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NN Investment Partners: Fixed Income Managers Need Greater Skills Than A Decade Ago

Date 21/10/2015

• 61% say changing liquidity levels pose a greater challenge; 42% cite broader geographic areas
• Risk control is most attractive quality of a fixed income strategy

CISI Signs Agreement With Society Of Technical Analysts - Wealth Managers & Traders Get Capacity To Improve Investment Decisions In Latest CISI Partnership Deal

Date 21/10/2015

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) and the Society of Technical Analysts (STA) have signed an Agreement to work together on areas of mutual interest for their respective membership, in an important move which recognises synergies between the two bodies.

FIX Trading Community Announces Revised Guidelines On Execution Analysis In EMEA

Date 21/10/2015

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announce that it has produced EMEA specific guidelines on Execution Venue Analysis. These latest revisions focus on adding further clarity around Last Capacity and Liquidity flag definitions, as well as mandating all executing venues, including broker crossing and alternative trading systems, to supply valid Market Identifier Codes (MICs) on their executions.

iSTOXX MUTB Japan Quality 150 Index To Underlie Retail Fund Available In Japan

Date 21/10/2015

STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced that the iSTOXX MUTB Japan Quality 150 Index has been licensed by Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management (MUKAM) to underlie a passive index fund. The new fund will be geared toward retail investors and expected to launch in November 2015.

Broadridge Expands EMEA Team To Support Global Financial Institutions - Kimberly Jewell, Mike Thrower And Peter Morris Join Broadridge's London Office

Date 21/10/2015

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) has hired three senior executives to its London office to expand the firm's support for global financial institutions in key market-centers internationally. The executives – Kimberly Jewell, Mike Thrower and Peter Morris – bring decades of experience in banking and brokerage operations, client relationship management, sales and technology.

ASIC: National Australia Bank To Implement A Large Scale Financial Advice Remediation Program

Date 21/10/2015

From today, National Australia Bank (NAB) will be contacting customers who may have received non-compliant advice since 2009. Affected clients will have their files reviewed to determine if compensation should be paid.

A First For The Region As The 55th Annual Meeting Of World Federation Of Exchanges Launches In Doha

Date 21/10/2015

His Excellency Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Minister of Economy and Commerce and Chairman of the Qatar Stock Exchange, inaugurated the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Federation of Exchanges.

ETFs And ETPs Listed In Japan Have Gathered A Record 36.4 Billion US Dollars In Net New Assets As Of The End Of Q3 2015, According To ETFGI

Date 21/10/2015

ETFs and ETPs listed in the Japan have gathered a record 36.4 billion US dollars in net new assets as of the end of Q3 2015. Although September was another roller coaster ride for investors they allocated US$7.5 billion in net new assets to ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan during the month, according to ETFGI’s Japanese ETF and ETP insights report for September 2015.

Remarks By Acting Assistant US Treasury Secretary Seth Carpenter At A Conference On The Evolving Structure Of The U.S. Treasury Market

Date 21/10/2015

Thank you, everyone, for joining us today. It is a pleasure to have such a distinguished group here with such a vast amount of experience. At the Treasury Department, we live and breathe Treasury markets, so it’s a nice change of pace to hear how other policy makers, market participants, and academics are thinking about these themes. Before I go on, I want to thank President Dudley and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for hosting all of us.

Decryptex Financial Laboratories Switches To MIK’s Security Master

Date 21/10/2015

Decryptex, the leading provider of scientific searches for capital markets trading surveillance, announced its selection of and partnership with MIK Fund Solutions for its security master. Decryptex employs advanced algorithms and big data to enable capital market professionals to uncover anomalous trading activity, and a robust security master is a critical piece of its offering.