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Block Commodities And FinComEco Joint Collaboration Agreement With Ost To Unlock Consumer Goods, Education And Healthcare For African Farmers Utilising The Blockchain

Date 21/05/2018

Block Commodities Limited and Financial & Commodities Ecosystem (FinComEco), a subsidiary of GMEX Group Ltd, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership with OST, the complete blockchain toolkit for business.

Dubai Financial Services Authority Publishes 2017 Annual Report

Date 21/05/2018

DFSA Publishes its 2017 Annual Report. To view English, please click here and for Arabic click here.

ASIC And RBA Welcome The New BBSW Calculation Methodology

Date 21/05/2018

ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have welcomed the new BBSW calculation methodology, which commenced today.

Nasdaq Dubai To Launch Equity Futures On Saudi Arabian Companies In Milestone For Investors In Middle East Markets

Date 21/05/2018

• Futures will be offered on shares of leading companies listed in Saudi Arabia
• Move will enhance investor interest in Saudi stocks as country opens up to foreign investors

Largest Private Sector Financing In Iran Capital Market

Date 20/05/2018

IRR 8,000 billion equity-based Ijarah Sukuk is underwritten at Tehran Stock Exchange for Telecommunication Company of Iran.

The Saudi Stock Exchange Announces The Publication Of The Weekly Stock Market Ownership And Trading Activity Report (By Nationality And Investor Type)

Date 20/05/2018

To view the detailed Weekly Stock Market Ownership and Trading Activity Report (by Nationality and Investor Type) for Main Market and Nomu-Parallel Market please Click Here.

FinTech Hive At DIFC Calls On Applicants For 2018 Accelerator Programme - Online Application Process Opens May 20 - Programme Expanded To Include Insurance Partners

Date 19/05/2018

FinTech Hive at DIFC, the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region, will begin accepting applications for its 2018 programme starting May 20, kicking off a competitive search for the top financial technology (fintech) and insurance technology (insurtech) innovators in the region. 

B3 Breaks New Record On Mini Ibovespa Futures Contract

Date 19/05/2018

B3’s Mini Ibovespa Futures Contract hit a record high today ending the day at 3.486.542 contracts. The previous record of 3.483.986 Mini Ibovespa Futures Contract was recorded on March 3^rd 2018.

US Department Of Justice: Rabobank NA Sentenced For Conspiring To Impair, Impede, And Obstruct Its Primary Regulator

Date 18/05/2018

Rabobank National Association (Rabobank), a Roseville, California subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Miller of the Southern District of California for impairing, impeding and obstructing its primary regulator, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC), by concealing deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) program and for obstructing the OCC’s examination of Rabobank.  Rabobank was sentenced to a two-year term of probation, and ordered to pay the statutory maximum fine of $500,000.  Additionally, as part of its guilty plea, Rabobank forfeited $368,701,259 to the United States as a result of allowing illicit funds to be processed through the bank. 

CalPERS Announces Candidates For Fall 2018 Board Election - Public Agency Members To Vote - Two Candidates Run Unopposed

Date 18/05/2018

CalPERS is conducting one election this fall for the public agency representative seat on the CalPERS Board of Administration. Elections for the school and state board member representative seats will not be conducted since incumbents Theresa Taylor and Rob Feckner were unopposed.