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AFE & ASEA Sign MOU For The Development Of The Capital Markets

Date 25/11/2019

The Arab Federation of Exchanges (AFE) and the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) today, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of member exchanges and supporting the development of more transparent, efficient and sustainable capital markets within both regions.  

ICBC, CCDC And SGX Partner To Promote ChinaBond-ICBC Bond Indices To Global Investors

Date 25/11/2019

• ICBC and CCDC have launched ChinaBond-ICBC RMB Bond Indices for institutional investors investing in RMB bonds in China
• SGX will be the first exchange to display these bond indices outside of China
• The three parties will explore the feasibility of developing index fund products using the Bond Indices as the underlying, to be listed on SGX

Microgen And Touchstone Wealth Management Merge To Deliver Technological Innovation - The Merger Will Enable The New Company To Provide Global Coverage And Technology Transformation Capabilities For The Trust And Corporate Services Market

Date 25/11/2019

Microgen Financial Systems and Touchstone Wealth Management, leading providers of financial services technology systems, today announced their merger, becoming the leading provider of technology to the Trust and Corporate Services market.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange And Xinhua News Deepen Cooperation To Jointly Launch The Global Index System Program

Date 25/11/2019

On November 22, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and Xinhua News Agency (Xinhua News) jointly launched the global index system program to better serve the national strategies in all respects and the development of the real economy, and join hands to form a law-based, transparent, open, dynamic and resilient capital market. Responsible persons of both sides attended the meeting, exchanged ideas on news publicity, information researches, business collaboration, talent cultivation, etc., and further improved the long-term cooperation mechanism.

DekaBank Chooses Clearstream For European Post-Trading Services

Date 25/11/2019

• DekaBank to use Clearstream’s Investor CSD model for its European settlement, custody and asset servicing 
• Austria has become DekaBank’s first market to be processed via Clearstream’s Investor CSD model. 
• Eurobonds, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and other European markets are to follow in 2020/21.

big xyt Named Outstanding TCA Provider At Leaders In Trading 2019 Awards

Date 25/11/2019

big xyt, the independent provider of market data analytics is pleased to announce that it has been named as ‘Editors Choice – Outstanding TCA provider' at The TRADE Leaders in Trading 2019 Awards.  

Securities Commission Malaysia: Audit Firm And Auditors Fined And Prohibited From Auditing

Date 25/11/2019

The Securities Commission Malaysia’s Audit Oversight Board (AOB) today announced that audit firm Afrizan Tarmili Khairul Azhar (AFTAAS) and its partners are prohibited from accepting as clients and auditing public interest entities (PIE) or schedule funds for 12 months. The prohibitions on AFTAAS and the partners took effect on 25 November 2019.

DP World Group Chairman And CEO Rings Nasdaq Dubai Market Opening Bell To Celebrate Sukuk And Bond Listings Totalling USD 2.3 Billion

Date 25/11/2019

• DP World will use the capital to further enhance end-to-end logistics capability
• Ceremony underlines Dubai’s leading role in debt markets including listed Sukuk value totaling 64.3 billion US dollars

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Held The International Seminar On Capital Market For SMEs

Date 25/11/2019

The 2019 International Seminar on Capital Market for SMEs (hereinafter ‘Seminar’) was successfully held at Shenzhen Stock Exchange on November 25th. Senior management and experts of exchanges, regulatory department and market institutions from countries along the “Belt and Road”, including Abu Dhabi, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, joined the Seminar. Mr. Ai Xuefeng, Vice Mayor of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, Mr. Wang Jianjun, CEO and President of Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and Ms. Yang Liu, Deputy Director of Department of International Affairs of China Securities Regulatory Commission (hereinafter ‘CSRC’), attended the seminar and delivered speeches. More than 80 representatives from domestic and foreign exchanges, financial institutions and related capital market organizations attended the Seminar.

Circular Of Shanghai International Energy Exchange On The Price Limit Update For SC1912

Date 25/11/2019

Shanghai International Energy Exchange, the subsidiary of Shanghai Futures Exchange has released its Circular on the Price Limit Update for SC1912 on November 20, 2019.