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<p><span>In April 2022, trading turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange reached CHF 106.5 billion, 30% less than in the previous month, while the number of transactions decreased by 36.7% to a total of 4,836,692. The SMI® declined by 0.3% and reached 12,128.8 points at the end of the month.</span></p>

<p><span>Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic</span><span> and Baltic</span><span> markets. Below follows a summary of the statistics for April 2022:</span></p>

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<li><b>GPW Main Market Electronic Order Book</b><b> </b><b>equities turnover value increased by 3.5% YoY to PLN 22.9 billion</b></li>
<li><b>Index futures turnover volume increased by 42.3% YoY to 508,100 contracts</b></li>
<li><b>Non-Treasury bonds EOB turnover value on Catalyst increased by 186.3% YoY to PLN 879.8 million</b></li>
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<p><span>A total of 4,511 deals (comprising mergers & acquisitions [M&A], private equity, and venture financing deals) were announced in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during Q1 2022, an increase of 11.6% over 4,042 deals announced during Q1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.</span></p>

<p><span>Chinese startups continued to raise the highest venture capital (VC) funding amount among the Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries during Q1 2022. A total of 1,006 VC funding deals were announced in China during January-March 2022 while the disclosed funding value of these deals stood at US$18.6bn, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.</span></p>

<p><span>Canadian defined benefit pension plans closed the first quarter of 2022 in the red with a median return of -5.5%, the weakest quarterly return since Q1 2020 (-7.1%) according to the </span><a href="https://www.rbcits.com/en/home.page" target="_blank">RBC Investor & Treasury Services</a><span> All Plan Universe.</span></p>

<p>A total turnover of 8.205 billion shares worth N49.145 billion in 28,622 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 1.302 billion shares valued at N17.813 billion that exchanged hands last week in 20,212 deals.</p>

<p><strong>Key Points – April Report</strong></p>
<p>The Chicago Business BarometerTM, produced with MNI, fell to 56.4 in April, reversing last month’s gain to 62.9.</p>

<p><span>Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and AZB & Partners were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region for Q1 2022 by value and volume, respectively</span><span>. </span><span>Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised on five deals worth US$10bn, the highest among all the advisers. Meanwhile, AZB & Partners led in volume terms having advised on 29 deals worth US$4.3bn, accor...

<p><span>The ninth edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) evaluates the green finance offering of 81 financial centres. The GGFI serves as a valuable measure of the development of green finance for policy and investment decision-makers. </span></p>