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Zelig Associates Advises QuantHouse On Its EUR39m Sale To IRESS

Date 05/06/2019

• Zelig Associates also advised QuantHouse on the sale of the company to S&P Global in 2012 and the buyback of the company by the founder in 2017

From Innovation Hub To Innovation Culture - Speech By Nick Cook, Director Of Innovation At The FCA, Delivered At The 6th Central Bank Executive Summit

Date 05/06/2019

Highlights

• Technology is dramatically changing the markets that we regulate — we must embrace this technology so that we can continue to regulate effectively.
• Regulators should actively stimulate certain innovation within the market that we believe will deliver public value.
• A challenge for regulators is how to instigate a cultural change whereby innovative thinking becomes part of our ‘business as usual’.

CPMI And IOSCO Publish For Public Comment A Paper On CCP Auctions

Date 05/06/2019

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published for public comment A discussion paper on central counterparty default management auctions.

WFE Chairman Dr Urs Rüegsegger Calls For Industry To Work Together To Tackle Issues Of Market Fragmentation & Market Data Pricing

Date 05/06/2019

Dr Urs Rüegsegger, Chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, today delivered a speech at the FESE Convention in Dublin on two topics that are key strategic priorities for the WFE: international market fragmentation, and the debate around market data pricing.

Intercontinental Exchange Reports May Statistics

Date 05/06/2019

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today reported May trading volume and related revenue statistics, which can be viewed on the company’s investor relations website at http://ir.theice.com/ir-resources/supplemental-information in the Monthly Statistics Tracking spreadsheet.

Financial Stability Board: TCFD Report Finds Encouraging Progress On Climate-Related Financial Disclosure, But Also Need For Further Progress To Consider Financial Risks

Date 05/06/2019

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) welcomed the publication today of the 2019 Status Report by the industry-led Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The Status Report provides an overview of the extent to which companies in their 2018 reports included information aligned with the core TCFD recommendations published in June 2017.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Appoints New Chair At The Financial Ombudsman Service

Date 05/06/2019

Baroness Zahida Manzoor CBE has been appointed Chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service. The appointment was made by the FCA Board with the approval of HM Treasury. Baroness Manzoor will take up the role on 2 August 2019, succeeding Sir Nicholas Montagu who is stepping down after more than seven years in post.

Payments: Diversity Matters - Speech By Victoria Cleland, Bank Of England Executive Director, Banking, Payments And Innovation, Given At European Women Payments Network Annual Event, Amsterdam

Date 05/06/2019

In her speech, Victoria reflects on two topics. The first is the importance of having a diverse workforce. The second is the benefits of having a diverse payment system. 

ESMA Publishes Translations For Guidelines On The Application Of C6 And C7 Of Annex 1 Of MiFID II

Date 05/06/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today the official translations of its Guidelines on the application of C6 and C7 of Annex 1 of MiFID II.

FESE Announces The Winners Of The FESE De La Vega Prize 2019

Date 05/06/2019

The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) is delighted to announce that the
FESE De la Vega Prize 2019 is awarded to the paper :

“Quasi-dark trading: The effects of banning dark pools in a world of many alternatives” 
co- authored by 
Thomas Johann, University of Mannheim; 
Talis Putnins, University of Technology Sydney; 
Satchit Sagade, Goethe University; and 
Christian Westheide, University of Vienna.

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