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Oslo Børs To Launch TeamEngine Board Portal

Date 21/09/2015

Oslo Børs has entered into an agreement with the Swedish software company TeamEngine Group AB to sell its board portal solution in the Norwegian market.

GlobalTrade Corporation Integrates SWIFT’s Alliance Lite2 With Its Multi-bank Trade Finance Platform - GlobalTrade Corporation Becomes The First Trade Finance Technology Provider To Use SWIFT’s Alliance Lite2 For Business Applications, Offering corporates A Single, Cost-Effective Solution To Automate Trade Flows

Date 21/09/2015

SWIFT announces that GlobalTrade Corporation (GTC), a leading provider of innovative multi-bank trade finance solutions, is the first trade finance technology provider to integrate Alliance Lite2 for Business Applications (L2BA) with its multi-bank trade finance platform for corporates.

Euronext Partners With Shanghai Stock Exchange On Market Data

Date 21/09/2015

Euronext today announced a partnership with the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) to enhance the promotion and marketing of its cash, derivatives, commodities and index data in the People’s Republic of China. SSE Infonet, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Shanghai Stock Exchange that manages its securities information, will act as Euronext’s market data agent in China.

ICAP Invests Further In Duco - Series B Funding To Accelerate Growth. Strategic Investment Made Through Euclid Opportunities, ICAP’s Early Stage Fintech Funding Business

Date 21/09/2015

ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, has further invested in Duco, a London-based fintech provider of hosted reconciliation services. The investment was made through Euclid Opportunities, ICAP’s early stage funding programme. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

RSRCHXchange Launches Online Marketplace For Institutional Research - Transforms The Way In Which The Financial Industry Buys And Sells Institutional Research

Date 21/09/2015

RSRCHXchange officially launches RSRCHX today, its online marketplace for buying and selling institutional research. Built in consultation with asset management institutions and research providers, RSRCHX radically modernises the way in which users interact with research and enables the buy side to comply with the MiFID II research unbundling requirements.

Ancoa Successfully Closes Series A Funding Round - Raises Over £4m To Fund Continued Growth

Date 21/09/2015

Ancoa, providers of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators, buy- and sell-side firms, have successfully closed their Series A funding round last week, bringing the total investment to £4.145m. Investors include Buysse & Partners, LRM Capital, SmartFin Capital, Velocity Capital and Ancoa’s management team as well as a number of high net worth individuals and family offices. All investors are strongly committed to FinTech sector investments through the variety of their individual portfolios.

SIX To Pay An Extraordinary Dividend In 2105

Date 21/09/2015

SIX sold its shares in the joint ventures STOXX AG and Indexium AG to Deutsche Börse resulting in sales proceeds of CHF 650 million in July 2015 (Media Release). Based on the outstanding liquidity and capital situation of SIX, the Board of Directors has decided to propose to the shareholders the distribution of an extraordinary dividend this year. The distribution is expected to total CHF 400 million, corresponding to a dividend of CHF 20.50 gross per share. The shareholders were already paid a regular dividend totalling CHF 156 million in March 2015. Subject to the approval of the shareholders, SIX will have paid its shareholders a total of CHF 1,325 million since its foundation in 2008.

HKEx Responds To Media Enquiries - JP Morgan Chase China And HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li

Date 21/09/2015

In response to media enquiries today, the Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), Chow Chung-kong, would like to issue the following statement:

"We note today's report in the Wall Street Journal.  As it concerns issues at JP Morgan Chase China before our chief executive, Charles Li, joined HKEx in October 2009, we are not in a position to comment.  Under Charles Li's leadership and through a number of important and strategic initiatives, HKEx has substantially grown its business.  As far as we are aware, this story does not have any bearing on Mr Li's role at HKEx and its business."

MNI China Business Sentiment Indicator: Chinese Business Sentiment Pulls Back In September - Businesses Say Yuan Devaluation Is Helping

Date 21/09/2015

Business sentiment among executives at China’s largest companies pulled back in September, the latest twist in a volatile period since July. Most underlying components of the survey fared better than the overall measure, with the increase in August now looking more like an overreaction following July’s turmoil rather than a sustainable change in fortunes.
 

Egyptian Exchange: Eid El Adha Vacation

Date 21/09/2015

EGX decided that Eid El Adha vacation will start from Wednesday 23-09-2015 till Sunday 27-09-2015. Trading will be resumed effective Monday 28-09-2015.