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SGX Consults On Proposed Equities Market Structure Adjustments

Date 08/03/2017

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is consulting the public on proposed adjustments to the equities market structure aimed at addressing market conditions, while balancing the diverse objectives and interests of different segments of participants in the market ecosystem.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Adds Inspection Organization And Warehouses For Metallurgical Coke Futures

Date 08/03/2017

On March 1, DCE issued a notice to designate Sinosteel Anshan Research Institute of Thermo-Energy Co., Ltd. as a quality inspection organization for the  metallurgical coke futures’ physical delivery.

Non-Jordanian Investment At The Amman Stock Exchange During February 2017

Date 08/03/2017

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) during February 2017 was JD521.0 million, representing 50.3% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD905.4 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during February 2017 showed a decrease by JD384.4 million, compared with an increase by JD44.5 million during the same month of 2016. The reason for this decline in the net investments is due to selling of a Lebanese company; Oger Middle East Holding its stake in the Arab Bank to a group of Arab and Jordanian investors, the volume of the block trade amounted JD794.4 million.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Holds Forum On “Insurance + Futures” Pilot Programs

Date 08/03/2017

Recently, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) has held a forum on “insurance + futures” pilot programs in Beijing. The pilot program combines the use of the futures market and agricultural insurance. It makes use of the futures market to transfer the price risks that insurance companies face, while helping to ensure basic earnings for farmers through means such as insurance products. At the forum, Mr. Fang Xing Hai, Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) emphasized that the "insurance + futures" model is of great practical significance and worth promoting further. Therefore, all futures exchanges should respond to the central government’s call for steadily expanding the pilot program, by putting into more resources to summarize past experience and improve the operational model.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Takes Civil Penalty Enforcement Action Against Mr Wang Boon Heng And Ms Foo Jee Chin For Unauthorised Share Trading

Date 08/03/2017

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has successfully obtained a civil penalty judgment against Mr Wang Boon Heng (Wang) and Ms Foo Jee Chin (Foo) for contravening section 201(b) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA), which prohibits any conduct that operates as a fraud or deception in connection with the subscription, purchase or sale of securities. This case was referred to MAS by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd.

Gender Equality International Women's Day To Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell

Date 08/03/2017

What:
To commemorate Gender Equality International Women's Day, Women in ETFs (WE), the first women’s group for the ETF industry, and five partner organizations will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Jill Mavro, co-President of Women in ETFs, Senior Managing Director at State Street Global Advisors SPDR, and Lise Kingo, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact, will ring the Closing Bell. 

ASIC's Enforcement Report Highlights Key Outcomes From The Second Half Of 2016

Date 07/03/2017

ASIC has today released its enforcement report for the period 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2016.

Ontario Securities Commission Announces New Commissioner Appointments

Date 07/03/2017

Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Chair and CEO Maureen Jensen announced today the following appointments to the OSC. The Commissioners will each serve a two-year term effective February 2, 2017.

From Trading Floor Into App Store - By Carsten Kengeter, CEO, Deutsche Börse AG

Date 07/03/2017

The looming Brexit is blowing the winds of change over Frankfurt as a financial centre. We all have to be prepared for a whole new world, in which the United Kingdom and the continent of Europe are no longer walking at the same pace. For Frankfurt, this change entails significant opportunities, of which most are closely connected to the role of Deutsche Börse Group. Hence, in the past few months I have been thinking constantly about what exactly a stock exchange is nowadays – and how to communicate that in the best way possible, since I have been holding intense discussions with representatives from various stakeholder groups about locational policies, competitiveness and – most of all – about the future.

Readout From A Treasury Spokesperson Of Secretary Mnuchin’s Meeting With Mexican Secretary Of Finance And Public Credit José Antonio Meade

Date 07/03/2017

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met today with Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit José Antonio Meade.