The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), Mr. Bassam Abu Abbas, said that the trading value at the ASE increased during 2017 reaching JD (2.9) billion; an increase of (25.6%), compared with JD (2.3) billion for the year 2016. The number of traded shares reached (1.7) billion shares, traded through (717)…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced that it has welcomed new issuer ALPS to the Cboe ETF Marketplace. The ALPS Disruptive Technologies ETF (Cboe: DTEC) seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) generally to the performance of the Indxx Disruptive Technologies Index. Laura Morrison, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Exchange-Traded Products…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced that it has today welcomed Olive Tree Estates Limited to its Catalist under the stock code “1H2”. Olive Tree Estates Limited is a Singapore-based real estate company specialising in property development and investments, with growth ambitions in Singapore and the region. It has developed and invested in two light industrial properties…
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Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has published a proposal to grant an activity period exemption to companies engaged in infrastructure investment. At present, the activity period exemption that is required under Alternative B in TASE’s listing alternatives is granted to a company that is a real estate investment trust (REIT) fund. TASE believes that a company…
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The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm informed that it has found that Sandvik AB (“Sandvik” or “the Company”) has breached Nasdaq Stockholm’s Rule Book for Issuers (“the Rule Book”) and, accordingly, has imposed a fine on Sandvik amounting to one annual fee, corresponding to an amount of SEK 3,105,000. The Disciplinary Committee has found that…
Read moreEGX starts trading today on Altawfeek Leasing Company (ATLC.CA), which is the listed company number 222 in its main market, the ceremony took place in the presence of Mr. Mohsen Adel vice chairman of EGX, Mr. Mohamed Abdel Salam, Chairman of MCDR with Chairman of Altawfeek Leasing Company and representatives of Pharos Holding, the IPO…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Vanguard Asset Management. 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…
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced it has fined Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGMI) $5.5 million and required the firm to pay at least $6 million in compensation to retail customers for displaying inaccurate research ratings for numerous equity securities during a nearly five-year period, and for related supervisory violations. An equity research rating…
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Taking into account the European Regulation on central securities depositories, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) announced that it is launching a public consultation until 28 February 2018 on amendments to Book V of its General Regulation, on market infrastructures. Adopted in July 2014, the European Regulation on improving securities settlement in the European Union…
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National Settlement Depository (NSD), acting in compliance with ISO 18774, announced that it has started assigning FISNs (Financial Instrument Short Names) to securities and related financial instruments. ISO 18774 is an international standard which establishes a universal approach to reflecting the short descriptions of financial instruments based on unified rules and format. FISN is one…
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