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ICE Benchmark Administration To Operate LBMA Silver Price Auction From 25 September

Date 29/08/2017

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) expects to begin administering the benchmark and operating the Auction underlying the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Silver Price from 25 September 2017, subject to regulatory approval.

Court Declares In Securities Commission Malaysia’s Favour In Iris Manipulation Case

Date 29/08/2017

The High Court today declared in favour of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) against six foreign defendants for their role in the manipulation of Iris Corporation Berhad (Iris) shares in 2006, marking the end to the civil suit filed by the SC in 2008.

Bursa Malaysia Launches Green Lane Incentive To Top 30 Companies For Good Corporate Governance And Disclosure Practices

Date 29/08/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) today implemented its Green Lane Policy (“GLP”) incentive to the top 30 listed companies based on their good standard of corporate governance conduct and disclosure practices.

Payments Council Sets Up Taskforce To Develop Common QR Code For Singapore

Date 29/08/2017

Establishing interoperable electronic payments and developing a common QR code for Singapore were two key topics that the Payments Council discussed at its inaugural meeting on 11 August 2017. 

Shufersal Management Opened Trading On The Occasion Of Its Joining TASE's Flagship Index, The TA-35

Date 29/08/2017

​Shufersal's management took part in the Opening Bell Ceremony last Thursday (August 24), marking its joining to the TASE's Flagship Index, the TA-35. 

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 29/08/2017

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 1 September 2017, the margin levels of the following Futures Contracts shall be as follows: 

Nasdaq Nordic And Baltic Exchanges Announce Pilot Program For ESG Reporting

Date 29/08/2017

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced an ESG (economic, social and governance) Reporting Pilot Program for its Nordic and Baltic markets. The program will be based on the voluntary ESG Reporting Guidepublished by Nasdaq’s exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius in March 2017.

Major Japanese Trust Banks Adopt DTCC’S Omgeo Alert To Automate, Replace Post-Trade Processes - The Industry’s SSI Utility Helps Firms To Reduce Risk And Operational Costs Associated With Trade Failures

Date 29/08/2017

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (JTSB) and The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (MTBJ) have gone live on the Omgeo ALERT (ALERT) for Trustee Service via global custodian Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH). The ALERT for Trustee Service connects to ALERT’s Global Custodian Direct (GC Direct) workflow for those markets where trustees are the legal owners of investment fund assets. BBH, the first custodian to onboard trustee-affiliated investment managers to the service, has been an ALERT GC Direct user since 2015.

Keynote Address: “Upholding High Integrity – The Cornerstone In Financial Planning”: By YBhg Dato’ Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin, Deputy Chief Executive, At Annual Financial Planning Signature Conference 2017, 29 August 2017, Securities Commission Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

Date 29/08/2017

Introduction

Yang Berbahagia Dato’ Wira Othman Bin Aziz, Deputy Minister of Finance I,

Yang Berusaha esteemed Presidents of the financial planning associations,

Distinguished guests,

Ladies and gentlemen,

Assalamualaikum and a very good morning

1. It gives me great pleasure to be here today. I would like to express my appreciation to the Malaysian Financial Planning Council or MFPC for all the preparations made as the main organiser of the second Financial Planning Signature Conference.  The presence of YB Dato’ Wira Othman bin Abdul Aziz , Deputy Finance Minister l, makes this occasion even more special.

116 Global Funds Join SET “Thailand Focus 2017”, Showcasing Listed Firms’ Growth Potential

Date 29/08/2017

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), together with Phatra Securities pcl and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is holding “Thailand Focus 2017,” a flagship investment seminar in Bangkok from August 29-31, 2017. This inbound roadshow has embraced 116 foreign fund managers worldwide with USD 2.6 trillion assets under management, scheduled to meet with 142 listed companies, highest ever, in a series of 1,464 meetings, hitting a four-year record high.