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Thomson Reuters Introduces New Buy-Side Focused App To Its Financial Markets Desktop Thomson Reuters Eikon - Watchlist Pulse App Further Streamlines Workflow For Portfolio Managers, Analysts And Traders By Monitoring Key Activities Impacting Portfolios And Stock Lists

Date 12/08/2014

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the launch of Watchlist Pulse, a new buy-side focused application for its flagship financial market desktop, Thomson Reuters Eikon. Watchlist Pulse allows portfolio managers, analysts, and traders to quickly monitor and review significant activities impacting companies in their portfolios and coverage lists, giving unparalleled insight into stock performances and trends.

Thomson Reuters Releases “Big Data In Capital Markets” Survey Results - Most Capital Markets Firms Do Not Have A Big Data Strategy – Early Days For Data Management As A Business Function

Date 12/08/2014

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has today published the results of a commissioned survey ‘Big Data in Capital Markets: At the Start of the Journey,’ prepared by Aite Group to assess the implementation of big data strategy among financial services firms.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Proposes Enhanced Oversight Of Credit Bureaus

Date 12/08/2014

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today published a consultation paper on proposals to strengthen oversight of credit bureaus.

BOAT Clients Move To Cinnober

Date 12/08/2014

In what is seen as a major endorsement for Cinnober’s new management of BOAT, the company announces today that all BOAT customers have now confirmed their future commitment to the service. Cinnober’s new BOAT division will continue to provide the only independent European trade reporting service, following the acquisition from Markit by Cinnober Financial Technology on 1st July this year. This acquisition is a significant development for BOAT customers who, until June this year, were facing the loss of their preferred service and having to consider “second choice” providers. Cinnober’s commitment to invest in the ongoing support and development of BOAT presented a simple choice for customers of a zero-risk option and full continuity.

Hospitality Invest Lists Its First Bond Issue On Oslo Børs

Date 12/08/2014

Hospitality Invest AS lists its first bond issue on Oslo Børs today.

Cairo Amman Bank Weekly Economic Monitor

Date 12/08/2014

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KRX To Hold KOSPI Market Joint IR Conference

Date 12/08/2014

<Joint IR Conference Overview> 

• Date: 13:30 - 17:30, August 18, Monday, 2014 
• Venue: International Conference Hall (1F) at the KRX Seoul office building and KRX Square (2F) 
• Attendees: general investors as well as institutional investors including analysts and fund managers 
• Participant Companies: KC Green Holdings, Visang, Cosmax, Ilyang Pharmaceutical, Namhae Chemical, LOENK, Aekyung Petrochemical, Hansol Chemical, Fine Besteel, BGF Retail 

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Strategic Finance Settlement Proceeds To First Distribution

Date 12/08/2014

In June this year PwC Partners John Fisk and Colin McCloy, as Receivers of Strategic, together with the Financial Markets Authority, announced they had finalised a $22 million settlement agreement with the former directors and auditors of Strategic.

CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Extends Conditional Time-Limited No-Action Relief To Australian-Based Trading Platform Yieldbroker Pty Limited

Date 11/08/2014

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance of a no-action letter extending the conditional time-limited relief provided in CFTC No-Action Letter No. 13-76 for Australian-based trading platform Yieldbroker Pty Limited (Yieldbroker). DMO will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against Yieldbroker for failure to register as a swap execution facility (SEF) under section 5h(a)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act) or Commission Regulation 37.3(a)(1), or against any market participants for use of, or other relationships with, Yieldbroker, for the period expiring November 15, 2014. Such no-action relief shall remain contingent on Yieldbroker’s satisfaction of six conditions specified in CFTC No-Action Letter No. 13-76 throughout the time-limited relief period. DMO continues to believe that predicating Yieldbroker’s relief upon satisfaction of these six conditions will help foster pre- and post-trade transparency on, and impartial access to, Yieldbroker’s trading platform during the relief period.

ISDA Research Study: Dispelling Myths: End-User Activity In OTC Derivatives - August 2014

Date 11/08/2014

There is a perception among some commentators that only a small fraction of derivatives activity relates to hedging that benefits the ‘real economy’. This analysis challenges that assumption. Publicly available data published by the Bank for International Settlements reveals that 65% of over-the-counter interest rate derivatives market turnover involves an end user on one side and a reporting dealer on the other. These participants, comprising non- dealer financial institutions and non-financial customers, use derivatives primarily to hedge risks and reduce volatility on their balance sheets. The remaining 35% of derivatives turnover activity relates to dealer market-making and the hedging of customer transactions – vital for market liquidity and the facilitation of client trades. Without this, end users would be unable to put on risk-reducing and cost-effective hedges, potentially leading to less hedging and more balance-sheet volatility.