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Orca Announces Launch Of Proprietary Rating For Peer-To-Peer Investments - The Orca Rating Will Be First In The Market To Individually Analyse Four Factors To Assess P2P Platforms

Date 24/05/2017

Orca, one of the leading independent data, research and analysis providers on the UK peer-to-peer lending market has today announced its plans to launch its own four-factor rating service for individual P2P providers, the Orca Rating. The rating will be designed in partnership with Dublin City University’s Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce research team, to respond to the growth of the asset class and the demand for more independent analysis and information on P2P lending.

Form3 Partners With Apply Financial To Make Payments Simple And Secure

Date 24/05/2017

Form3, the cloud based end-to-end secure standard for global payments processing, today announced the partnership with Apply Financial, the specialist payments validation company. The deal will further enhance the Form3 Payments-as-a-Service platform with powerful automation services to validate, enrich, and fix single and bulk payments. Together this will allow clients to access payments schemes through a single API making payments processing, automation and integration easier.

Mergermarket Group Bolsters Equity Technology And Analytics Capability With Acquisition Of TIM Group

Date 24/05/2017

• Deal extends Mergermarket Group’s portfolio to service equity investment strategies
• Move highlights growing trends towards effective investment, quantitative strategies and demand for big data
• MiFID II driving change in how the sell-side is rewarded for investment research

 

Neptune Furthers EMS Integration Partnership With TS

Date 24/05/2017

Neptune, the Fixed Income network for real-time “axe” indications, today announced enhanced integration with partner TS’s TradeSmart FI.

Abu Dhabi Education Council, Abu Dhabi Global Market And Insead Ink Partnership On Boosting Financial Knowledge

Date 24/05/2017

The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), and INSEAD are pleased to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 23 May 2017 in support of building up financial services knowledge and competence in Abu Dhabi. The MOU was signed by H.E. Dr Ali Al Nuaimi, Director General of ADEC, H.E Ahmed Al Sayegh, Chairman of ADGM and Prof Miguel Sousa Lobo, Director of the INSEAD Middle East Campus in Abu Dhabi, at ADGM Authorities Building on Al Maryah Island. This partnership dovetails well with all parties’ corporate ambition to reinforce Abu Dhabi as a centre of excellence for education, knowledge and talent development.

Nasdaq Dubai Welcomes Listing Of Three Bonds By Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China (ICBC)

Date 24/05/2017

Nasdaq Dubai, the region’s international financial exchange, welcomed the listing today of three bonds issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Dubai (DIFC) Branch.  ICBC was ranked the largest bank in the world by market capitalization in 2016 by Forbes magazine. 

ASIC Provides Guidance On Common Issues In Registration Of Managed Investment Schemes

Date 24/05/2017

ASIC has published a new information sheet to explain the common issues we identify in the content of managed investment scheme (scheme) constitutions during the registration process, and how we address these issues.

HKEX: Trading Continues During Black Rainstorm Warning

Date 24/05/2017

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that the Black Rainstorm Warning has not affected trading in the securities and derivatives markets, which continue to operate as normal.  According to the rules, trading will continue until the end of today’s last trading session.

CME Group Declares Dividend

Date 23/05/2017

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared a second-quarter dividend of $0.66 per share, payable June 26, 2017, to shareholders of record as of June 9, 2017.  

Licensing Overview: What New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Found And What Firms Need To Know

Date 23/05/2017

Common issues, hints for new applicants and a guide to the Financial Markets Authority’s (FMA) future focus are included in a review of the regulator’s first two and a half years of licensing.