legacy Swaption Contracts Affected By The Discounting Transition To The €STR

Date 16/06/2020

• Working group recommends voluntary compensation for legacy swaption contracts
• Market participants advised to contact swaption counterparties to discuss and decide on voluntary compensation
• No single preferred option for implementing voluntary compensation, but several potential modalities identified.

London Stock Exchange Celebrates AIM’s 25th Anniversary

Date 16/06/2020

• Over 3,800 companies admitted to AIM since launch, raising £118bn in equity capital
• AIM supports SMEs access capital to create jobs, innovate and drive the UK economy
• New Grant Thornton research shows AIM companies directly contributed £33.5bn to UK GDP and supported more than 430,000 jobs in 2019
• Almost 60% of the UK-incorporated AIM businesses are based outside London

Dubai Financial Market And HSBC Organize A Webinar For Global Investors On The Role Of UAE ESG Index In Strengthening Market Competitiveness

Date 16/06/2020

• H.E. Essa Kazim: “The new index is DFM’s most recent initiative to attract investments from a larger base of international investors”
• Abdulfattah Sharaf: “Tremendous opportunity for UAE listed companies to access a broader investor base by integrating sustainability into their business models and financing activities”

AJ Bell Appoints Clearstream For Third-Party Fund Processing

Date 16/06/2020

Easygainer – Solactive’s Food Delivery Index Underlines Vontobel’s Newly Issued Index Tracker

Date 16/06/2020

In recent years, food delivery services have experienced a surge in demand, which has accelerated significantly during the Covid-19 crisis. With paradigm shifts appearing all over society, the trend of ordering food online ought to consolidate further, resulting in an investment opportunity for asset owners, who want to participate in the potential increase in stocks’ values, thereby benefiting from this development in the process. Solactive recently rolled out its Solactive Food Delivery Index, which now serves as the underlying for an index tracker certificate issued by major investment company Vontobel. To develop the index, Solactive utilized its proprietary Natural Language Processing algorithm ARTIS® once more.

ETFGI Reports That Assets In ETFs/ETPs Listed Globally Are Again Over The 6 Trillion US Dollar Milestone At The End Of May 2020

Date 16/06/2020

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in the global ETFs/ETPs industry have increased by 4.7%, from US$5.84 trillion at the end of April 2020, to US$6.10 trillion at the end of May. ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$48 billion during May, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$225.41 billion which is significantly higher than the US$140.54 billion gathered at this point last year, according to ETFGI's May 2020 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)