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AIAF Admits To Trading The New Social Bond Of Barcelona City Council - With A Value Of €35 Million

Date 21/12/2017

AIAF, the Fixed Income Market of BME, today admitted to trading the new social bonds issued by that Barcelona City Council for a total amount of €35 million. The issue is part of the mandate granted to Crédit Agricole CIB by the City Council's Governing Commission to advise, structure and place one or several debt issues, for a maximum amount of €86.1 million. The bonds have a term of 10 years (their final maturity is December 2027) and their an annual coupon is 1.921%.

Closure Of Bursa Malaysia In Conjunction With Christmas Celebration

Date 21/12/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiaries will be closed on Monday, 25th December 2017 in conjunction with Christmas celebration.

HKEX To Introduce New Stock Option Classes And Stock Futures Contracts

Date 21/12/2017

• 5 new stock option classes and 4 new stock futures contracts to be introduced on 5 February 2018
• Commission levy for new stock futures to be wavied for the first 6 months 

The MICEX10 Index Revised

Date 21/12/2017

As from 22 December 2017, constituents of the MICEX 10 Index will remain unchanged following the conclusion of its regular quarterly review.

Materializing China-UK Economic, Financial Dialogue For Shanghai-London Stock Connect

Date 21/12/2017

The 9th China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue was held in Beijing on December 16, 2017. In the policy results released afterwards, China and the UK showed their greetings to the progress in the study and preparation for relevant operational mechanism and arrangement of Shanghai-London Stock Connect and agreed to make further research in the listing of qualified listed companies in the other's market through depository receipt, thus realizing the mutual connect of the two markets. Besides, China and the UK agreed to accelerate the preparation and study the time of launching Shanghai-London Stock Connect.

UBS MTF Market Notice: Most Relevant Market Update

Date 21/12/2017

UBS MTF would like to announce a clarification on the use of the "Most Relevant Market" as described in the UBS MTF Rulebook that will come into effect from 3 January 2018.

MOEX FX Futures Settlement On 21 December 2017

Date 21/12/2017

As Thomson Reuters has ceased publishing FX fixings at FXFIX from 8 September 2017, MOEX FX Futures will be settled by using data on the relevant currencies from the Thomson Reuters system as of 14:00 MSK (according to Clauses 2.2.4 and 5.1.3 of the Specification of futures contract on USD based currency and the Indicative FX Rate Methodology).

ESM Board Of Governors Appoints Mário Centeno As Its Chairman

Date 21/12/2017

The Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) today appointed the President-Elect of the Eurogroup Mário Centeno as its Chairman, effective from 13 January 2018. In this capacity Mr Centeno succeeds Jeroen Dijsselbloem, whose term of office as President of the Eurogroup ends on the same date.

Moscow Exchange: Change Of Settlement Codes For Repos With The CCP And Deposits With The CCP For 28 And 29 December 2017

Date 21/12/2017

Moscow Exchange informs customers that, on 28 and 29 December 2017, repo transactions with the CCP (anonymous orders) will be executed as follows: second parts of the transactions with a one-week maturity executed on 28 December will be settled on 9 January 2018, while repo transactions with the CCP executed on 29 December will be settled on 10 January 2018.

ETFGI Reports Smart Beta ETFs And ETPs Have Gathered 69 Billion US Dollars In Net New Assets In The First 11 Months Of 2017

Date 21/12/2017

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs have gathered 69 billion US dollars in net new assets in the first 11 months of 2017.