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Dubai Financial Market Achieves 97% Compliance In Listed Companies’ Disclosure Of Q1-2019 Results

Date 16/05/2019

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that its listed companies have recorded a 97% compliance regarding the disclosure of Q1-2019 results within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the period.

Complacency Within UK Businesses Could Drive Money Laundering Risks, Latest Report By LexisNexis Risk Solutions Warns

Date 16/05/2019

• The majority of businesses think enough is being done to tackle the UK’s dirty money problem, despite potentially £100bn+ of illicit funds impacting the UK each year
• New research from LexisNexis Risk Solutions examines the business view of the UK’s anti-money laundering regime
• The firm warns that the UK is at risk of complacency when tackling illicit funds
• Legal and property sectors still perceived as low risk, despite recent crackdowns 

Yury Denisov Takes Office As CEO Of Moscow Exchange

Date 16/05/2019

Yury Denisov has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Moscow Exchange with effect from 16 May 2019. The decision was made by Moscow Exchange’s Supervisory Board and approved by the Bank of Russia.

Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission Bans Wang Can For 30 Months

Date 16/05/2019

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Wang Can, a former licensed representative of China Galaxy International Securities (Hong Kong) Co., Limited (CGIS), for 30 months for misconduct.

Factor Investing In Fixed-Income: EDHEC-Risk Institute Paper Shows That It Is Possible To Build Duration-Timing Strategies That Are Economically Superior To Bearing Unconditional Duration Risk

Date 16/05/2019

The abundance of theoretical and empirical research on factor investing in the equity universe contrasts strongly with the relative scarcity of research on the existence and exploitability of risk premia in bond markets. Recently, some managers have been focusing on risk premia in fixed income, but the academic knowledge remains limited and it seems that it is not possible to apply the same factors that have been identified for equities in a straightforward way.

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission Suspends Gransing Securities’s Chairperson Oei Hong Eng For Eight Months

Date 16/05/2019

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has suspended the licence of Ms Oei Hong Eng, the chairperson and a responsible officer of Gransing Securities Co., Limited (Gransing Securities), for eight months from 16 May 2019 to 15 January 2020 for attempting to create a false or misleading appearance of active trading in securities.

genesis Launches Creative Studio To Fast Track Delivery Of Client Solutions And Products - Capital Markets Software Specialist Rolls Out ‘Low-Code’ And ‘No-Code’ Solutions

Date 16/05/2019

genesis, the international capital markets software firm, has launched Creative Studio, to accelerate the development and deployment of scalable and interoperable products and solutions over the web, without the need to write any code.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission - Independent Commission Against Corruption Operation Leads To Charging Of Ex-Convoy Director Cho Kwai Chee

Date 16/05/2019

Following the joint operation of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in December 2017, the ICAC today charged Mr Cho Kwai Chee, a former Executive Director of Convoy Global Holdings Limited (Convoy Global), with conspiracy to defraud.  

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Integrate Training Into Spot Enterprises Permanently To Cultivate High-End Futures Talents

Date 16/05/2019

The closing ceremony of the Commodity Futures & Capital Operation Senior Management Course – the 4th Session of Coal, Coking and Steel Training (the “4th Session of Training” for short) of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) was held in Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University on May 11. Attending the ceremony were DCE Vice President Wang Yufei and SAIF Vice President Yan Hong.

AIX Appointed Timur Abushkin As Head Of Markets

Date 16/05/2019

The Astana International Exchange (AIX) is pleased to announce the appointment of Timur Abushkin as Head of Markets. Timur has had more than 15 years of experience working with investment banks, exchanges and fintech startups. Before joining the AIX, Timur held key management positions in a number of fintech startups, such as Tokenomica, a platform offering digital assets in Singapore and Xena Exchange, an innovative digital asset exchange in London. Prior to that he worked with JP Morgan in equity sales and as Head of Sales of the RTS Stock Exchange (later the Moscow Exchange after a merger with the MICEX),