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London Stock Exchange Welcomes The Quoted Companies Alliance Celebrating 25 Years

Date 01/06/2017

The Quoted Companies Alliance (the QCA) starts celebrating its 25 years by opening the market at the London Stock Exchange today. The independent membership organisation champions the interests of small and mid-size companies quoted on London stock markets. It was originally founded as the City Group for Smaller Companies (CISCO) by a handful of small cap brokers and advisers in 1992 and was instrumental in the establishment of AIM.

Emerging Markets Volatility Boosts DGCX Currency Volumes

Date 01/06/2017

As volatility slowly crept back into Emerging Markets, the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) witnessed a spike in FX products’ trading during the month of May. DGCX, which is the region’s largest and most diversified exchange currently lists thirteen currency pairs. The increase in volatility helped the Exchange record its highest traded volume of the year with over 1.43 million lots traded in May.

MARF Registers A Bond Issue Programme By Ekondakin Energía Y Medioambiente

Date 01/06/2017

• Seventh bond issue in the Project Bond segment, one of MARF’s most dynamic, for a total of €524 million in this Market.
• A pioneering formula for funding new infrastructures under construction – Greenfield Phase –
• For the construction of a waste management plant in Zubieta, Guipúzcoa

HKEX Announces Senior Appointments

Date 01/06/2017

• Trevor Spanner and Richard Leung appointed Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Deputy CIO to consolidate oversight of IT management and platform development across HKEX group
• Roger Lee and Calvin Tai appointed Joint Chief Operating Officers at HKEX in addition to ongoing roles as Head of Markets and Head of Clearing respectively

EDHEC-Risk Institute Study Shows That Goal-Based Investing Principles Can Be Used To Design Scalable Retirement Investment Strategies That Meet Individual Investors’ Needs

Date 01/06/2017

Existing financial products marketed as “retirement investment solutions” do not meet the needs of future retirees, which involve securing their essential goals expressed in terms of minimum levels of replacement income (focus on safety), while generating a relatively high probability of achieving their aspirational goals expressed in terms of target levels of replacement income (focus on performance). Meaningful solutions should therefore combine safety and performance to meet this dual objective.

ESMA Fines Moody’s €1.24 Million For Credit Ratings Breaches

Date 01/06/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has fined Moody’s Deutschland GmbH (Moody’s Germany) €750,000 and Moody’s Investors Service Limited (Moody’s UK) €490,000, and issued a public notice, for two negligent breaches of the Credit Rating Agencies Regulation (CRAR).

Japan Exchange Group Trading Overview In May 2017

Date 01/06/2017

Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview in May 2017.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Firmly Implement CSRC’s Requirement On Supervision Of Reduction Of Shares, Maintaining The Long-term Healthy And Stable Development Of The Market

Date 01/06/2017

Ever since this year, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) paid close attention to the issues such as reduction of non-tradable shares through bulk transaction, ‘clearance-type reduction’ by some shareholders, non standardized information disclosure regarding share reduction, and SZSE constantly strengthen the supervision on relevant information disclosure, enhance the frontline supervision. Recently, SZSE sorted and probed into the series of new issues of share reduction by the shareholders, directors, supervisors and senior management of the listed companies, got prepared for further improvement of relevant rules and regulations, and enhanced the frontline supervision.

Liquidnet Bolsters Algorithmic Expertise In Europe

Date 01/06/2017

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Takis Christias as Head of Trading Strategies EMEA. Takis brings more than twenty years of experience in quantitative analysis and trading strategies and will be responsible for the continued build out of the electronic execution offering across the Liquidnet platform.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Continuously Strengthened Front-Line Supervision And Seriously Punished Ingenious Ene-Carbon New Materials Co., Ltd. And Its Audit Firm As Well As Relevant Parties Concerned

Date 01/06/2017

Recently, Ingenious Ene-carbon New Materials Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ‘Extra ST Ene-carbon’ or ‘the Listed Company’) failed to disclose periodical report timely, SZSE firstly informed the market of relevant situation, immediately started the disciplinary proceedings, timely sent the Prior Notice on Disciplinary Actions to the Listed Company and its audit firm and relevant parties concerned, and then heard the statement and pleadings of relevant parties concerned, and finally make the decision of disciplinary actions to them.