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MGEX Breaks Open Interest Record

Date 23/01/2017

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces record-breaking open interest after Friday’s trade date, closing the day at 87,472.

MEFF Extends Trading In IBEX 35 And Mini IBEX Futures By An hour - In Line With Other European mMarkets

Date 23/01/2017

Starting today, MEFF, BME’s Derivatives Market, extends by an hour the trading of IBEX 35 and Mini IBEX Future contracts. Trading then starts at 8:00 with a 5-minute auction from 7:55 h to 8:00 h (the opening auction will feature an additional random period of up to 30 seconds). MEFF’s initiative is in line with other European markets, whose Future contracts on indices are traded from 8:00 hrs.

ESM And EFSF Approve Short-Term Debt Relief Measures For Greece

Date 23/01/2017

The Boards of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) today adopted the rules implementing a set of short-term debt relief measures for Greece.  The measures are designed to reduce interest rate risk for Greece, including by exchanging some debt to fixed from floating rates, and to ease the country’s repayment burden.  The ESM Board of Governors approved the measures in a written procedure concluded on 20 January 2017.

Social Trading Platform ayondo Launches A Global Trading Competition

Date 23/01/2017

• Official start: 6 February 2017; Early bird trading has already started
• Trading competition for Top Traders on an award-winning Social Trading platform
• Prizes to be won for Real Money Traders who successfully complete ayondo Trading Career levels

Tricentis Raises $165 Million To Deliver Continuous Testing At The Speed Of DevOps - Insight Venture Partners Backs Company’s Approach To Achieving Test Automation Rates Of More Than 90 Percent - Software Testing Market Projected To Reach $34 Billion In 2017

Date 23/01/2017

Tricentis, the Continuous Testing Company for agile enterprise organizations, today announced that it has raised $165 million in Series B financing from Insight Venture Partners, a leading global private equity and venture capital firm.

Streamlined Payment With SIX At The Legendary Hahnenkamm Race

Date 23/01/2017

SIX Payment Services (SIX) has enabled cashless payment at the most famous ski race in the world, the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel. Between the 19th – 22nd January 2017, SIX provided complete cashless payment services to the Mastercard Fastlane, official partner of the Hahnenkamm races, as well as the fan catering area in the Kitzbüheler Innenstadt.

European Commission’s Clean Energy Proposals: Regulators Call For Flexible Regulation And Effective Regulatory Oversight

Date 23/01/2017

• Regulation must be flexible, promoting competition and innovation
• Greater role for EU bodies and regionalisation require adequate regulatory oversight
• Regulators’ series of white papers announced

Sanlam Investments Chooses FlexTrade For Global Cross Asset Trading - Will Use FlexTRADER EMS For Trading Global Equities, Futures And FX - New FlexAlert Application For Real-Time Mobile Notification

Date 23/01/2017

FlexTrade Systems (@FlexTrade), a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced that South Africa-based Sanlam Investments has chosen the FlexTRADER EMS to facilitate global cross asset trading alongside FlexAlert for real-time iOS and Android mobile notifications.

Visible Alpha Acquires ONEaccess To Help Investment Professionals Uncover Unique Insights From Sell-Side Content

Date 23/01/2017

Visible Alpha announced today its acquisition of ONEaccess. ONEaccess is a leading corporate access, resource tracking and broker valuation platform with more than 185 contributing sell-side firms and 150 buy-side client firms. The purchase of ONEaccess will enable Visible Alpha to accelerate its goal of changing the way investment professionals uncover and measure unique insights from sell-side content, including research, financial models and corporate access.

Zelig Associates Advises QuantHouse’s Founder On The Acquisition Of The Company From S&P Global

Date 23/01/2017