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SunGard Wins Systems In The City Awards For Best Corporate Actions Solution And Best Data Provider

Date 08/07/2014

SunGard has won the 2014 Systems in the City Awards for Best Corporate Action Solution and Best Research and Analytics Tool for its XSP and Astec Analytics solutions, respectively. SunGard won the awards after securing the GoodAccreditation standard from Goodacre UK, a leading specialist consultancy for the securities and financial services industry.

NASDAQ OMX Lists AdvisorShares Sunrise Global Multi-Strategy ETF (Symbol: MULT) - Alternative Multi-Strategy Actively Managed ETF To Begin Trading On July 9, 2014

Date 08/07/2014

NASDAQ OMX today announced that AdvisorShares, Bethesda, MD.-based sponsor of actively managed exchange traded funds (ETFs) will launch a new ETF on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. AdvisorShares Sunrise Multi-Strategy ETF (Symbol: MULT) will list on The NASDAQ Stock Market® (NASDAQ®).

Abacus Group Launches Abacus FileDriver - New Service Will Allow Investment Firms To Efficiently Manage Routine File Transfer Processes

Date 08/07/2014

Abacus Group LLC, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, today unveiled the Abacus FileDriver service to help investment companies automate routine file transfers and to protect their business against disruptions caused by failed file transfers.

TMX Group Limited Announces Release Date For Q2 2014 Financial Results And Analyst Conference Call

Date 08/07/2014

TMX Group Limited will announce its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014 in the evening of Thursday, August 7, 2014. An analyst conference call to review the results will be held at 8:00 a.m. ET on Friday, August 8, 2014.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Fund Management Business Continues To Grow In 2013

Date 08/07/2014

The annual Fund Management Activities Survey (FMAS) released today by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) shows that the combined fund management business (Note 1) in Hong Kong hit another record high of $16,007 billion (Note 2) as of the end of 2013, representing year-on-year growth of 27.2%.

SGX Expands In Hong Kong

Date 08/07/2014

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT) today opened its Hong Kong branch with Ringo Chiu as Chief Representative.

Cellbroker And Solution Tech Choose Perseus LiquidPath® - 7,000 Traders Access BM&FBovespa From One Location Through LiquidPath® On The Tryd Trading Platform

Date 08/07/2014

Perseus Telecom, a leading provider of high-speed global connectivity, High Precision Time™ and Market-to-Market networks announced today SolutionTech and Cellbroker’s Tryd Trading Platform exclusively relies on LiquidPath®, the Perseus fully managed services solution for speed, reliability, infrastructure, exchange connectivity and global network access.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Introduces Amendments Reinforcing ATS Safety

Date 08/07/2014

• Warsaw Stock Exchange has approved amendments to the regulations applicable in the alternative trading system (ATS) on Catalyst and NewConnect
• The main objective of the amendments is to improve safety on Catalyst and to harmonise the Catalyst ATS regulations with the standards introduced last year on NewConnect
• The amendments cover several areas the key of which include: introduction of a minimum value of an issue of bonds which may be introduced into the ATS; obligation imposed on issuers of low-value issues to have an Authorised Adviser; mandatory preparation of an information document even where bonds were previously offered under an information memorandum
• In order to improve bondholder access to information relevant to bond payments, the duration of issuers’ reporting requirements has been extended
• The amendments take effect on 1 September 2014. The requirement of a minimum value of bonds introduced into the Catalyst ATS takes effect on 1 January 2015

GBST’s Syn~FTT Wins Best Compliance Solution - Systems In The City Awards 2014 Winners Announced

Date 08/07/2014

GBST Holdings Limited (ASX: GBT) (GBST), a global provider of securities transaction and fund administration software for the financial services industry,  is pleased to have been awarded Best Compliance Solution at the Systems In The City Awards 2014 ceremony.

TFEX’s Derivatives Volume Leaps 38 Pct In H1 2014

Date 08/07/2014

Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX), under the Stock Exchange of Thailand group, revealed that its first-half derivatives trading volume increased 38 percent to 93,834 contracts per day from a year earlier, underpinned by newly launched mini SET50 futures and stock futures, reinforcing TFEX’s commitment to boost liquidity and develop new products to the Thai capital market.