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SEC’s Short Interest Disclosure Timetable Hits The Sweet Spot For Market Efficiency, Says Oxford Academic

Date 26/01/2017

Requiring short-sellers to disclose their positions more often is a better policy approach than imposing restrictions and bans, research from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, has found. But too frequent disclosure could have a negative effect on market efficiency.

Saudi Stock Exchange -Tadawul - Announces The Enhanced Framework Of Tradable Rights

Date 26/01/2017

The Saudi Stock Exchange “Tadawul” announces that the enhanced framework for trading and subscribing to Rights of listed companies shall be applied in the next batch of offerings to increase capital through rights issue.

TORA Opens European Regional Office And Makes Senior Appointment

Date 26/01/2017

TORA, provider of the industry’s most advanced investment management platform, today announced the expansion of its European presence and the hiring of David Tattan as Head of European Business Development. Based in the company’s new regional headquarters in Jersey, Channel Islands, David is joining TORA in response to the growing demand for its integrated investment technology solution. He will be working with Chris Jenkins, who is overseeing the European expansion.

The Promise Of FinTech – Something New Under The Sun? - Speech By Mark Carney, Governor Of The Bank Of England, Chair Of The Financial Stability Board

Date 26/01/2017

The Governor’s speech, given in his capacity as Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair, recognises fintech’s huge potential for making the financial system more inclusive, efficient, effective and resilient. He considers the challenge for financial stability policymakers: ensuring that fintech develops in a way that maximises these opportunities and minimises risks for society. The Governor goes on to set out how the FSB is approaching the challenge of managing fintech’s impact on financial stability so that its full potential can be realised.  

Moscow Exchange Indices Annual Review 2016

Date 26/01/2017

In 2016, the MICEX Index was up 26.76% to 2,232.72 (from 1,761.36 on 30 December 2015), while the dollar-denominated RTS Index rose 52.22% to 1,152.33 (from 757.04).

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands And Fines North Sea Securities Limited $700,000

Date 26/01/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded North Sea Securities Limited (North Sea) and fined it $700,000 for failing to put in place proper controls to monitor and supervise employee dealings, in breach of the Code of Conduct.

China Exchanges Services Company Annual Index Report 2016

Date 26/01/2017

Highlights

• Hong Kong stocks outperformed Mainland A shares in 2016. CES A80 and CES SCHK100 were down 6.1 per cent and 1 per cent respectively while cross-border CES 120 was resilient, up 0.2 per cent.
• Shenzhen Connect officially kicked off, resulting in a huge market of RMB70 trillion comprising Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen stocks. CES 300, which fully reflects the performance of eligible stocks under the Connect programme, shed 1.9 per cent.
• CES G10 gained 27.7 per cent during the year and had a risk-adjusted yield of 0.9, which was higher than those of broad base indices.
• Taiwan stocks were Asia’s best performers with a cumulative gain of 11 per cent in the whole of 2016. Mainland A shares were the worst performing, with CSI 300 retreating 11.3 per cent.
• The RMB was added to the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket, which already included USD, EUR, JPY and GBP.
• Open interest of HKEX’s USD/CNH futures hit an all-time high of 45,635 contracts.
• Offshore ETFs on physical A shares are mainly issued in Hong Kong and now have total assets amounting to more than RMB28 billion.
• Singapore’s A-share index futures saw no growth, with full-year trading volume down 18 per cent from 2015.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 26/01/2017

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 Wednesday, 1 February 2017, the margin levels of the following Futures Contracts shall be as follows:

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Stock Market Holiday Schedule - Spring Festival, 2017

Date 26/01/2017

The market will close from 27 January (Friday) to 2 February (Thursday), and resume trading on 3 February (Friday).

UK’s Life Sciences Leadership Confirmed At Future Of Healthcare Investor Forum

Date 26/01/2017

• Sector value on London Stock Exchange nears £400 billion market cap, £40 billion ahead of  2015, with US healthcare and life science companies continuing to see London as natural home
• £1.96  billion raised in life science IPOs and further offerings in 2016
• Over three years the FTSE Healthcare AIM and FTSE Healthcare All Share Indexes have outperformed wider indexes to end 2016 +48% and +16% respectively, compared to +7% for the FTSE All Share Index
• UK at the forefront of life science innovation, fundraising and investment