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Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Welcomes Appointment Of Executive Director

Date 16/08/2019

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomes the appointment by the Financial Secretary of Mr Rico Leung as Executive Director (Supervision of Markets) for a term of three years effective from 28 August 2019.

HKEX: Forfeiture Of Unclaimed Interim Dividend For 2013

Date 16/08/2019

As provided in the Articles of Association of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”), any dividend unclaimed after a period of six years from the date for payment of such dividend shall be forfeited and shall revert to HKEX.  Accordingly, HKEX’s interim dividend for 2013 of HK$1.82 per share, payable on 30 September 2013 and remaining unclaimed on 30 September 2019, will be forfeited and will revert to HKEX.  

Neueda And Levyx Bring Python Into Big Data Era - New Open Sourced Python Interface Vastly Increases Data Processing Capability

Date 16/08/2019

Capital Markets technology specialist Neueda has partnered with Levyx Inc, a leading big data system software provider, to vastly increase data processing capacity for the Python community.  

First Exchange Traded Fund To Be Listed On AIX

Date 16/08/2019

Astana International Exchange (“AIX”) is pleased to announce that on 16 August 2019 units of ITI Funds Russia focused USD Eurobond UCITS ETF SICAV (“ITI ETF”) have been listed. Units of ITI ETF will be traded under the ticker RUSB with quotation and settlement in US dollars, and will be fully fungible between LSE, MOEX and AIX. Trading in these units on the AIX is expected to commence in August 2019. 

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority Statement On Court Of Appeal judgment In Viaduct Capital And Mutual Finance

Date 16/08/2019

The FMA notes the judgment from the Court of Appeal, setting aside of some of the convictions, and the associated reduction of a sentence, in relation to Mr Paul Bublitz and Mr Bruce McKay.

Long Title. Big Mission. Martha Miller SEC, Advocate For Small Business Capital Formation, Omaha, Nebraska, Aug. 15, 2019, Remarks To Maha Discovery Festival Entrepreneurs

Date 15/08/2019

Good morning everyone, and thank you to the Maha team for the opportunity to speak to you today.  My name is Martha Miller, and I am the first Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is the government agency responsible for regulating our capital markets, including how companies raise capital from investors in both the public and the private markets.

The MiG Report - TSX, TSX Venture Exchange

Date 15/08/2019

• 65 Corporate Issuers
• 66 ETFs
• 38 CPCs 
• 1 Closed-End Fund

ECB Shuts Down Compromised BIRD Website

Date 15/08/2019

• ECB’s BIRD website hacked by unauthorised parties
• Email addresses and other contact data may have been captured
• No internal systems or market-sensitive data compromised
• BIRD website shut down until further notice

B3 Breaks Record For The Total Of Trades In The BM&F And Bovespa Segment

Date 15/08/2019

Yesterday (August 14), B3 hit a record of trades carried out in the BM&F and Bovespa segment, reaching 5.457.230  trades. The earlier mark was 5.379.751 trades on August 1th, 2019.

Indirectly Helping The Thinly-Traded Securities Segment - By Kelvin To, Founder And President Of Data Boiler Technologies

Date 15/08/2019

I applaud the SEC for including the thinly-traded securities topic (related trading make up less than two percent of all daily share volume) as one of the three matters in the 2019 Equity Market Structure Agenda. To make it easier for buyers and sellers to find each other and consummate trades in this segment of the market is the right thing to do, but the question is how. Some suggest modifying Unlisted Trading Privileges (UTP), others advocate for periodic auctions. I think these are all direct interference that pushes policy makers to pick winners. Instead, I have an alternate idea to indirectly help the sustainable development of thinly-traded securities segment.