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“Better Than Blockchain”: Digital Financial Instruments

Date 22/09/2017

Professor Mike Aitken AM, CEO of the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) and Australian Innovator of the Year, described a new trading and settlement technology as “better than blockchain” at an Innovation Summit in Sydney this week.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Continues To Conduct Normalized Roadshows On Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect To Promote Cross-Border Capital Market Cooperation

Date 22/09/2017

To further present the economic opportunities and introduce the capital market in China to International investors, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”), together with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (CSDC), conducted several roadshows on Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in Canada and America from September 12 to 19, 2017, and had several conversations respectively with TMX Group, Nasdaq, Inc., CME Group, the New York Branch of Bank of China and other securities exchanges and Chinese-funded overseas financial institutions to explore new modes of cooperation between securities exchanges and promote cooperation among cross-border capital markets.

QuantHouse Wins ‘Data Provider Of The Year’ At The 2017 FOW Asia Awards

Date 22/09/2017

QuantHouse, the leading independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, has been awarded ‘Data Provider of the Year’ at the FOW and Global Investor Asia Capital Markets Awards 2017.

Moscow Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Determined For September FX Futures

Date 22/09/2017

On 21 September 2017, final settlement prices were determined for MOEX futures contracts on currency pairs:

Nasdaq Stockholm Orders The Marketing Group PLC To Pay A Fine Corresponding To Two Annual Fees

Date 22/09/2017

The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm has found that The Marketing Group PLC (“The Marketing Group” or “the Company”) has breached the regulations of Nasdaq First North (“the Rule Book”) in several respects and, accordingly, has imposed a fine on The Marketing Group amounting to  two annual fees, corresponding to an amount of SEK 595,546.

US Justice Department Will Not Challenge Proposed Real Time Payment System

Date 21/09/2017

The Justice Department today announced that at this time it will not challenge a proposal by The Clearing House Payments Company LLC (“TCH”), a joint venture of 24 U.S. banks, to create and operate a new payment system that will enable the real-time transfer of funds between depository institutions, at any time of the day, on any day of the week.  The department’s position was stated in a business review letter to counsel for TCH from Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Andrew C. Finch.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Toughens Approach To Misuse Of FSPR

Date 21/09/2017

The Financial Markets Authority’s report on the Financial Service Providers Register (FSPR) sets out its work to prevent the misuse of the FSPR between 2014 and 2017.

SEC Adopts Interpretive Guidance On Pay Ratio Rule

Date 21/09/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved interpretive guidance to assist companies in their efforts to comply with the pay ratio disclosure requirement mandated by Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  Under the Commission’s rule implementing the pay ratio requirement, companies are required to begin making pay ratio disclosures in early 2018. 

FIA Announces 20 FinTech Startups Chosen For Innovators Pavilion

Date 21/09/2017

FIA announced that 20 companies have been chosen to exhibit in the Innovators Pavilion at the 33rd Annual FIA Expo in Chicago October 17 – 19. 

CFTC Commissioner Quintenz To Give The Keynote Address At Symphony Innovate 2017

Date 21/09/2017