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  • Contango Whitepaper: The Changing Face Of Client Derivatives Clearing

    Date 31/01/2017

    Contango has just released a special report looking at the changing face of client derivatives clearing as regulation, higher capital requirements and constraints on revenue models are changing the way banks in particular look at their clients. In line with a trend that started some years ago, the number of derivatives clearing firms is shrinking further. Banks must earn more from their clients or be faced with exiting the listed derivative brokerage business (unwelcome), accept lower returns on capital utilised (unlikely) or be more picky about the types of clients that they serve (likely). As a result a number are ‘reassessing’ their client base and some clients just don’t fit any more.

  • Innotribe Calls On The Best FinTech Startups In Russia And Neighbouring CIS Countries

    Date 31/01/2017

    SWIFT announces today that the Innotribe Startup Challenge for Russia is open for applications. For the first time this year, Innotribe is pleased to partner with the ROSSWIFT (Russian National SWIFT Member and User Group), namely the Bank of Russia, the National Settlement DepositorySberbank, and Alfa-Bank to organise the Startup Challenge showcase during the International Financial Congress (IFC). Hosted by the Bank of Russia, our general partner for this first Startup Challenge in Russia, the IFC is Russia's largest international financial forum and will take place from 12-14 July 2017 in St. Petersburg.

  • Solactive Launches Solactive Swiss Family Owned Companies Index - Licensed To UBS

    Date 31/01/2017

    Solactive is announcing the release of the Solactive Swiss Family Owned Companies Index, an index tracking the price movements of publicly traded family-owned companies       that are domiciled and listed in Switzerland. The index is used as the basis for UBS’s tracker certificate (ISIN: CH0350101744). Family-owned companies are defined in the index as those in which the family ownership stake is of at least 32%. In addition, companies require a minimum threshold of CHF 500,000 for the 3-month average daily traded value to be included as components.

  • Torstone Technology Partners With Unavista To Provide Complete Mifir Reporting Service For Clients

    Date 31/01/2017

    Torstone Technology, a leading provider of securities and derivatives processing software to the global financial markets, today announced that it will connect to London Stock Exchange Group’s UnaVista Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM). The service will allow users of Torstone’s new InfernoRC (Regulatory Compliance) module to comply with the transaction reporting obligations of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).

  • DFM Plans To Introduce Central Counterparty (CCP) Clearing In Line With International Best Practice

    Date 31/01/2017

    • The DFM will begin consultation on its new clearing model in the second quarter of 2017 and plans to commence the CCP Company’s operations early 2019
    • His Excellency Essa Kazim: "significant market enhancement in order to well- position the market for sustained growth, as the introduction of a CCP reduces risk and improves liquidity"
    • Maryam Fekri: “The CCP Company will be an independent subsidiary fully owned by DFM, as part of comprehensive restructuring of Post-trade services in line with international best practices”