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ESMA Publishes 2018 Work Programme For CRAs, Trade Repositories And Third Country CCPs

Date 08/02/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published its 2017 Annual Report and 2018 Work Programmesetting out its main supervisory activities for credit rating agencies (CRAs), trade repositories (TRs), and third country central counterparties (TC-CCPs) in the EU. ESMA supervises eight registered TRs, 26 registered CRAs and four certified CRAs from third-countries. The report also details ESMA’s supervisory activities and achievements in 2017.  

GLEIF And SWIFT Introduce The First Open Source BIC-To-LEI Relationship File To Allow For Interoperability Across Multiple ID Platforms - The Cooperation Will Significantly Streamline Entity Verification Processes And Reduce Data Management Costs

Date 08/02/2018

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has published the first monthly relationship file that matches a Business Identifier Code (BIC) assigned to an organization against its Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). With the launch of this open source file, GLEIF and SWIFT have pioneered a cooperation model that, for the first time, enables market participants to link and cross-reference these key entity identifiers free of charge. This will significantly streamline entity verification processes and reduce data management costs.

MarketInvoice Partners With Euler Hermes

Date 08/02/2018

• MarketInvoice is first fintech to partner with Euler Hermes in the UK.
• Euler Hermes will offer credit insurance policy to MarketInvoice customers to protect them from impact of bad debt.

Fidessa Scoops Industry Award For ETD Affirmation Service

Date 08/02/2018

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that its post-trade affirmation management service for exchange-traded derivatives has been named Best Utilities Technology at the 2018 Fund Technology & WSL Awards. These awards recognise and reward those providers who have demonstrated exceptional customer service and innovative product development over the past 12 months.

ULLINK Delivers MiFID II Best Execution Reporting In Partnership With LiquidMetrix

Date 08/02/2018

• Solution live in production leveraging Ullink UL PUBLISHER post-trade data management hub

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 08/02/2018

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 9 February 2018, the margin levels of the following Futures Contracts shall be as follows: 

FTSE Russell Launches Global Equities Net Of Tax Index Series For Australian Superannuation Funds

Date 08/02/2018

• FTSE All-World ex Australia Net Tax (Super) Index Series is a new global equities index series specifically for Australian superannuation funds

• Benchmark measures true performance of global equities on an after-tax basis for the superannuation industry

• Better reflects equity returns for superannuation members

• Developed in conjunction with Qantas Super, one of Australia’s largest corporate superannuation funds

SET Market Report For January 2018

Date 08/02/2018

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index at the end of January advanced 4.2 percent from end-2017 to 1,826.86 points, while a combined market capitalization of SET and Market for Alternative Investment (mai) at the end of January rose to THB 18.7 trillion (USD 584.4 billion) and the average daily trading value of both stock markets in January soared by 35 percent y-o-y to THB 78.8 billion. On January 24, SET Index closed at 1,838.96 points, an all-time high, since its inception in 1975.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Toward A Virtuous Cycle Of Finance and Economy - Speech By Nobuchika Mori

Date 08/02/2018

Click here to download a speech by Nobuchika Mori.

ASIC: Operators Of 'Binary Options Trading Boiler Room' Banned Following Conviction

Date 08/02/2018

ASIC has permanently banned Jana Jaros and Jackson Laurence Malcolm Capper from providing financial services or from engaging in any credit activities after they were convicted and sentenced on charges brought by ASIC.