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CORRECTED: UN Global Compact joins partners to ring the bell for gender equality at more than 100 stock exchanges March 02, 2021 21:07 ET | Source: United Nations Global Compact United Nations Global Compact New York, New York, UNITED STATES New York, NY, March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CORRECTION: In the original version of this announcement issued earlier today, the locations of a number of stock exchanges were incorrectly listed. Please find a...

UN Global Compact joins partners to ring the bell for gender equality at 99 stock exchanges UN Global Compact ringing the Nasdaq opening bell on 1 March 2021. New York, NY, March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UNITED NATIONS, New York, 2 March 2021 — For the seventh consecutive year, the UN Global Compact will participate in Ring the Bell for Gender Equality — a collaboration of stock exchanges around the world ringing opening or closing bells to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 M...

THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION If you are in any doubt as to any aspect of this circular or as to the action to be taken, you... | March 5, 2021

Hong Kong’s First Trading Tax Hike Since 1993 Pummels Stocks Bloomberg 2/24/2021 Kiuyan Wong and Felix Tam (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong unveiled its first stamp-duty increase on stock trades since 1993, sparking a broad selloff in the $7.6 trillion market and sending shares of the city’s exchange to their biggest plunge in more than five years. Popular Searches The plan for a trading-tax hike to 0.13% from 0.10% is part of a raft of new measures announced in Hong Kong’s budg...

(Bloomberg) -- A year anticipated to be full of headwinds for Hong Kong’s stock exchange turned euphoric instead. The challenge is now to add to the momentum.Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. on Wednesday reported that profit rose 23% to a record HK$11.5 billion ($1.48 billion) in 2020.Incoming Chief Executive Officer Nicolas Aguzin is preparing to take the helm after a year when trading jumped 60%, the bourse saw the biggest initial public offering flood in a decade and inflows of...

Hong Kong Stock Exchange's operator posted a 23% jump in 2020 net profit on Wednesday that was marginally above estimates, buoyed by higher trading volumes due to coronavirus-driven market gyrations, while Stock Connect schemes linking the bourse with mainland China also boosted volumes.

Provided by Dow Jones By Joanne Chiu Hong Kong moved unexpectedly to raise taxes on share trading by 30%, putting a damper on the citys stock-exchange operator just as it was unveiling record annual sales and profits. A surge in trading and new listings has buoyed Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd., which has grown to become the worlds largest exchange operator based on its own market valuation, and the fourth-biggest by value of companies listed on its exchang...

SOURCE / ECONOMY Shares hammered by citys proposed hike in transaction tax By GT staff reporters Published: Feb 24, 2021 08:28 PM HKEX File Photo Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), the operator of Hong Kongs stock exchange, on Wednesday revealed record earnings for 2020, in the latest sign of the citys resilience as a global financial hub despite the complicated global environment. However, the stellar data failed to underpin the shares of HKEX, as an unexpected announcement of a loc...

(Feb 19): Hong Kong’s stock exchange is probing whether investors violated rules by placing multiple subscriptions to improve their odds of participating in the initial public offering of New Horizon Health Ltd. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd, through share registrar Tricor, has asked brokers involved in the IPO to provide the names and identity card numbers of retail investors alloted stocks, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not be identified discussing private inf...

Local shares recovered from a morning dip on Wednesday to top 31,000, but some markets in the region pulled back from recent highs as rising US Treasu...