Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC, President and CEO: Makoto Takashima) is pleased to announce the signing of a emorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Banque Misr on August 24, 2022, aimed at developing collaboration with regard to trade digitalization.

The Hong Kong Academy of Finance (AoF) announced that the 2023 intake of the Financial Leaders Programme (FLP) is open for application today (10 October). Commencing in 2022, the FLP aims to inspire financial talents, to equip them with a mindset to lead and look at issues from a macro perspective, as well as to expand their network.

Vanke aims to raise as much as $784 million selling shares of its Onewo unit.

NAFMII released Notice on the Trial Implementation of Cash Tender Offer in China's Non-financial Enterprise Debt Financing Instruments Market (hereinafter referred to as the Notice) in early November, in the aim of diversifying the bond issuers' liability management toolkit.

SZSE recently held a talk with heads of investment banking, quality control and internal audit departments of, and sponsor representatives from eight sponsoring institutions that failed to perform their duties properly on stock issuance and listing on the ChiNext Board. The talk aimed to further urge sponsors to fulfill their responsibilities diligently as “gatekeepers” in review.

SV Financial Service Inc. is contacting consumers by telephone on an unsolicited basis and offering them what they claim to be preferential YouTube shares prior to their offer to the public. The company’s website is available under svfinancialservice.com. When contacting consumers, the company also uses the name S / V / F / S Financial Services, and often also adds Silicon Valley Finance to their name. The business address stated on the company’s website is located in Vienna, Austria, whereas the business address stated in the business documents is located in Zurich, Switzerland. No commercial register entry could be found at either of these locations.

On April 22, 2019, Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Japan Exchange Group (JPX) agreed to establish China-Japan ETF Connectivity. Aimed at creating more opportunities for cross-border securities investment between China and Japan, the scheme enables listing of feeder ETFs of ETFs investing in Chinese or Japanese assets.

Efforts will be made to introduce novel futures products themed on carbon emissions rights, logistics and indexes in China so that the financial sector can better serve the real economy and address the country's major development strategies, said China Securities Regulatory Commission Vice-Chairman Fang Xinghai at a forum on Tuesday.

This statistical release covers all claims on and liabilities to other countries by UK-resident banks and building societies (monetary financial institutions).

BSE aims bigger as market opens wider.

​In February 2022, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) issued the Financial Landscape Consultation Paper on Repositioning Thailand’s Financial Sector for a Sustainable Digital Economy. The Consultation Paper sets the overall direction in developing the financial sector, with the aim to strike a balance between promoting innovation and managing risks in order to support the transition towards a digital and environmentally-friendly economy.

The European Commission published its action plan on sustainable finance in 2018, with the aim of creating a roadmap for sustainable finance across three categories:reorienting capital flows toward a more sustainable economy; integrating sustainability into risk management; fostering transparency and long-termism.