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Japan's Securities And Exchange: Stewardship Code : 229 Institutional Investors Have Signed Up To The Principles For Responsible Institutional Investors As Of July 3, 2018

Date 06/07/2018

The Council of Experts Concerning the Japanese Version of the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics) published the Principles for Institutional Investors (Japan’s Stewardship Code) on February 27, 2014.

HKEX: Exchange Publishes Guidance Letter For Internet-Related Listing Applicants

Date 06/07/2018

• Exchange publishes Guidance Letter to further facilitate listings of companies from emerging and innovative sectors
• Guidance addresses characteristics of internet-related companies

ALQUIBER To Start Trading On MAB On 11 July

Date 06/07/2018

The Board of Directors of MAB has approved the listing of ALQUIBER, following a thorough review of all the information presented by the company and after the favourable assessment report on its listing issued by MAB’s Coordination and Admission Committee.

HKEX: Exchange Adds New Member To Its Biotech Advisory Panel

Date 06/07/2018

• One new Panel member, 16 members on Panel in total
• Exchange will continue to look to add Panel members as appropriate

SGX Reports Market Statistics For June 2018

Date 06/07/2018

• Positive performance in the equity markets, with SDAV up 14% y-o-y and growth in market turnover value of ETFs, structured warrants and DLCs.
• SGX USD/CNH Futures volume from January to June 2018 reached US$194 billion, surpassing 2017 full-year volume of US$190 billion.

encompass corporation Appoints KYC Technology Industry Veteran, Ed Lloyd, As Executive Vice President, Global Sales, To Drive Continued Sales Growth

Date 06/07/2018

encompass corporation (“encompass”), a fast-growing global provider of robotically automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, today announced the appointment of Ed Lloyd, a long-term veteran of the compliance technology industry, to the position of Executive Vice President, Global Sales.

Noble Vici Selects Neo & Partners Global’s TRADING-ATRIUM To Forge Ahead Building its FinTech In Big Data And Next-Gen Blockchain Ecosystem Platform In Singapore.

Date 06/07/2018

Neo & Partners Global, Asia’s and Singapore’s first-of-of-its-kind Entrepreneurial TRADING-ATRIUM (Hub) for Fund Management Companies, Proprietary Trading Firms, Family Offices, Commodity Trading Advisors and FinTech Firms; Big Data and Blockchain, announced today that it has successfully commissioned Noble Vici into its TRADING-ATRIUM.

New Prices For ASIC Regulatory Services

Date 06/07/2018

The fees ASIC charges for specific regulatory activities have changed to reflect the actual cost to ASIC associated with the work. In most cases this has resulted in a fee increase.

SIX To Launch Full End-To-End And Fully Integrated Digital Asset Trading, Settlement And Custody Service

Date 06/07/2018

Switzerland’s stock exchange – owned and managed by SIX – today announced that it is building a fully integrated trading, settlement and custody infrastructure for digital assets. SIX is regulated as an operator of Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) by Swiss Authorities, FINMA and the Swiss National Bank, and intends that the planned ‘digital asset ecosystem’ – SIX Digital Exchange (“SDX”) – will enjoy the same standard of oversight and regulation.

ASIC Accepts Court Enforceable Undertakings From CBA And ANZ Over Superannuation Product Distribution

Date 06/07/2018

ASIC has accepted court enforceable undertakings from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group under which the banks have agreed to change the way they distribute superannuation products to their customers.