News Centre

Itiviti’s Sell-Side OMS Recognized For Best Equity Trading System Of The Year At FOW Asia Capital Markets Awards

Date 01/10/2020

Itiviti, a leading technology, and service provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to financial institutions worldwide, today announced that Itiviti’s sell-side OMS has won Best Equity Trading System of the Year at the FOW Asia Capital Markets Awards. The awards are judged by a panel of industry experts from across the market.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Trading Halt Due To System Glitch

Date 01/10/2020

Today, due to a hardware failure, the switchover from the failed device to the backup device did not work properly, and as a result, market information could not be distributed.

Avenir Registrars Ready To Support Irish Securities Issuers - Brexit Wake Forces Irish Issuers To Switch From London-Based CREST Settlement System In Next Four Months - Avenir Is First Registrar To Complete Agreement With New CSD

Date 01/10/2020

Avenir Registrars (www.avenir-registrars.ie), the next-generation corporate registrar, has today announced an expansion of its Ireland operations. This move allows the business to better cater for the growing number of Irish entities who will be required to ensure they can migrate listings away from CREST, the London Central Securities Depository (CSD), in the coming months.

Clearstream Creates Fund Centre After Completing Acquisition Of Majority Stake In Fondcenter AG From UBS

Date 01/10/2020

• Clearstream closes transaction acquiring majority stake in Fondcenter AG from UBS
• Newly combined fund distribution support business Clearstream Fund Centre has over USD 290 billion assets under administration
• UBS enters into long-term commercial cooperation agreements for the provision of services by Clearstream Fund Centre

BMLL Hires Two Sales Directors In Response To Growing Demand For Their Data And Analytics Offering - Neil Mackenzie Joins From SocGen - Phiona Tam Joins From Liquidnet

Date 01/10/2020

BMLL Technologies, the award-winning data and analytics provider, today announced two appointments to its growing team. Neil Mackenzie and Phiona Tam have joined BMLL as sales directors in response to increasing demand for BMLL’s historic data and analytics offering and to support the firm’s Go-to-Market strategy. 

Cappitech Awarded “RegTech Platform Platinum” Winner In Future Digital Awards

Date 01/10/2020

Cappitech, a leading provider of regulatory reporting, best execution analysis and business intelligence solutions for the financial services industry, has been announced as the “RegTech Platform Platinum” winner in the Juniper Research Future Digital Awards for Fintech and Payments.

Hardware Malfunction Causes Worst-Ever Outage On Tokyo Stock Exchange

Date 01/10/2020

A hardware breakdown on the Tokyo Stock Exchange halted trading for the entire trading day in the worst-ever outage for the exchange.

New Zealand Council Of Financial Regulators: Updated Timetable Of Regulatory Initiatives

Date 01/10/2020

In April 2020, the Council of Financial Regulators published a table of deferred regulatory initiatives due to COVID-19. This has now been updated to guide financial services businesses on future initiatives.

Guidance On The Conduct Of General Meetings Amid Evolving COVID-19 Situation - Joint Statement By Accounting And Corporate Regulatory Authority, Monetary Authority Of Singapore And Singapore Exchange Regulation

Date 01/10/2020

The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (“ACRA”), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) and Singapore Exchange Regulation (“SGX RegCo”) have updated a checklist to guide listed and non-listed entities[1] on the conduct of general meetings (“Checklist”) arising from the latest updates from the Multi-Ministry Taskforce to ease safe management measures to facilitate business operations.

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority: Contributions Help KiwiSaver Continue To Grow Through COVID-19

Date 01/10/2020

KiwiSaver has continued to grow despite market volatility and economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19 , according to the Financial Markets Authority’s (FMA) KiwiSaver Annual Report for the year ended March 2020.