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Deutsche Bundesbank And Deutsche Börse Successfully Complete Tests For Blockchain Prototypes

Date 25/10/2018

Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse have successfully completed the performance tests of their jointly specified prototypes for securities settlement based on blockchain technology. The prototypes support the settlement of securities transactions, payments, interest payments and repayments at the maturity of a bond. It was developed on both Hyperledger Fabric (version 1.0) and the Digital Asset Platform and subjected to demanding performance tests.
Eurex Clearing To Expand Partnership Program To Repo And Foreign Exchange

Date 25/10/2018

Eurex Clearing plans to expand its Partnership Program to cover the repo and OTC foreign exchange (OTC FX) segments. The design of the program extension is complementary to the OTC interest rate derivatives segment, which started in January 2018. As part of its partnership program Eurex Clearing shares governance and economics with the most active program participants.
AxiomSL Partners With SKS Unternehmensberatung To Further Boost Presence In German RegTech Space

Date 25/10/2018

AxiomSL, the leading provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, today announces that it has partnered with SKS Unternehmensberatung, a leading implementation provider of regulatory, risk and compliance management systems in Germany. The new partnership will enable AxiomSL to further expand their presence in Germany, Austria and Luxembourg by leveraging SKS’s well established consultancy expertise and extensive knowledge of the reporting obligations in the region.
National Settlement Depository And Interfax Launch New Product – The Single Disclosure Window Service

Date 25/10/2018

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and Interfax’s Center for Disclosing Corporate Information have put the Single Disclosure Window into commercial operation. This product will give issuers the ability to disclose material facts via information agencies’ news feeds, and also to inform NSD’s Corporate Actions Center about corporate actions.
The First Bailout Special Bond Planned To Be Issued On Shenzhen Stock Exchange To HelpTthe Steady Development Of Private Enterprises

Date 25/10/2018

On October 24, the 2018 bailout special bond issue announcement of Shenzhen Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SIHC) was released on the SZSE website, saying the one-billion-yuan volume to be issued by way of bookkeeping on October 26. This is a specific measure taken by SZSE to earnestly implement the requirements of Vice Premier Liu He on the healthy development of the stock market. It is also the first bailout special corporate bond issued on SZSE.

United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: FCA To Meet British Polling Council Over Treasury Committee’s Concerns With Polling Rules

Date 25/10/2018

Last month, Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP, Chair of the Treasury Committee, wrote to Professor Sir John Curtice, President of the British Polling Council (BPC), on the use of private polling data, particularly during election and referendum campaigns, and the risks of the integrity of UK financial markets. The Committee published Professor Curtice’s response earlier this month.
New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Publishes Annual Report 2018

Date 25/10/2018

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has published its annual report for the financial year ending June 30 2018.
ASIC: Research Study On Enforceable Undertakings Released

Date 25/10/2018

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released today a report of a pilot study by the Law Faculty of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on the deterrent effect of Enforceable Undertakings (EUs) on peer financial services and credit providers. The study was undertaken, and the report written by an UNSW team led by Professor Dimity Kingsford-Smith.
Refinitiv & SAI Global Collaborate To Fight Financial Crime - Strategic Alliance Created To Help Organisations Mitigate Risk From Third-Party Vendors And Enable Effective Third-Party Ecosystem Management

Date 25/10/2018

efinitiv is collaborating with SAI Global, a recognized global provider of integrated risk management solutions, as part of a new alliance to help companies optimise risk management and prevent financial crime. Sitting at the heart of the alliance is the integration of risk intelligence from Refinitiv World-Check into SAI Global’s SAI360 for Digital Risk solution, allowing organisations to perform third-party vendor risk assessments more efficiently and effectively.
NZX Limited (NZX) – Long Term Incentive Plan

Date 25/10/2018

NZX advises that it has issued performance rights to the members of its executive and management teams pursuant to NZX’s Long Term Incentive Plan. Under the plan, holders may be issued performance rights. The performance rights give the holder options to acquire ordinary shares in NZX, which may be exercised if the performance rights vest. The vesting period for the performance rights is 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020.