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Closure Of Bursa Malaysia In Conjunction With Christmas Celebration

Date 19/12/2018

Bursa Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiaries will be closed on Tuesday, 25th December 2018 in conjunction with Christmas celebration.
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority: Statement On The Competition and Markets Authority’s Response To The Citizens Advice Super-Complaint On Excessive Prices For Disengaged Consumers

Date 19/12/2018

The issue of longstanding customers being charged more for some financial products than new customers is a priority for the FCA. The FCA welcomes the CMA’s review of this important issue and agrees that harmful practices should be tackled robustly. We will continue to engage with the CMA on this as we consider how to act on its recommendations.
SGX Welcomes Medical Technology Firm Biolidics Limited To Catalist

Date 19/12/2018

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed Biolidics Limited to its Catalist under the stock code “8YY”.
HKEX: Risk Management Arrangements In Respect Of The Christmas Holidays And New Year Holiday – Reminder

Date 19/12/2018

Reference is made to the circular (CD/CDCRM/235/2018) dated 11 December 2018 regarding the risk management measures to be adopted by SEOCH in respect of the forth-coming Christmas Holidays. Participants are kindly reminded to take note of the following arrangements:
Monetary Authority Of Singapore Bans Tim Leissner For Life

Date 19/12/2018

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it has increased the ban against Mr Tim Leissner to a lifetime Prohibition Order (PO). This follows Mr Leissner’s admission to criminal charges brought against him by the United States Department of Justice (US DOJ).

HKEX Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 19/12/2018

Reference is made to the circular dated 11 December 2018 (Ref No.: CD/CDCRM/234/2018) regarding the risk management arrangements in respect of the forth-coming Christmas Holidays. Participants are kindly reminded to take note of the following:
SEC Adopts Final Rules For Disclosure Of Hedging Policies

Date 18/12/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved final rules to require companies to disclose in proxy or information statements for the election of directors any practices or policies regarding the ability of employees or directors to engage in certain hedging transactions with respect to company equity securities.
Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Issues Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking Amending Stress Testing Rules For National Banks And Federal Savings Associations

Date 18/12/2018

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the OCC’s stress testing rule at 12 CFR 46 (which implements the stress testing requirements of section 165(i)(2) of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act), consistent with requirements imposed by section 401 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.
SEC Charges Former Panasonic Executives

Date 18/12/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two former senior executives of the U.S. subsidiary of Panasonic Corp. with knowingly violating the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions of the federal securities laws and causing similar violations by the parent company.
Canadian Securities Regulators Publish Trading Fee Rebate Pilot Study For Comment

Date 18/12/2018

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment a noticeoutlining a proposed Trading Fee Rebate Pilot Study to examine the effects of a prohibition of rebate payments by Canadian marketplaces (Proposed Pilot). The predominant trading fee models that have emerged in the Canadian equities market are the “maker-taker” trading fee model and the “inverted maker-taker” fee model. Under both of these models, a marketplace charges a fee to one party of the trade and pays a rebate to the other party.