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Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report - 26th May, 2017

Date 26/05/2017

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Shenzhen Stock Exchange: SME Board’s 2016 Earnings Growth Hits Five-Year Record High, Showcasing Great Growth Potential

Date 26/05/2017

2016 is the first year of China’s 13th Five-Year Plan and a difficult crucial year for promoting the supply-side structural reform. The listed companies on SME Board, as representatives of China’s outstanding SMEs, have energetically promoted technical innovation, product upgrade and industry transformation, delivering total operation revenue of around 3 trillion yuan and total net profit of 22.4888 billion yuan in 2016. On average, their 2016 operating revenue and net profit are 3.526 billion yuan and 264 million yuan respectively, with respective year-on-year growth being 17.16% and 30.32%. Both of revenue growth and profit growth have hit the record high in recent five years and the overall performance increases at a steady pace.

RSRCHXchange Wins ‘Most Innovative Data Product’ At The Annual Financial News Trading And Technology Awards

Date 26/05/2017

RSRCHXchange, the MiFID II research solution and  marketplace for institutional research, won the award for ‘Most Innovative Data Product’ at the annual Financial News Trading and Technology Awards held in London on 25 May 2017.

CESC Monthly Index Report, April 2017

Date 26/05/2017

Highlights

• Mainland funds continued to flow into Hong Kong stocks, with CES SCHK100, which tracks Hong Kong blue chips up 2.6 per cent. Mainland A-share prices fluctuated sharply, with CES A80 down 0.1 per cent. Strong performance in Hong Kong stocks pushed CES 300 up 1.1 per cent.
• Mainland export growth hit a two-year high in March, with the biggest contribution from Mainland private enterprises. CES P ELITE rose 5.3 per cent.
• Macau’s gaming revenue increased year-on-year for the ninth consecutive month. CES G10 surged 6.7 per cent.
• France’s CAC40 rose 2.8 per cent as the likelihood of the country’s leaving the EU diminished. Korean stocks hit a new high since the beginning of the year, with KOSPI up 2.1 per cent. Greater challenges in the Brexit negotiation drove FTSE 100 down 1.6 per cent.The exchange rate of Renminbi stabilised. Restrictions on capital outflow were partially relaxed.
• The ADT of A-share index futures traded in Singapore fell 10 per cent year-on-year.

London Stock Exchange Welcomes Alfa To The Main Market

Date 26/05/2017

• Largest IPO in 2017 so far – software company valued at £975 million, raising £254 million
• Confirms London Stock Exchange’s leading role as global listing venue for high growth technology companies

Build Information Enabling Channels For Minority Investors To Create Capital Ecology Of Mutual Trust And Win-Win - 5th Anniversary Of Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s “Practicing Chinese Dream, Getting Inside Listed Companies” Event

Date 26/05/2017

On May 25, 2017 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) held the 5th anniversary celebration of the “Practicing Chinese Dream, Getting Inside Listed Companies” event and, together with Shenzhen Securities Regulatory Bureau, Shenzhen Association for Public Companies, Securities Association of Shenzhen and Shenzhen Asset Management Association, made the initiative of “getting close to your shareholders” to the SZSE-listed companies in Shenzhen to develop experience sharing and training on investor relationship management. 80 people including the principals of SZSE, Shenzhen Securities Regulatory Bureau, Shenzhen industrial associations and other initiators and the representatives of SZSE-listed companies, interested financial institutions and individual investors attended the celebration.

Statement By IOSCO Board Chair Ashley Alder On The Launch Of The Foreign Exchange Global Code

Date 26/05/2017

As chair of IOSCO, I welcome the publication by BIS of a global code of conduct for wholesale foreign exchange markets on 25 May 2017. IOSCO is currently engaged in other areas of wholesale market conduct falling within the remit of securities regulators and anticipates that this work, which we aim to finalise later this year, will also help underpin proper functioning of global wholesale markets.

STOXX Opens Hong Kong Office To Further Expand Into The Asia-Pacific Market And Appoints New Head For Greater China

Date 26/05/2017

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a leading global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced the expansion of its presence in Asia Pacific with the opening of a new office in Hong Kong. Further details can be found in the attached PDF.

The Fourth Asian Monetary Policy Forum Discusses Regional Economic And Financial Issues

Date 26/05/2017

The Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF) convenes for the fourth year at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore today. Held in conjunction with the annual conference of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) that took place from 22–25 May 2017, the Forum is co-organised and funded by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

ASIC Reports On Promoting Better Conduct In The Wholesale Spot Foreign Exchange Market

Date 26/05/2017

ASIC released Report 525 Promoting better behaviour: Spot FX today. This report sets out ASIC's observations on key behavioural drivers of conduct arising from recent ASIC investigations into the wholesale spot foreign exchange (FX) businesses of the major Australian financial institutions.