Deutsche Börse subsidiary Clearstream announced that will apply for new licenses to operate under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR). CSDR obligations require Europe’s CSDs to submit their application files to local regulators by 30 September 2017. Authorisations are expected to be granted from mid-May 2018 onwards. This will be a first step to even…
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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), has today (Friday) published a report summarising key findings from its review of 100 periodic financial reports released by listed issuers (issuers) between February 2016 and April 2017. We encourage issuers to take note of…
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SIX Exchange Regulation announced that has reached an agreement with Perfect Holding SA in connection with a breach of the accounting standards (IFRS) in the 2016 interim financial statements. The identified deficiency relates to the translation of goodwill arising from the acquisition of a foreign operation. As part of the agreement, the company has committed…
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At the end of the settlement date of June 30, 2017, short interest in 2,327 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,605,955,093 shares compared with 7,678,787,261 shares in 2,328 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of June 15, 2017. The end-of-June short interest represents 3.91 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume…
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NEPI Rockcastle (ticker symbol: NRP), one of the largest real estate companies in Continental Europe, began trading today on Euronext Amsterdam. At opening, based on a reference price of € 11.33 per share, the total market capitalisation of NEPI Rockcastle was approximately € 6.1 billion. NEPI Rockcastle is the company created through the merger of…
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Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) just reported that as of today Nasdaq Iceland („the Exchange“), in cooperation with Nasdaq CSD Iceland, will begin publishing an indicator of leverage on the Icelandic stock market. Each month Nasdaq Iceland will release a market notice with information on the extent to which listed shares have been pledged as collateral in the…
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METRO Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (ISIN: DE000BFB0019) has been just listed in the Prime Standard on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as of today, Deutsche Börse announced. A total of around 363 million shares were admitted to trading. The initial listing price was €20.00. BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan were acting as the listing…
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Canada's national securities depository, clearing and settlement hub extends commitment to helping clients more effectively manage systemic and counterparty risk The Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TMX Group (TSX:X), has today commended The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation's (DTCC) subsidiary operating the Global Markets Entity Identifier utility (GMEI utility) on receiving…
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After releasing its low equity and bond indices volumes for the month of June, the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has announced the launch of the futures contract on Aeroflot ordinary shares (ticker: AFLT). The shares will begin trading on 13 July 2017 (Thursday). The contract lot is 100 shares. ALOR+ acts as a market maker. The…
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OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) that was set up in 2013 to provide clearing services for over-the-counter, or OTC, derivatives, just announced that has welcomed Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) as a clearing member. ANZ’s membership took effect on 10 July 2017…
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