Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has released its annual report with great results and a record high in Market capitalisation. The highlights can be seen below: Securities Market Market capitalisation was $34 trillion at the end of 2017, a record high and representing a year-on-year increase of 37 per cent. The Hang Seng…
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index ended 2017 at 1,753.71 points – the year’s closing high, up 13.7 percent from end-2016, while a combined market capitalization of SET and Marker for Alternative Investment (mai) hit the fresh record high at THB 17.9 trillion (USD 542.4 billion), up 15.6 percent from end-2016. The average daily…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced that it has today welcomed Memories Group Limited to Catalist under the stock code “1H4”. Memories Group is a tourism company in Myanmar. It has developed an “Integrated Tourism Platform” that brings its three business segments, namely experiences, services and hotels, under one cohesive brand which allows operational synergies, economies of…
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Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) has reminded investors of the recent QFMA mechanism approved by Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) with regards the mechanism to not suspend trading of the shares of the companies listed on QSE on AGM days as of January 1st, 2018. The QFMA approval included a set of procedures to be followed…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Binary Escrow. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that it has recently assessed a $70 million civil money penalty against Citibank, N.A., for failing to comply with the agency’s 2012 consent order related to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) deficiencies. In its 2012 order, the OCC cited the bank for…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Escrow Ltd. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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Thailand Futures Exchange PCL’s (TFEX) 2017 derivatives trading volume continued to increase to 79 million contracts, or an average of 324,217 contracts per day, a 13.7 percent increase from the previous year, while investor trading accounts rose by 17,275. For 2018, TFEX focuses on improving quality of products and services and developing channels to serve…
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Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced that the shares of EMAAR DEVELOPMENT will be added to its general index (DFMGI) and to sector indices as of Sunday January 7, 2018 lifting the number of companies included in the index to 37 companies. Shares of EMAAR DEVELOPMENT have been added to the DFM General Index and Real…
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ASIC announced that it has permanently banned Mr David Mario Alafaci, of Morphett Vale, South Australia from providing financial services on the basis that he is not of good fame or character. Mr Alafaci was an authorised representative and employee of Centra Wealth Pty Ltd from 2 July 2014 to 11 January 2016 and an…
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