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  • Brokers Rank Regulation, Capital Efficiency, Pricing As Top Concerns for 2015, According To Annual TABB FCM Study

    Date 08/06/2015

    Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) have been challenged during the past year by capital constraints and declining margins, creating serious concerns about the future viability of their business models. With US and European regulators pushing forward, profitability conditions have worsened from 2014 and remain in flux in 2015, causing some to exit from the industry. 

  • CME Group Foundation Awards Grant To Saint Xavier University Graham School Of Management

    Date 08/06/2015

    The CME Group Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to Saint Xavier University's Graham School of Management (GSM) to further support its state-of-the-art finance curriculum, particularly in the derivatives area. This is the second grant the Foundation has awarded to the university; an initial grant of $100,000 from the Foundation enabled the Graham School of Management to build a solid base for the Center for the Study of Financial Markets and Derivatives (CSFMD). Further, it enabled the GSM to develop and advance an ambitious vision for finance education at SXU.

  • WFE Names David Thomas As Head Of Communications

    Date 08/06/2015

    WFE welcomes David Thomas to the Federation as Head of Communications from 8 June 2015, the first key hire this year.

  • SIX Swiss Exchange And Shanghai Stock Exchange Step Up Their Collaboration

    Date 08/06/2015

    SIX Swiss Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange have agreed in a memorandum of understanding to step up their collaboration. A delegation from China is visiting the Swiss stock exchange today, where the two parties will sign the document in ceremonial fashion. The intention is to enable the financial markets of both countries to benefit from regular, institutionalized exchange of information and joint projects.

  • Calypso Appoints New Head Of Professional Services

    Date 08/06/2015

    Calypso Technology, Inc., the standard for treasury and capital markets software, has appointed Mehdi Miri as Senior Vice President, Professional Services. In his new role, Miri will oversee the strategic direction of product implementation for Calypso's clients, as well as process improvement and new service offerings.

  • Third FSB Workshop On Compensation Practices

    Date 08/06/2015

    The FSB held in London on 14 April 2015 its third workshop on compensation practices to share experiences and lessons on the implementation of the FSB Principles and Standards for Sound Compensation Practices by banks. The workshop focused on governance of ex ante and ex post risk adjustment processes; aligning compensation and risk from the perspective of the risk management function; and compensation and conduct. The key takeaways from the workshop are that: effective governance of compensation starts with the right ‘tone at the top’, and with the risk management function playing a key role; continuing progress has been made by banks in aligning compensation with risk; boards are increasingly focusing on conduct issues. Official sector representatives from the FSB Compensation Monitoring Contact Group and senior executives from global systemically important banks participated in the workshop.

  • SGX Appoints Loh Boon Chye As New Chief Executive Officer

    Date 08/06/2015

    The Board of Directors of Singapore Exchange ("SGX") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Loh Boon Chye as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  He will commence his appointment on 14th July 2015.

  • IOSCO Publishes Good Practices On Reducing Reliance On CRAs In Asset Management

    Date 08/06/2015

    The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published its final report on Good practices on reducing reliance on CRAs in Asset Managementwhich provides a set of good practices for reducing over-reliance on external credit ratings in the asset management industry. 

  • Duco Signs Seven New Clients On Four Continents - Firms Selecting Duco Cube Include Tier 1 Global Bank, Inter-Dealer Broker, Clearing Firm, Proprietary Trading Firms And Physical Bullion Platform

    Date 08/06/2015

    Duco, a London-based financial technology (fintech) provider of hosted reconciliation services, today announced that the firm has signed seven new clients on four continents in the last 12 weeks. The latest firms to adopt the award-winning Duco Cube on-demand reconciliation system include a “Tier 1” global bank, a major inter-dealer broker, a Chicago-based futures clearing firm, two proprietary trading firms in Europe and the U.S., and a Singapore-based physical bullion platform.

  • FIA Europe Publishes Review Of European Regulatory Reform

    Date 08/06/2015

    FIA Europe has published a review of the cumulative effect of European derivatives law reform, setting out the core issues and offering potential solutions to encourage further debate.