The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko has filed High Court proceedings against Vero Insurance New Zealand Limited for failing to apply multi-policy discounts, which led to affected customers being overcharged approximately $8.7 million in premiums.

Bangkok, 30 September 2022 – The Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (SEC) is going to organize educational activities emphasizing the importance of “investor resilience” during the IOSCO World Investor Week 2022 campaign (WIW 2022), 2-8 October 2022. Throughout the week, financial and investment knowledge to cope with the changing financial context, including the challenges of money management amidst inflationary pressures, will be highlighted through various online activities under such theme.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) held a press conference on September 29 to introduce the work of deepening reform and opening up.

The Chinese yuan overtook the US dollar for the first time to become the most traded foreign currency on the Moscow exchange.

The head of the supervisory board of Russia's leading stock exchange said on Thursday the group does not rule out spinning off and selling its dollar-rouble currency trading operations as a separate business.

Euronext extends the scope of derivatives contracts available on the Euronext Eurozone Banks Index. Market participants can now take positions on the Euronext Eurozone Banks Dividend Index Futures Contract, in addition to the existing Futures and Options contracts.

German discount retailer Aldi South is considering a further business expansion in China with the planned opening of at least 100 new stores, the local business newspaper Handelsblatt has reported.

Moscow Exchange plans to resume after-hours trading on the Equity & Bond Market, as well as pre-market trading on the Derivatives and FX Markets on 12 September 2022. This will mean trading will run for 12 hours on the FX Market, 14 hours on the Equity and Bond Markets and 15 hours on the Derivatives Market.

Unless stated otherwise, all figures below refer to performance in Q2 2022 and all comparisons are with the corresponding period of 2021, based on IFRS financials.

Mashreq is the first bank in the Middle East region to launch a specific platform for businesses to access non-banking services Mashreq Business Banking Value Added Services platform launches with ten non-banking service providers Platform users receive discounts for a suite of HR, office space, cloud providers and other non-banking services

In July 2022, total trading volumes across Moscow Exchange’s markets grew 3% to reach RUB 75.7 trln (RUB 73.5 trln. in June 2022).

The group's business scope covers activities including mining, iron ore processing, import and export of commodities, the sales of metal ores, and warehouse and supply management services.