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Compliance Voice Recording Specialist Joins Speakerbus

Date 11/05/2016

Speakerbus, the specialist provider of critical voice solutions for financial, emergency and command sectors, announced today that Dimuth Jayasinghe has joined the company in an account management and business development capacity. Jayasinghe has a strong sales background in trader voice technology and the increasingly-critical compliance and regulatory requirements, specifically a comprehensive understanding of regulatory voice recording compliance (Dodd Frank, MiFID II, COBS 11.8, etc.). He joins this fast-growing company from a compliance voice recording specialist, where he was one of the leading salesmen in EMEA.

New Prudential Requirements Deliver Long-Term Certainty For Euronext N.V.

Date 11/05/2016

Euronext and the Dutch Ministry of Finance have reached agreement on Euronext’s prudential requirements. The agreement follows an evaluation of the initial requirements  that were set following incorporation of the Company and ahead of its IPO in 2014. The agreed new requirements provide Euronext N.V. with the necessary flexibility to pursue its strategic objectives and remove uncertainty around its financial structure, while not hampering financial stability in the long-term. The improved requirements enable Euronext to pursue acquisitions and investments and to define a prudent and consistent dividend policy and financial structure.

HKEX: Appointment Of Members To The Consultative Panels

Date 11/05/2016

The Board of Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) today (Wednesday) approved appointments to the Cash Market Consultative Panel, Clearing Consultative Panel and Derivatives Market Consultative Panel to fill vacancies arising from the expiry of the term or the resignation of certain members.  HKEX wishes to take this opportunity to thank all these members for their dedicated service to the panels.

Professor Riccardo Rebonato Joins EDHEC-Risk Institute

Date 11/05/2016

We are very delighted to announce that Professor Riccardo Rebonato, a specialist in interest rate risk modelling with applications to bond portfolio management and fixed-income derivatives pricing, has joined EDHEC-Risk Institute on May 2, 2016. He also joined the EDHEC Faculty.

Russia Consumer Sentiment Highest Since August 2015 - MNI Russia Consumer Sentiment Indicator 71.5 In Apr Vs 71.2 In Mar

Date 11/05/2016

Consumer sentiment rose for the third consecutive month in April, albeit at a very gradual pace, with consumers a little more pessimistic about their current situation but slightly less so about their future prospects.

City Of London Police Seize $22 Million From Suspected Russian Crime Gang - Suspicious Trading On Intercontinental Exchange

Date 11/05/2016

City of London Police has seized $22 million six weeks after arresting a City broker on suspicion of using the futures market to launder money from a Russian organised crime group.

Haitong International Goes Live With 2nd Phase Of GBST’s Syn~TAC Middle-Office Solution

Date 11/05/2016

GBST Holdings Limited (ASX: GBT), “GBST”, a global provider of securities transaction and fund administration software for the financial services industry, announces the next phase of its Syn~ capital markets platform implementation at Haitong International Securities Group Limited (“Haitong International”, Stock Code: 665.HK) has successfully gone live. 

Monthly Summary Bulgarian Stock Exchange-Sofia April 2016

Date 11/05/2016

Click here to download the statistics for the market performance of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange in April, 2016.

HKEX 2016 First Quarter Results

Date 11/05/2016

Key messages

• Revenue in Q1 2016 was slightly lower than the equivalent three months ended 31 March 2015 (Q1 2015), which benefited from an exceptional gain on sale of the Group’s investment in LCH.Clearnet Group Limited. The significant drivers of the Group’s revenue during the quarter were: 

1. Subdued activity on the Cash Market in Hong Kong and Commodities Market in the United Kingdom (UK). These returned to levels similar to the fourth quarter of 2015 which were 16 per cent and 9 per cent respectively below Q1 2015. 
2. Significantly increased trading of derivatives contracts on the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, at levels that were higher than both the previous quarter and Q1 2015. 

• Operating expenses increased by 19 per cent against Q1 2015 primarily reflecting the cost of additional headcount and higher legal and professional fees incurred to support strategic initiatives in Q1 2016. However, the comparison of operating expenses with the prior year is distorted by a one-off recovery of $77 million from the liquidators of Lehman Brothers Securities Asia Limited (Lehman) which reduced the Q1 2015 operating expenses. Excluding this recovery, operating expenses rose by 7 per cent. 
• The EBITDA margin of 69 per cent was 5 per cent lower than Q1 2015 and 6 per cent lower than the 75 per cent achieved for the year ended 31 December 2015. 
• Profit attributable to shareholders decreased by 9 per cent to $1,432 million in line with EBITDA. 1 The subsidiaries include The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK or the Stock Exchange), Hong Kong Futures

Japan's Financial Services Agency: The First Meeting Of The Panel Of Experts On FinTech Start-ups

Date 11/05/2016

The Panel of Experts on FinTech Start-ups will hold its first meeting on May 16th, 2016 as follows.

The meeting is open to the public. Please note that the seats for the public are limited and available on first-come-first-served basis. If you wish to audit the panel, please pre-register by following the instructions below. We appreciate your understanding.