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Al Mawared Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report - 23 October 2017

Date 23/10/2017

Click here to download the Al Mawared Weekly Report on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The Report is designed to give an overview of developments in the Jordan Capital Markets as well as ASE performance indicators.

FinTech Association Of Hong Kong Appoints Interim General Manager

Date 23/10/2017

The FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK) has announced that Syed Musheer Ahmed has been appointed as its Interim General Manager.

Update On The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Review Of RBS’s Treatment Of SME Customers Referred To iIs Global Restructuring Group

Date 23/10/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today publishes an interim summaryof the independent review of Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group (GRG).

Comment By Professor Nigel Driffield, Warwick Business School, Professor Of International Business On A 'No-Deal' Brexit

Date 23/10/2017

Commenting on a 'no-deal' Brexit Nigel Driffield, Warwick Business School's  Professor of International Business said: "Much of the UK's activity in both goods and services are part of integrated production systems that rely on frictionless trade of both final goods and components within the EU.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Bans Debt Management Couple For Misappropriating Client Money

Date 23/10/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today banned Adrian and Christine Whitehurst, former directors of debt management firm First Step Finance Limited (now dissolved), for dishonestly misappropriating client money. Over 4000 customers lost a total in excess of £6m as a result of their actions.

HKEX Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report 

Date 23/10/2017

New FCA Complaints Data: 3.32 Million Complaints About Financial Services In The First Six Months Of 2017

Date 23/10/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the data on the number of complaints reported by firms for the first half of 2017.

BETTER FINANCE: A "New Deal" For Consumers - Will EU Financial Services Users At Last Benefit From Collective Redress?

Date 23/10/2017

Earlier this year BETTER FINANCE called on policy makers to put an end to financial abuses by ensuring better public enforcement of conduct of business rules and introducing an EU-wide framework for Collective Redress in order to facilitate effective private enforcement. Now the European Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Affairs is calling for an EU-wide Collective Redress framework.

Instinet Selects Interxion For BlockMatch® Hosting

Date 23/10/2017

INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of carrier and cloud-neutral data centre services, today announced that it is working with global institutional agency-model broker INSTINET to host the firm’s MTF, BlockMatch.

‘London Fundraising Token Manifesto’ Aims To Distinguish London As A World Leader In Cryptocurrency Investment - An Ethical Framework Signed By Finance & Technology Industry Veterans Will Set Out Guidelines To Better Serve Investors In Token/Coin Sales

Date 23/10/2017

A new ‘London Fundraising Token Manifesto’ created by Professor Michael Mainelli’s  Z/Yen Group is being launched today with the backing of the Long Finance community. The Manifesto is a voluntary code of conduct which has been created in collaboration with finance industry and blockchain technology leaders. It seeks to establish new standards for Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and Initial Token Offerings (ITO), the fundraising mediums that allow investors to back companies using cryptocurrency.