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PowerShares US High Yield Fallen Angels UCITS ETF Launched On Xetra - ETF Tracks High Yield Corporate Bonds From North America

Date 15/11/2016

A new bond index fund from the ETF offering issued by PowerShares Global Funds has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday.

AxiomSL Data And Process Control Platform Recognized As “Category Leader” In The 2016 Chartis FinTech Quadrant® For Data Integrity And Control Solutions

Date 15/11/2016

AxiomSL, the leader in risk data management and regulatory reporting for financial services, is pleased to announce its leading position in a new Chartis FinTech Quadrant®, “Data Integrity and Control Solutions in Financial Services 2016”. The firm has landed amid market leaders in this category, based on both market potential and completeness of offering in the esteemed FinTech Quadrant®.

ayondo Acquires Leading Singapore’s Fintech Brand TradeHero

Date 15/11/2016

• Deal expands ayondo’s footprint in Singapore ahead of the planned SGX listing
• TradeHero’s mobile stock market simulation app offers risk-free investor education; ranked #1 finance app in over 90 countries

Japan's Financial Services Agency: The Second Meeting Of The Task Force On Fair Disclosure Rule Of The Financial System Council

Date 15/11/2016

The Task Force on Fair Disclosure Rule of the Financial System Council will hold its second meeting on November 21st, 2016 as follows.

The meeting is open to the public. Please note that the seats for the public are limited. We appreciate your understanding.

The materials and minutes are to be publicized on the FSA Homepage after the meeting.

SWIFT Goes Live With New eLearning Platform - SWIFTSmart Revolutionises Training Programme With Digital Courses And Social Learning Capabilities

Date 15/11/2016

SWIFT announces that its new eLearning platform, SWIFTSmart, is now live with more than 200 individual courses and videos, including customised training programmes for cyber security and financial crime compliance.

SIX Is New Partner Of ETH ZISC

Date 15/11/2016

Data protection and security are of utmost importance to SIX as the main infrastructure provider for the Swiss financial center. In the constantly and rapidly changing world of IT, security requirements must be geared to changing situations and to the future. In its latest venture, SIX plans to work more closely with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in order to be even nearer to the beating heart of research. A twelve-year research cooperation agreement with Zurich Information Security and Privacy Center (ZISC) at the ETH was sealed yesterday, making it an active cooperation partner for future projects and developments.

ThinkMarkets partners With LSESU Trading Society To Offer FX Trading Support To Students

Date 15/11/2016

ThinkMarkets, the global multi asset brokerage, has today announced its first educational partnership with one of the most historic and established educational institutions in the world, the London School of Economics’ Student Union Trading.

Another UK Broker Moves Back-Office System To Torstone’s Inferno

Date 15/11/2016

Liberum, a leading pan European investment bank signed a multi-year deal with Torstone Technology to use Inferno in July and went live last week, implementing a complete back office system within 4 months. Inferno will process Liberum’s post-trade flow, from trade capture through to settlement, accounting and reconciliation.

Shanghai Government Bonds Issued As Ministry Of Finance-Shanghai Stock Exchange Government Bonds Issuance System Launched

Date 15/11/2016

On November 11, 2016, the MOF-SSE Government Bonds Issuance System was launched, through which the 2nd batch of Shanghai Government General Bonds in 2016 was smoothly issued. Local government bonds now have a new issuance channel.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Global FinTech Hackcelerator Produces Innovative Solutions To Industry Problems

Date 15/11/2016

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that three FinTech companies will receive a cash prize of S$50,000 each for the technology solutions they presented at the Global FinTech Hackcelerator Demo Day. Organised as part of the inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival, the Hackcelerator saw 19 finalists using innovative technology solutions to solve problems submitted by the financial industry. The finalists presented a working demo of their solutions to 11 judges today. Please refer to Annex for the list of judges.