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Financial And FinTech Industry Gets Ready As Inaugural Fintech Abu Dhabi Event Kicks Off In 10 Days

Date 11/10/2017

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, is gearing up for its inaugural global FinTech Abu Dhabi event which will be taking place in just ten more days on 22 to 23 October 2017.   The FinTech Abu Dhabi Summit is a two-day by-invitation-only event that encompasses a high-level regulators’ roundtable, a global Innovation Challenge Demo Day represented by an international fleet of mature FinTech firms, ADGM’s first batch of RegLab FinTech startups, and an exciting Summit featuring distinguished local, regional and international leaders from the global FinTech industry.

Fiserv To Release Third Quarter Earnings Results On October 31, 2017

Date 11/10/2017

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, will announce its third quarter financial results after the close of regular market trading on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.

Etherparty Expands Globally With DCX Partnership

Date 11/10/2017

Easy-to-use smart contracts creation platform Etherparty has announced it will be partnering with Singapore-based Global DCX, an innovative digital currency exchange that will be launching in October.

Thomson Reuters Delivers Greater Research Management And Search Functionality For MiFID II Unbundling In Eikon - Proprietary Data Capability And Enhanced Search Functionality Addresses The Research Management Challenges Facing The Buy-Side Sector

Date 11/10/2017

Furthering its commitment to deliver a robust set of solutions to assist  the institutional asset management industry in complying with impending MiFID II research unbundling requirements and manage their Big Data needs, Thomson Reuters has added additional research management and search capabilities to its flagship desktop product Eikon. These tools continue the ongoing series of enhancements and new solutions Thomson Reuters is delivering to the financial industry to meet the challenges of MiFID II requirements, set to be implemented January 3, 2018.

September 2017: Surpassing The Previous Month - The Statistical Monthly Report Contains The Latest Trade And Turnover Figures For SIX Swiss Exchange.

Date 11/10/2017

Trading activity on SIX Swiss Exchange continues to grow significantly. Turnover on the trading platforms in the year to date is up 7.1% year-on-year to CHF 1'021.7 billion. This increase has also been reflected in the number of trades, which have risen by 7.7% versus the corresponding period last year to a total of 38'319'606. The year to date figures for the preceding months were also up on last year, so this trend was maintained in September.

Eris Exchange: Interactive Brokers Adds Eris Swap Futures

Date 11/10/2017

• Eris Swap Futures now electronically available to 418,000 new accounts, with over $103 billion in client equity

IOSCO Analyzes Other CRA Products Used To Make Investment And Credit-Related Decisions

Date 11/10/2017

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a report titled Other CRA Products (OCPs), which provides market participants with a better understanding of certain non-traditional products and services offered by credit rating agencies (CRAs). 

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Xu Tao For Four Months

Date 11/10/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has prohibited Mr Xu Tao, a former investment consultant of China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited (CICC), from re-entering the industry for four months from 11 October 2017 to 10 February 2018.

New Speech By Thomas Atkinson, Executive Director, Enforcement Division, Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Keynote Address At 8th Pan Asian Regulatory Summit

Date 11/10/2017

A keynote speech delivered by Mr Thomas Atkinson at the 8th Pan Asian Regulatory Summit on 11 October 2017 was posted on the SFC website today.

ADX Showcases New Innovative Digital Apps During GITEX Technology Week 2017 - The New Digital Apps Are Designed To Help Facilitate Customers’ And Investors’ Access To Market-Leading Services Through Their Smart Phones

Date 11/10/2017

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the region’s leading financial market, showcased its latest innovative digital services and applications during GITEX Technology Week 2017. The applications, which include the Investors App, Smart Watch App, and My ADX, are accessible through the Apple and Google Play stores and can be used on either smartphones, tablet computers or smart watches.