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Regulatory Technology: Reshaping The Supervisor-Market Participant Relationship - Digital Innovation --- Opportunities And Risks Posed By Disruptive Changes And Emerging Technology Europlace Financial Forum, Paris France - Patrick Armstrong Senior Risk Analysis Officer, Innovation And Products Team

Date 19/07/2017

Ladies and gentlemen, 

It is a great pleasure to be here at the Europlace Financial Forum and I would like to warmly thank the conference sponsors and, in particular, the Global Association for Risk Professionals, for inviting me to be here.  

Inter-Product-Spreads For Central-/Eastern-European Power Derivatives Now Available At EEX

Date 19/07/2017

Today, EEX has launched Inter-Product-Spreads with guaranteed execution related to Central-/Eastern-European Power Futures. The new spread products enable trading participants to trade price differences between the different market areas more efficiently as separated prod-ucts are merged to a standardized Inter-Product-Spread product. The Inter-Product-Spreads are available in the trading system as products with own order book as well as links to the re-spective single leg order books. The new products aim at increasing liquidity and tightening spreads in the respective order books.

Acting Comptroller Of The Currency Discusses Responsible Innovation And Granting National Bank Charters To Financial Technology Companies

Date 19/07/2017

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith A. Noreika today discussed responsible innovation during an appearance before the Exchequer Club. His remarks provided the audience an update on the agency’s Office of Innovation as well as the agency’s work related to granting national bank charters to financial technology companies.

BME: New Start-Ups In The Pre-Market Environment: Cadel Deinking And Navlandis - The Pre-Market Already Has 5 Companies

Date 19/07/2017

The Pre-Market Environment (EpM) for start-ups, created to improve access to private funding and help companies discover how the stock market works, continues to grow. Starting in September, the start-ups Cadel Deinking and Navlandis will join following approval by the Steering and Environment Monitoring Committee.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Transaction In Own Shares

Date 19/07/2017

London Stock Exchange Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased through RBC Europe Limited, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2017, the following number of its ordinary shares of 6 79/86 pence each ("Shares") on the London Stock Exchange as part of the buyback programme announced on 29 March 2017:

BME: AM Locales Property Socimi Receives Favourable Report From MAB

Date 19/07/2017

The Coordination and Admissions Committee of MAB has submitted to the Board of Directors a favourable report on AM LOCALES PROPERTY SOCIMI,stating that the company is eligible for admission to the market, following a review of all the information presented by the company.

LSEG Collaborating With IBM To Develop Securities Data Blockchain Solution For European SMEs

Date 19/07/2017

• Borsa Italiana project plans to digitize securities certificate data to simplify issuance and management of shareholding information
• Solution aims to create a shared registry of shareholder transaction records
• Blockchain technology helps expand SMEs’ access to credit and enable shareholder data exchange

DIFC To Host Inaugural Global Financial Forum 2017

Date 19/07/2017

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading international financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, will organise the first Global Financial Forum (GFF) on Tuesday 14 November 2017. 

UK Financial Conduct Authority Ratesetter Announcement - UK Crowd Funding Association Statement

Date 19/07/2017

Bruce Davis, Director of the UK Crowd Funding Association (UKCFA) said:

“This underlines why we need clarity from the regulator about the scope of loans based crowdfunding.  The UKCFA represents members from loans and investment based crowdfunding and have always advocated maximising transparency for lenders and investors so they have a clear understanding of where their money goes, the risk it incurs and how the rewards are shared between platform and lender. Ratesetter have done the right thing to acknowledge their errors but the industry must not lose sight of the benefits of simplicity and transparency.

Al Mawared Flash Note - Jordan Sukuk Update

Date 19/07/2017

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