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  • Intercontinental Exchange Completes Acquisition Of Simplifile LC

    Date 12/06/2019

    Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Simplifile, LC. On May 1, 2019 ICE announced that it would acquire Simplifile for $335 million. The acquisition will not be material to ICE’s 2019 earnings or have an impact on capital return plans.

  • SET And Microsoft Join Hands To Expand LiVE Platform As Thailand’s First Startup Information Center

    Date 12/06/2019

    The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has jointly joined forces with Microsoft (Thailand) to scale up LiVE platform to ”Virtual Pitching Platform”, an integrated entrepreneur information center for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),  startups, and social enterprises (SEs) to pitch their business plan online to investors, enabling Thai entrepreneurs to grow globally. LiVE platform, which comes on stream today, also connects to other alliances to strengthen and connect the startup ecosystem.

  • EuropeanIssuers Advisory Council Gathers In Brussels For An Interactive High-Level Discussion On The Strategy of ECB Policies To Support The EU Economy

    Date 12/06/2019

    The second edition of the Advisory Council took place on 7th June 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. About 30 Senior executives of major issuers in Europe from a wide range of industrial sectors participated. They addressed the background and complexity of the functioning of the financial markets as well as pressing issues regarding the latest political developments such as Brexit and how it influences the European Capital Markets landscape. Marcel Van Loo, EY EMEIA Financial Services Regional Managing Partner presented Europe’s Attractiveness Survey. The presentation was followed by an exchange of views on how the European financial landscape should be redesigned to support the EU economy. In the current political context, it has never been so important to influence EU financial regulation. Increasingly, stricter rules affecting EU publicly quoted companies magnify the cost of capital and may disadvantage EU companies competing in a globalised economy.

  • Bucharest Stock Exchange Goes Bullish As The Index Including The Dividends Rallies 20 Percent In The First Five Months To An All-Time High

    Date 12/06/2019

    • BET-TR index, which includes the dividends paid by the companies included in the main index of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, broke the 13,000-point ceiling in May for the first time in its history, following a 19.8 percent rally this year.
    • May has witnessed the highest monthly trading volumes for equities so far this year, in excess of RON 1 billion.
    • Adrian Tanase, BVB CEO: A mix of domestic and international events translated into a larger trading volume. Besides the ex-dividend data, which gave a strong boost to the trading activity, the most important decision for the local environment came from the Government, which amended the provisions of GEO 114 regarding the Pillar II pension funds.
    • Lucian Anghel, BVB President: The 19.8 percent total return offered to investors by BET-TR since the beginning of the year is one of the best stock market performances in the region. Romania continues to be an attractive destination for local and international investors, offering some of the highest dividend yields in the world and growth prospects above the European Union average.

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  • UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Final Rules On Buy Now Pay Later Products

    Date 12/06/2019

    The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today confirmed it will introduce new rules in the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) market, saving consumers around £40-60 million a year. The changes, which include banning firms from charging backdated interest on money that has been repaid by the consumer during the BNPL offer period, will be in force by 12 November 2019.