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Securities Commission Malaysia Charges Former CEO And Directors For Illegal Issuance Of Shares

Date 01/06/2016

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today charged three individuals for illegally offering and issuing shares without registering a prospectus with the SC.

IOSCO And IFRS® Foundation To Strengthen Cooperation In The Development And Implementation Of IFRS Standards

Date 01/06/2016

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the IFRS Foundation have today announced a Statement of Protocols that describes an ambitious programme of work to promote and facilitate transparency within capital markets through the development and consistent application of IFRS Standards.

Kuwait’s Boubyan Bank Rings Market-Opening Bell To Celebrate Listing Of USD 250 Million Tier I Sukuk On Nasdaq Dubai - Listing Reinforces Dubai’s No. 1 Position Globally For Sukuk At 44.06 Billion Dollars

Date 01/06/2016

• Selection of Dubai as listing venue underlines emirate’s expansion as global Capital of Islamic economy
• Exchange welcomes strengthening of ties with Kuwait’s capital markets, looks forward to further listings

British Success And Innovation Prove Attractive To Investors Joining Zenos Cars Equity Crowdfunding Round

Date 01/06/2016

• Zenos Cars attracting funding through Seedrs to develop its next series of exciting models
• Funds will facilitate a new range, building on the unique offer introduced with the E10 series
• New models will help company raise margins and increase sales by 400% over next 3 years
• Brand is 100% British, with 100% British-designed, British-supplied and British-built products
• Innovative business model brings thrilling driving experiences to more people
• Customer-centric approach of company wins over owners and investors

Cyber Security Vulnerabilities Of FTSE 100 Companies Exposed - Threat Intelligence Report From Anomali Pinpoints Significant Security Exposures In The UK’s 100 Largest Companies

Date 01/06/2016

Anomali, provider of market-leading threat intelligence platforms, has today revealed the prevalence of suspicious brand spoofing and mass compromised credential exposures of the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 (FTSE 100). Over the last three months, eighty one companies in the FTSE 100 had potentially malicious domain registrations against them, enabling cyber criminals to create dummy websites that can be used to trick users into supplying private data. The report also discovered that 5,275 employee email and clear text password combinations from FTSE 100 companies were found on a number of sites from which they can be stolen, publicly published or sold. This leaves the UK’s largest businesses open to cyber-attacks and puts critical business content and personal information at risk.

Thomson Reuters Launches 2pm WM/Reuters FX Benchmark For Corporates Valuing Cross-Border Transactions - Calculated On Available Primary Market Data, WM/Reuters Provides An Accurate And Robust FX Rate That Aligns With IOSCO Principles For Financial Benchmarks

Date 01/06/2016

Thomson Reuters today launches the WM/Reuters 2pm CET benchmark, a new FX benchmark service designed for corporates looking to value, hedge and settle cross-border transactions. The Thomson Reuters 2pm CET benchmark offers a reliable, transaction-oriented alternative to the European Central Bank (ECB) 2:15pm CET reference rates.

Driven By Demand For Independent Algorithmic Trading At SIX Swiss Exchange itarle AG Opens Algorithmic Trading Service Bureau In Zurich

Date 01/06/2016

itarle AG (itarle), a leading provider of multi asset algorithmic trading and analytics services for the sell-side, today announced it has established an algorithmic trading service bureau at the Equinix ZH4 data centre in Zurich.

SETL Launches Blockchain-Powered OpenCSD Platform - SETL OpenCSD Enables Market Participants To Run Permissioned Registry Service For Payments, Settlement And Clearing Of Cash And Other Financial Instruments

Date 01/06/2016

SETL, the institutional payment and settlement infrastructure based on blockchain technology, has today announced the launch of its blockchain-powered OpenCSD platform. The OpenCSD platform, SETL’s first commercial offering, enables any market participant to commission and run a permissioned registry service for payments, settlement and clearing of cash and other financial instruments. The platform is available today and powered by the SETL blockchain technology, which has been benchmarked to settle billions of transactions a day in real-time.

Cyprus Stock Exchange Bulletin For April 2016

Date 01/06/2016

On the last trading session of April 2016 the General Index reached 66,97 points, representinga relative decrease of 0,79% from the previous month. The value of shares traded exhibited a decrease of 95,6% compared to the previous month.

MNI China Car Purchase Indicator: Chinese Car Buying Sentiment Slips - Plans To Buy Bounce Back Despite Higher Expectations For Fuel Price

Date 01/06/2016

The continued recovery in oil prices and heightened uncertainty about the economy left Chinese consumer sentiment towards the car market lower in May, relinquishing all of the gains notched in the month before. The fall in sentiment didn’t deter potential buyers though with plans to buy a car rising to an 11 month high.