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SET Holds Investment Expo In Bangkok March 23-26

Date 01/03/2017

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will organize “SET in the City”, the annual SET’s flagship investment expo in Bangkok during March 23-26, under the concept “Unleashing investment opportunities" with showcases from securities firms, asset management firms, and banks to offer various investment products from equities, derivatives e.g. gold futures, mutual funds, and insurance services, while offering workshops and seminars as well as introducing new technology and innovative services for retail investors.

BrickVest Announces £2m First Closing Of Its Second Financing Round - Round Upsized To £4m To Accelerate Growth

Date 01/03/2017

• Secured funding from management, seed investors and European technology, real estate investors and business angels.
• Round includes the announcement that Jean-Romain Lhomme, former Co-Head Europe of Colony Capital, a prominent technology angel and private equity investor has joined the BrickVest Board alongside the Founders
• The Offering will be upsized to £4 million to help launch new products and significantly scale the platform with the addition of a dedicated solution for family offices and institutional investors
• Funding to support scale up of the platform after successful launch

Dubai Islamic Bank Rings Bell To Celebrate Listing USD 1 Billion Sukuk On Nasdaq Dubai

Date 01/03/2017

• UAE’s largest Islamic bank is nation’s leading Sukuk issuer on the exchange  
• Listing supports Dubai’s growth as global Capital of Islamic Economy

Volante Technologies Releases A New Version Of Designer With Support For Microservices Architecture - Designer Version 5.2 Now Also Available With The Latest SWIFT Standards Release 2017

Date 01/03/2017

Volante Technologies Inc., a global leader in the provision of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages and payments, today announced support for the technology underpinning Microservices Architecture, as well as SWIFT Standards Release 2017.

RSRCHXchange Appoints New Board Members Including Former Instinet Europe CEO Adam Toms - Hires Ex-UBS Head Of Research

Date 01/03/2017

RSRCHXchange, the MiFID II compliant marketplace for institutional research,  today announced that industry veterans Adam Toms, former CEO of agency broker Instinet Europe, Don Guiney, senior capital markets partner at Freshfields, and Michael McFadgen, Managing Director at Euclid Opportunities, NEX’s fintech investment division, have joined the RSRCHXchange board.

ESM Appoints David Eatough As General Counsel

Date 01/03/2017

The European Stability Mechanism has appointed David Eatough to its Management Board, where he will take on the role of General Counsel. Mr Eatough, formerly Deputy General Counsel, starts working in his new capacity as of today. He joined the ESM in 2013.

Deutsche Börse Launches New SME Segment “Scale”

Date 01/03/2017

Today saw the successful launch of Scale, Deutsche Börse's new segment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As of the start of trading 46 equities and corporate bonds had listed on Scale and further issuers are expected in the next few days, based on applications already received.  

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Proposes Reforms To The Availability Of Information In The UK Equity IPO Process

Date 01/03/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a Consultation Paper (CP) proposing a package of measures to reform the availability of information during the UK equity initial public offering (IPO) process. 

Japan Exchange Group: Status Of Acquisition Of Own Shares

Date 01/03/2017

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. hereby announces the status of matters regarding acquisition of own shares pursuant to the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation and Article 459, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, which was resolved at its Board of Directors meeting held on January 30, 2017, as follows.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Volume For February 2017

Date 01/03/2017

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in February was 96,651 ( - 23.3% MoM / - 67.7% YoY) and its average daily volume was 4,833.