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Xignite Named Top 100 Private Fintech Company By AlwaysOn OnFinance 2015 - Cloud-Based Market Data APIs Provider Recognized As Industry Leader In Driving The Future Of Fintech

Date 27/04/2015

Xignite, the leading provider of market data cloud solutions for financial services, announced today that it has been named to the AlwaysOn OnFinance Top 100 list of private companies who are defining the future of fintech through their innovative solutions and technologies.

London Stock Exchange Group: ELITE Welcomes First Intake Of European Companies To Programme

Date 27/04/2015

• 25 new companies join ELITE this week from across Europe
• ELITE is London Stock Exchange Group’s pan-European programme for ambitious high growth businesses
• Companies from Germany, Spain, France, Finland, Greece and Romania among those to join programme
• Further 42 Italian and UK companies also join ELITE programme this week
• More than 200 companies, 150 advisors, and 80 investors are already part of the ELITE community

Financial Integration In Europe Rebounds, ECB Report Finds

Date 27/04/2015

• Financial integration in the euro area has improved steadily and has reached a level close to that before the sovereign debt crisis
• Establishment of Banking Union and unconventional monetary policy actions taken by the ECB are major drivers of the improvement
• Financial integration is crucial for restoring efficient credit flows to the real economy

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Notice Of Soliciting Pubic Opinions For “Business Guidelines For Information Disclosure Of Cooperation And Investment Issues Between Listed Companies And Privately Offered Funds (Draft For Comment)”

Date 27/04/2015

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has drafted the “Business Guidelines for Information Disclosure of Cooperation and Investment Issues between Listed Companies and Privately Offered Funds (Draft for Comment)” (see the attachment) according to an array of regulations such as the “SSE Stock Listing Rules”, in a bid to standardize the information disclosure of cooperation and investment issues between listed companies and privately offered funds and strengthen its pertinence and effectiveness. It hereby solicits opinions from the public.

ESMA Publishes Updated EMIR Q&A – Focus On Reporting

Date 27/04/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today issued the 13th update of its Q&A document on the implementation of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). This update relates to the second level of the EMIR validation specifications to be commonly applied by the Trade Repositories (TR) to ensure that reporting is performed according to the EMIR regime.

Shanghai Stock Exchange, AVIC Ink Strategic Cooperation Agreement

Date 27/04/2015

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) signed on April 23 a strategic cooperation agreement with Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) at the trading floor of the SSE.

DIFC Welcomes Bae, Kim & Lee, First Korean Law Firm To Operate In Middle East

Date 27/04/2015

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the financial and business gateway between the Middle East, Africa and Asia, today welcomed the first Korean law firm - Bae, Kim & Lee (BKL) LLC - into its premises in the presence of Yangho Oh, Chief Operation Partner at BKL LLC, as well as senior partners of the firm-Kap You (Kevin) Kim and Ghun Chul Do.

Expanding Announcement Scope Of Shanghai Stock Exchange Direct Channel For Information Disclosure To Fuel Regulatory Transformation

Date 27/04/2015

The objective of the “Notice of Expanding Announcement Scope of SSE Direct Channel for Information Disclosure” (the Notice), released on April 24 by the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), is to boost the in-process and aftermath regulation on the information disclosure of listed companies.

Liquidnet’s Record First Quarter Performance In EMEA Driven By Increased Demand For Blocks - Global Asset Managers Search For Size Increases Ahead Of MiFID II

Date 27/04/2015

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced a record first quarter performance in EMEA as institutional investors increasingly look to trade in blocks.

Osaka Exchange: Important Matters Concerning The Expansion Of Contract Months For Nikkei 225 Options (Introduction Of Weekly Options)

Date 27/04/2015

Starting from Monday, May 25, 2015, OSE will introduce new options contracts based upon the Nikkei Stock Average (Nikkei 225). In addition to the current contracts which expire on the second Friday (the current contract months which are hereinafter referred to as "regular options"), OSE will set new contracts that expire on Fridays on which there are no expiring regular options (hereinafter referred to as "weekly options").
OSE has outlined important matters below concerning rules and market operations with regard to weekly options.