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Broadridge Appoints Manuel Baptista Managing Director, Head Of Investor Communication Solutions, International (ICSI) Sales

Date 14/03/2019

Manuel Baptista has joined Broadridge Financial Solutions as Managing Director, Head of Investor Communication Solutions International (ICSI) Sales. Baptista will lead the sales team and support the expansion of Broadridge’s ICSI suite of services. He will work closely with issuers, custodians and intermediaries, and institutional investors to navigate regulatory and market change such as the amended EU Shareholder Rights Directive.

Comment From Nigel Driffield, Professor Of International Business, Warwick Business School: Politicians Are Desperate To End Brexit Uncertainty, But This Is Just The Start

Date 14/03/2019

Nigel Driffield, professor of international business at Warwick Business School, said:

“Clearly our politicians on all sides are desperate for this to be over, but what is often ignored is that, in terms of trade and investment, this is just the start of 5-10 years of negotiations and uncertainty."

Securities Commission Malaysia To Promote An Accessible, Agile And Accountable Capital Market Ecosystem

Date 14/03/2019

The Malaysian capital market continued to play a key role in financing the economy against a backdrop of challenging global market conditions, according to the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) in conjunction with the release of its 2018 Annual Report.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Announces Tighter Exclusion Policy On Coal Companies

Date 14/03/2019

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces its plan to implement an enhanced coal-exclusion policy, accelerating its commitment to tackle climate change by divesting from the single largest source of carbon emissions.  The tighter exclusion policy on companies engaged in mining thermal coal and generating electricity from coal will come into effect at the start of 2020.  It will apply to all of BNPP AM’s actively managed open-ended funds, as well as becoming the default policy for segregated mandates.

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Q&A On Securities Companies Authorizing Clients To Trade Stocks On Sci-Tech Innovation Board

Date 14/03/2019

Q: When can the investors intending to participate in trading stocks on the sci-tech innovation board file the trading application?

A: On March 1, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) officially announced the "Special Provisions of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Trading Stocks on the Sci-tech Innovation Board" (the "Special Trading Provisions" for short), which provides the specific requirements for individual investors to trade on the sci-tech innovation board. The way of authorization for trading stocks on the sci-tech innovation board is largely the same as that of the South-bound Investment Channel of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect. Investors who meet the suitability requirements for the stocks on the sci-tech innovation board can apply for the relevant authorization from now on. The investors may only submit trading applications to the securities companies they entrust and have the trading privileges of Sci-tech Innovation Board shares added to their existing SSE A-shares securities accounts. There’s no need to open a new securities account with China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (CSDC). Nor are members required to apply to the SSE for other matters.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Acts To Improve Competition In The Investment Platforms Market

Date 14/03/2019

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today set out a package of measures to help consumers who invest through investment platforms more easily find and switch to the right one for them. The package - set out in the final report of its Investment Platforms Market study - includes proposed FCA rules and actions industry is taking forward.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Good Start Of Ethylene Glycol Futures In East China To Serve The Real Economy

Date 14/03/2019

As the major EG (Ethylene Glycol) production, import and consumption areas in China, East China, with Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province and Shanghai as its core, has been clustered with large numbers of companies in the upstream, middle stream and downstream of the EG industry, whose production capacity, output and import volume take up 40%, 50% and 90% of the total in China, making it a place of strategic importance in the cultivation of the EG futures market. 

Regulator Update - 2019 Annual Superannuation Law Conference - A Speech By ASIC Commissioner, Sean Hughes Delievered At The 2019 Annual Superannuation Law Conference, Law Council Of Australia, Friday, 8 March 2019, QT Hotel Gold Coast, QLD

Date 14/03/2019

Introduction

Thank you to the Law Council for inviting me to speak today. I am delighted to be sharing this session with my colleague Eve Brown from APRA.

Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional owners’ ongoing connection to and custodianship of the lands on which we meet today. I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Developing Industry-Education Integration Mode To Cultivate Futures Professionals

Date 14/03/2019

On March 7, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) and the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) at Shanghai Jiaotong University signed a strategic cooperation agreement on jointly establishing the postdoctoral research station for DCE-listed enterprises and cultivating futures professionals. DCE and the SAIF have carried out 7 sessions of EDP training for industries and futures companies since 2013, and over 420 senior managers have taken part in relevant courses. After signing the agreement, they would engage in a deeper cooperation on futures talent cultivation.

Nadex Product Schedule For The Japan Holiday On March 21, 2019

Date 13/03/2019

Due to the Japan holiday on Thursday, March 21, 2019, the Japan 225 contracts will have a modified trading schedule on that day.  Please refer to the Holiday Product Schedule Guidelines for specific product trading hours.