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Motive Partners Launches Financial Technology Innovation Catalyst & Value-Creation Engine - Motive Labs To Enable Collaborative Innovation And Investment Across The Financial Services And Financial Technology Industry By Partnering With World Leading Financial Institutions - First Partners Include Allied Irish Bank, Bradesco, Emirates NBD, Mastercard & Royal Bank Of Scotland

Date 22/01/2018

Motive Partners, an investment firm focused on technology enabled companies that power the financial services industry, today announced the launch of Motive Labs, a membership-only innovation and investment organization that will support the firm's mission to back and build the next generation of financial technology.

Jyske Bank Selects Barracuda For FX Order Management

Date 22/01/2018

Barracuda FX, the specialist provider of FX Order Management technology, today announced the signing of a new contract with Jyske Bank, the major Danish FX trading institution.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Proposals For Ombudsman Fall Short Of The Mark, Say Small Firms

Date 22/01/2018

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its proposals for increasing the remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) as it launches a consultation on increasing the scope of the FOS.

Al Mawared Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report - 22 January 2018

Date 22/01/2018

Click here to download Al Mawared Brokerage's weekly report on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE)

Dubai Financial Services Authority And Central Bank Of Bahrain Sign MoU

Date 22/01/2018

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Central Bank of Bahrain signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last week to cooperate in the supervision and authorisation of firms operating in both markets.

Agency For The Cooperation Of Energy Regulators (ACER) Continues To Use Nasdaq’s SMARTS For Pan-European Market Monitoring Of EU Wholesale Energy Markets

Date 22/01/2018

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has officially extended its contract with Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) to continue to leverage Nasdaq’s SMARTS Market Surveillance technology to detect insider trading and market manipulation across the European Union’s wholesale energy markets by digesting and analyzing massive volumes of data from hundreds of power producers, exchanges, operators, and brokers across 28 member states. The new agreement contract extension will continue to allow national regulatory authorities to share data, technology, and expertise, with the aim of creating a cooperative regulatory infrastructure.

Closure Of Bursa Malaysia In Conjunction With Thaipusam And Federal Territory Day

Date 22/01/2018

In conjunction with the Thaipusam and Federal Territory Day, Bursa Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiaries will be closed on the following dates:

Thaipusam

• Wednesday, 31st January 2018

Federal Territory Day

• Thursday, 1st February 2018

AFME Highlights Brexit Cliff Edge Risks In New Paper

Date 22/01/2018

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has today published a new paper highlighting some of the potential cliff edge risks that Brexit could create for market efficiency and financial stability.

Monetary Authority of Singapore: Second Conviction For Market Misconduct Under The Joint Investigations Arrangement With The Commercial Affairs Department

Date 22/01/2018

Mok Piak Liang (Mok) was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment on 19 January 2018 as a result of a conviction arising from a joint investigation conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) of the Singapore Police Force. The State Courts of Singapore convicted Mok for false trading under Section 197(1)(b) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA). This case was referred by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Chan Wai Nun For Six months

Date 22/01/2018

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Chan Wai Nun, a former investment counsellor of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (DBSHK), from re-entering the industry for six months from 19 January 2018 to 18 July 2018 for transferring client data out of DBSHK prior to his departure from DBSHK to join another bank.