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European Stability Mechanism issues €3 Billion 10-Year Bond

Date 16/09/2015

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) today issued a new €3 billion 10-year euro benchmark bond with a coupon of 1%, maturing on 23 September, 2025. Together with last week’s 3-year deal, the ESM has now fulfilled half of its funding needs for the remainder of the year in two single transactions.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Registered On The Lead Managing Underwriter List Of TOKYO PRO-BOND Market: Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

Date 16/09/2015

Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange registered Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited on the Lead Managing Underwriter List of the professional-oriented bond market, i.e. TOKYO PRO-BOND Market. According to this time’s registration, the number of securities companies on the list is 48 as of September 16, 2015.
EEX: Letter By The Energy Industry To Commissioner Lord Hill, DG FISMA - "Ensuring Effective And Efficient Regulation Of European Commodity Derivative Markets”

Date 16/09/2015

In relation to MiFID II, there is a need to ensure the ancillary exemption framework incorporates an appropriate assessment in relation to the overall group business, consistent with the intent of the legislators. The present proposals from ESMA do not achieve this and also have a number of other serious deficiencies (including the approach to defining legitimate hedging activity and the starting year for assessment against the thresholds). Together, these problems will result in a large number of firms being brought into the scope of MiFID even though their activity in commodity derivative markets is, by any reasonable assessment, ancillary to their wider group business.
Xignite And 21 Innovators Join Forces To Launch The #FintechRevolution Api Ecosystem - Initiative Fuels Fintech Innovation By Allowing Easy Access To Massive Set Of APIs

Date 16/09/2015

Xignite, the leading provider of market data cloud APIs application programing interface), announced today the launch of the #FintechRevolution API Ecosystem, an industry-wide initiative that connects fintech developers with best-of-breed financial APIs. The goal of the initiative is to inspire a new generation of financial applications by assembling the best APIs in each market category.
US Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Addresses The European Cybercrime Center At Europol, The Hague, Netherlands

Date 16/09/2015

Thank you, Director [Rob] Wainwright, for that kind introduction – and for your outstanding leadership of Europol. I am deeply appreciative of all that you do to promote collaboration, to protect our nations’ citizens and to uphold the rule of law.

SIX Swiss Exchange Celebrates The Anniversary Of Its ETF Segment: 15 Years Growth

Date 16/09/2015

SIX Swiss Exchange was one of the first exchanges in Europe to open an ETF segment in 2000, which has since exhibited strong growth. In the first eight months of 2015, SIX Swiss Exchange reported trading turnover in excess of CHF 70 billion. The fact that more than 1,000 ETFs from 20 product providers can be traded today is testimony to the significant contribution made by the ETF segment to the diversification of the range of tradable securities on SIX Swiss Exchange. To mark the anniversary, SIX Swiss Exchange is publishing 15 theories on the future development of the ETF segment.
NICE Actimize to Support UAE Exchange With Financial Crime Solutions - Addressing Anti-Money Laundering And Integrated Fraud Management - Actimize AML Solutions, Coupled With The Actimize Integrated Fraud Management Platform, Provide Real-Time Alerts For Money Laundering And Fraud Scenarios

Date 16/09/2015

NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE) business and the largest and broadest provider of financial crime, risk and compliance solutions for the financial services industry, will support the Abu Dhabi headquartered UAE Exchange, with a portfolio of financial crime solutions, including Actimize Anti-Money Laundering and Actimize Integrated Fraud Management (IFM) solutions. The NICE Actimize AML and Fraud implementations are currently being rolled out across the financial institution’s operations around the world. UAE Exchange primarily deals with remittance, currency exchange and bill payment solutions.
Vectra Capital: Veteran Energy Traders Join NY-Based Proprietary Trading Firm

Date 16/09/2015

Vectra Capital LLC today announced that Lloyd Bloom and Tom Holland have joined the Company. Mr. Bloom was formerly Managing Director, Mitsui & Co Risk Management, Ltd. from 2003 to 2013 during which time he and Mr. Holland grew one of the largest and best respected natural gas and power trading businesses in North America. Michael Cosgrove, Vectra Managing Partner said "We are delighted that Lloyd and Tom have joined us and look forward to working with them to expand our trading."
STOXX Introduces iSTOXX Europe Centenary Indices

Date 16/09/2015

STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the launch of the iSTOXX Europe Centenary and iSTOXX Europe Centenary Select 30 indices. This unique index concept selects companies from the well-known STOXX Europe 600 Index which have been founded more than 100 years ago. The iSTOXX Europe Centenary Select 30 Index methodology also ads screens for dividend yields and liquidity.
European Commission Proposes New Investment Court System For TTIP And Other EU Trade And Investment Negotiations

Date 16/09/2015

The European Commission has approved its proposal for a new and transparent system for resolving disputes between investors and states – the Investment Court System.