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ESMA Updates MAR Q&A

Date 06/07/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated today its Questions & Answers (Q&A) document regarding the implementation of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

LME And The World Gold Council Confirm LMEprecious Launch On 10 July

Date 06/07/2017

The London Metal Exchange (LME) and the World Gold Council have today confirmed that LMEprecious will launch on 10 July 2017, as planned. All preparations are now complete with regulatory go-ahead also received. 

ESMA Updates Market Size Calculations For MiFID II Ancillary Test

Date 06/07/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated today its opinion on MiFID II’s ancillary test for commodity derivatives. The update corrects a typing error in the tables containing the estimations for the ancillary activity market size calculations.

BCBS And IOSCO Propose Criteria For Identifying Simple, Transparent And Comparable Short-Term Securitisations

Date 06/07/2017

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today released the consultative document Criteria for identifying simple, transparent and comparable short-term securitisations(the short-term STC criteria), which is available on the BCBS and IOSCO websites.

ESMA Appoints New Member To Its Management Board

Date 06/07/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has appointed a new member to its Management Board to replace an outgoing member whose mandate has ended.

SIX Swiss Exchange: Shares Of Zur Rose Group AG (ROSE) Open At CHF 151.00

Date 06/07/2017

Today, the shares of Zur Rose Group AG (“Zur Rose”) were traded for the first time under the “International Reporting Standard” of SIX Swiss Exchange, opening at CHF 151.00. This corresponds to a total market capitalization of around CHF 904 million.

Milliman: To Optimise Financial Decision-Making, Human-And-Machine Iterative Process Proves Most Successful

Date 06/07/2017

Milliman, Inc., the premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced that an innovative new study examining multi-criteria decision-making using an iterative process of advanced computing and human input has shown superior results in risk management when compared to machine algorithms or humans alone. Using an illustrative example from the life insurance industry, the study looked at how optimisation techniques can be used to develop insights into drivers of economic capital within an internal model framework, and how to then use these insights for risk management decisions. The findings illustrate that advanced computing, visualisation, and complex systems-mining techniques that include expert input can deliver superior optimisation results when faced with multiple objectives and multiple constraints which machine algorithms alone find challenging to resolve.

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights - June 2017

Date 06/07/2017

Highlights

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first six months of 2017 was $76.0 billion, an increase of 13 per cent when compared with $67.5 billion for the same period last year.

NEX Group Announces That NEX SEF Limited Went Live On 3 July 2017

Date 06/07/2017

NEX Group plc (“NEX”) (NXG.L), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, announces today that its Swap Execution Facility (“SEF”), NEX SEF Limited (“NEX SEF”), went live on 3 July 2017.

Axioma Risk Named Risk Management System Of The Year At The 2017 Global Investor Investment Excellence Awards

Date 06/07/2017

Axioma, a provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio analytics solutions, announced today that its flagship multi-asset class risk management system, Axioma Risk, was named Risk Management System of the Year at the Global Investor Investment Excellence Awards.