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CESC Index Report For August

Date 22/09/2017

Highlights

• Mainland economic data continued to improve. Mainland funds kept flowing into Hong Kong stocks in Southbound trading under Stock Connect. CES HKMI rose 4.9 per cent 
• Mainland tech stocks listed overseas and in Hong Kong remained popular, driving CES P Elite up 2.9 per cent 
• CES G10 slipped 1.4 per cent over concerns typhoons would affect the number of travellers to Macau and the SAR’s short-term gaming revenue  CESC commenced a survey on listed companies for its planned Belt & Road Index 
• Hong Kong is looking to develop a leading offshore green finance and investment hub 
• Stock Connect saw a change in fund flow trends as foreign interest in A shares intensified 
• ADV of A-share index futures trading outside the Mainland was down 13 per cent in the first eight months of the year compared to the same period last year

HKEX: Exchange Seeks Views On Proposed Rule Changes Relating To Capital Raisings By Listed Issuers And Its Delisting Framework

Date 22/09/2017

• Exchange publishes consultation papers on:
   
  • Targeted capital raising activities of Listed Issuers
  • Delisting and other rule amendments 
• Deadline for responses is 24 November 2017 

Osaka Exchange Wins “Exchange Of The Year – Derivatives”, The Asia Capital Markets Awards

Date 22/09/2017

Osaka Exchange, Inc. (OSE), the derivatives arm of Japan Exchange Group, the mother market of Nikkei 225, announced that it has won the award for “Exchange of the Year – Derivatives” at the FOW and Global Investor Asia Capital Markets Awards ceremony held in Singapore.

EPEX SPOT: New Trading Systems For UK Markets Approved By Exchange Council

Date 22/09/2017

At the quarterly meeting of the EPEX SPOT Exchange Council, the members approved the introduction of the EPEX Trading System (ETS) and M7 for Day-ahead and Intraday trading respectively on the UK market. The trading systems will replace the Eurolight system which is currently used.

Axioma Names Nico Kicillof Of Two Sigma And Microsoft As Managing Director, Head Of Platform Engineering

Date 22/09/2017

Axioma announced the appointment of Nico Kicillof to the newly created position of Managing Director, Head of Platform Engineering. He was previously Head of Software Development Lifecycle at Two Sigma, the technology-driven institutional investor, since 2015.

“Better Than Blockchain”: Digital Financial Instruments

Date 22/09/2017

Professor Mike Aitken AM, CEO of the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) and Australian Innovator of the Year, described a new trading and settlement technology as “better than blockchain” at an Innovation Summit in Sydney this week.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Continues To Conduct Normalized Roadshows On Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect To Promote Cross-Border Capital Market Cooperation

Date 22/09/2017

To further present the economic opportunities and introduce the capital market in China to International investors, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”), together with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (CSDC), conducted several roadshows on Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Canada and America from September 12 to 19, 2017, and had several conversations respectively with TMX Group, Nasdaq, Inc., CME Group, the New York Branch of Bank of China and other securities exchanges and Chinese-funded overseas financial institutions to explore new modes of cooperation between securities exchanges and promote cooperation among cross-border capital markets.

QuantHouse Wins ‘Data Provider Of The Year’ At The 2017 FOW Asia Awards

Date 22/09/2017

QuantHouse, the leading independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, has been awarded ‘Data Provider of the Year’ at the FOW and Global Investor Asia Capital Markets Awards 2017.

Moscow Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Determined For September FX Futures

Date 22/09/2017

On 21 September 2017, final settlement prices were determined for MOEX futures contracts on currency pairs:

Nasdaq Stockholm Orders The Marketing Group PLC To Pay A Fine Corresponding To Two Annual Fees

Date 22/09/2017

The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm has found that The Marketing Group PLC (“The Marketing Group” or “the Company”) has breached the regulations of Nasdaq First North (“the Rule Book”) in several respects and, accordingly, has imposed a fine on The Marketing Group amounting to  two annual fees, corresponding to an amount of SEK 595,546.