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ASIC Sets Expectations For Maintaining Equity Market Resilience

Date 14/05/2020

ASIC has outlined its expectations for all market participants to act appropriately to ensure Australia’s equity markets remain resilient.

Striving To Enhance Market Participants' Sense Of Gain From The Reform Shenzhen Stock Exchange Steadily Advances Preparations For The Reform Of The ChiNext Board And The Pilot Project Of The Registration-Based IPO System

Date 14/05/2020

Since the main business rules for the reform of the ChiNext Board and the pilot project of the registration-based IPO system were released to solicit public opinions on April 27, SZSE has, according to the unified plan of China Securities Regulatory Commission ("CSRC") and the working principles of "opening up and working together to implement reform transparently", organized one media communication meeting, one onsite forum and nine video forums while ensuring regular pandemic prevention and control. SZSE invited a total of over 170 market players across the country including securities companies, listed companies, companies planning to get listed, venture capital institutions, fund companies, insurance and asset management companies, accounting firms, law firms and media units, as well as relevant officials of local securities regulatory commissions and finance bureaus and representatives of individual investors. In the meantime, SZSE collected opinions and suggestions on the reform from various entities through market surveys, public solicitation, and other channels

Nasdaq Selects New OMX Stockholm Benchmark Portfolio - New Portfolio Of The OMX Stockholm Benchmark Index Will Become Effective June 1, 2020

Date 14/05/2020

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Stockholm Benchmark Index, (Nasdaq Stockholm: OMXSB), which will become effective with the market open on Monday, June 1, 2020.

NZX: Capital Change Notice

Date 14/05/2020

This attached notice is given under NZX Listing Rule 3.13.1

SGX To Host Commodities Unplugged, A Month-Long Webinar Series For International Participants To Share Insights Into A Post-Pandemic View Of Commodity Markets, And The Macro Opportunities Offered From An Increasingly Financialised Market

Date 14/05/2020

• Covers deep insights on how COVID-19 will reshape the macroeconomic landscape. In particular, we explore the impact on Asia as the largest commodity consumer in the world, and the deep linkages in global supply chains 
• Marks SGX’s largest ever webinar series featuring more than 85 speakers and panelists across Australia, China, India, Portugal, Singapore, UK and US
• Webinar series is open for donation towards SGX Bull Charge

Outcome Of Ministry Of Business, Innovation & Employment/New Zealand Financial Markets Authority Review Of funding And Levies

Date 14/05/2020

MBIE have published the outcome of the review of the FMA’s funding and levies which took place earlier this year. More details can be found on the MBIE website.

SIFMA Fixed Income Market Close Recommendations In The U.S., The U.K. And Japan For The U.S. Memorial Day & U.K. Spring Bank Holidays

Date 13/05/2020

SIFMA confirmed its previous recommendations for the U.S., the U.K., and Japan in observance of the U.S. Memorial Day and the U.K. Spring Bank Holidays.

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 13/05/2020

Due to activity in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based and pursuant to the authority granted in Nadex Rule 12.1(i), Nadex took the following actions:  

• Only the AUD/EUR/USD, and USD/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed for the 6:05pm expiration time on trade date May 11, 2020.  EUR/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed beginning with the 6:10pm expiration time. USD/CAD 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed beginning with the 6:15pm expiration time.GBP/USD and GBP/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed beginning with the 6:30pm expiration time.

• No GBP/JPY 5-Minute Intraday Currency Binary contracts were listed for the 6:05pm expiration time on trade date May 12, 2020. It was listed beginning with the 6:10pm expiration time.

SIFMA Statement On Settlement On CAT Reporter Agreement

Date 13/05/2020

SIFMA today issued the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and CEO, on the settlement reached between SIFMA and the SROs for the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Reporter Agreement:

Court Imposes Longest-Ever Sentence Resulting From British Columbia Securities Commission Criminal Investigation

Date 13/05/2020

A Parksville man has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for defrauding two B.C. investors of more than half a million dollars, the longest sentence ever imposed as a result of a criminal investigation by the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC).