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ESMA Chair Speaks On Reforms In OTC Derivatives Markets And Benchmarks At Prime Conference

Date 23/01/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Chair, Steven Maijoor, today gave the keynote speech at the P.R.I.M.E. Finance 6th Annual Conference. 

ED&F Man Capital Markets Joins Eris As A Clearing Firm

Date 23/01/2017

ED&F Man Capital Markets, the global financial brokerage business, is now live with clearing and execution of Eris Swap Futures for customer and house accounts, globally. 

SIX Swiss Exchange Bonds Quarterly Statistics: 4th Quarter 2016

Date 23/01/2017

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