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Thomson Reuters Calculates Benchmarks For Three Of Africa’s Most Dynamic Economies

Date 22/07/2014

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has won a competitive process to provide currency benchmarks for three of Africa’s most vibrant and dynamic economies – Kenya, Ghana and Zambia.

b-next Appoints Christoph Böhmerle As Head Of International Projects

Date 22/07/2014

b-next, a specialist provider of Market Abuse Surveillance, Insider Dealing and Compliance software solutions, announces the appointment of Christoph Böhmerle as International Projects and Business Development Manager. Mr Böhmerle will supervise all global projects and will work closely with the international sales teams to expand b-next’s footprint.

Bucharest Stock Exchange Launches Its First Guide For Non-Resident Investors

Date 22/07/2014

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) released today, July 22, 2014, its first edition of the International Investors’ Guide, part of the InvestingRomania program. The Guide includes relevant information that a foreign investor would like to know about Romania when interested to invest on Romanian capital markets.

HKEx Announces Senior Executive Changes

Date 22/07/2014

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has appointed Roger Lee to head its new Market Operations group, reporting to Romnesh Lamba, Co-Head of Global Markets.  Mr Lee was previously Head of Structured Products, Fixed Income and Primary Market Information in HKEx’s Listing and Regulatory Affairs Division.  Market Operations comprises Cash Trading, Derivatives Trading and Market Data and is part of HKEx’s Global Markets Division.

New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority: Presentation By Elaine Campbell To The IFA Conference 2014 - What Does Success Look Like In The New Regulatory Environment?

Date 22/07/2014

Good Afternoon.

I am grateful to speak to you today – as FMA’s adviser work has only recently been brought within my mandate.  So it’s a very timely opportunity to speak with you about how I’d like our regulatory relationship to be in the new environment we’re all facing. So I look forward to spending more time with you, during the breaks today and of course in the future. 

GBST’s FTT Solution Goes Live At Global Investment Bank - Delivering French And Italian Financial Transaction Tax Compliance

Date 22/07/2014

GBST (ASX: GBT), the ASX-listed wealth management and Capital Markets technology specialists, today announced successful delivery and roll-out of its Syn~FTT solution at a top 10 US global investment bank.

Clearstream Extends Collateral Reach By Linking To Deutsche Bank

Date 22/07/2014

• Cooperation will further deepen the collateral / liquidity pool for mutual customers by automatically connecting them to Clearstream’s Global Liquidity Hub  
• Deutsche Bank benefits from Clearstream’s integrated collateral management offering for its customers 
• After BNP Paribas, Citi and Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank is the next partner to use Clearstream’s collateral management solution for agent banks

Singapore Fixed Income Indices (SFI) Weekly

Date 22/07/2014

Below are key highlights for the week ending 18 July 2014 (please click on the attachment for further detail):

• The SFI gained 0.17% to 118.31.
• YTD, the STI currently outperforms the SFI by 1.68%.
• The SFI's gains this week was largely attributed to the performance of government bonds (+0.21%), as represented by the SFI Government Bond Index.
• The SFI Corporate Bond Index also continues to advance this week (+0.12%), largely on the back of corporate financial bonds (+0.17%), as represented by the SFI Financial Bond Index.
• YTD, 51 new issuances with a combined market value of over S$10 billion have been included in the SFI.  By market value, 54% are corporate bonds, 25% are statutory board bonds and 21% are government bonds.

Statement From FIA President And CEO Walt Lukken On The Resignation Of CFTC Commissioner Scott O’Malia

Date 22/07/2014

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that Commissioner Scott O’Malia will step down later this month. FIA issued the following statement in response to the announcement. 

"On behalf of FIA, I want to thank Commissioner O’Malia for his energy, enthusiasm and commitment to public service," said FIA President and Chief Executive Officer Walt Lukken. "

SGX Welcomes Spackman Entertainment Group To Catalist

Date 22/07/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to welcome Spackman Entertainment Group Limited to Catalist under the stock code "40E”.