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BETTER FINANCE: Shareholders Rights Directive Implementing Acts Last Chance To Ensure Rights Of Individual Shareholders Taken Into Account

Date 18/04/2018

Over the last few years, the European Union (EU) has been trying to facilitate the exercise of shareholders’ rights by updating the Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II). The revised Directive itself unfortunately only provided limited improvements to shareholders rights as important barriers to cross-border shareholder engagement within the EU remain in place.

Rival Systems Now Offering Value-At-Risk Within Its Award-Winning Rival Risk Platform - Using Monte Carlo Simulation, The New Enhancement Offers Clients An Efficient, All-In-One Risk Management Tool

Date 18/04/2018

Rival Systems (Rival), an award-winning provider of trading and risk management software, today announced the availability of Value-at-Risk (VaR) within its Rival Risk platform. By enabling users to calculate VaR, Rival adds yet another enhancement to its long list of risk features, creating one of the most comprehensive, all-in-one tools in the risk management space.

SET Announces Three Members Elected To Board Of Governors

Date 18/04/2018

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), at the members’ ordinary meeting on April 18, 2018, announced the appointment of three board governors namely Anuchit Anuchitanukul, Norachet Sangruji and Prinn Panitchpakdi to serve a two-year term from May 28, 2018 - May 27, 2020. The three governors have been elected to replace the current governors - Professor Kitipong Urapeepatanapong, Pichet Sithi-Amnuai and Prinn Panitchpakdi whose term ends on May 27, 2018.

NetLeaders Achieves Milestone With Sale Of 100,000 DasCoin Licences - A Revolutionary System Within Cryptocurrency

Date 18/04/2018

NetLeaders, the community of empowerment, has recently achieved a significant milestone with the sale of its 100,000th DasCoin Licence.

Plug And Play ADGM Goes ‘Live’ In Abu Dhabi And Aims To Accelerate Startups In MENA

Date 18/04/2018

This unique initiative will serve as a strategic platform that connects the Plug and Play ADGM corporate partners to the most directly relevant and innovative solutions by FinTech startups under its programme.  The platform will enjoy the advantages of ADGM’s internationally-aligned FinTech infrastructure and initiatives, for example, the ADGM FinTech Innovation Centre, the ADGM Regulatory Laboratory, and ADGM’s network of local and global institutions, FinTech bridges and industry partners.

UBS MTF Market Notice - Trade Cancellations In Nordic Instruments

Date 18/04/2018

In view of the cancellation of executions by the Swedish, Danish, and Finnish markets following technical disturbances on the reference markets this morning, UBS MTF has decided to cancel all trades that took place between 08:00 and 08:21:00 BST.

Nasdaq Dubai Welcomes Two Sukuk Listed By Sharjah Islamic Bank And DAMAC Properties

Date 18/04/2018

Nasdaq Dubai welcomed the listing today of two Sukuk by UAE issuers. Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB), one of the UAE’s most prominent Islamic financial institutions, listed a 500 million US dollar Sukuk, and DAMAC Properties, one of the region’s leading real estate developers, listed a 400 million US dollar instrument.

First Non-Bank Payment Service Provider (PSP) Directly Accesses UK Payment System

Date 18/04/2018

The Bank has reached an important milestone in its work to facilitate greater innovation and competition in the payments industry in order to improve financial stability. 

Madrid Stock Exchange 2017 Ombudsman Report - The Ombudsman Answered 13,000 Information Requests And Dealt With 12 Claims

Date 18/04/2018

• Retail investors accounted for 86% of information requests
• Numerous doubts and complaints associated with Banco Popular

EEX New Participant: IREN MERCATO S.p.A.

Date 18/04/2018

IREN MERCATO S.p.A. has been admitted to exchange trading for Phelix Futures and Options, French Financial Power Futures and Options, Italian Financial Power Futures and Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures and Options, Spanish Financial Power Futures and Options, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Swiss Financial Power Futures, Greek Financial Power Futures, PXE Polish Financial Power Futures, PXE Czech Financial Power Futures, PXE Hungarian Financial Power Futures, PXE Slovakian Financial Power Futures and PXE Romanian Financial Power Futures.