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SWIFT Kicks Off Pilot For Global Payments Innovation Initiative - 21 Banks Piloting SWIFT’s New Initiative To Improve Cross-Border Payments

Date 05/04/2016

SWIFT announces today that 21 banks have started the pilot for its global payments innovation initiative, intended to improve the customer experience in correspondent banking by increasing the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border payments.

Fidessa Explores Challenges Of Counterparty Exposure - New Paper Examines How Buy-Sides Can Ease The Burden Of Evolving Landscape

Date 05/04/2016

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has today published a new paper entitled Counter (party) intuitive.Authored by Steven Strange, Compliance Product Manager at Fidessa, the paper examines how the counterparty landscape has changed for buy-sides and what they can do to ease the burden it now presents.

Warsaw Stock Exchange: First Client Starts Using Colocation Service Offered By GPW

Date 05/04/2016

• The colocation service for domestic and foreign clients is once again available from GPW
• ERSTE Securities Polska is the first Exchange Member to start operations and offer its clients the fastest access to GPW’s trading system

The Rt Hon John Redwood MP And Sir Vince Cable To Lead City Brexit Debate At SWIFT’s Business Forum London - Senior Politicians Will Join SWIFT’s Event To Debate Their Views On The Impact Of The Referendum On The UK’s Financial Services Industry

Date 05/04/2016

SWIFT announces today that senior political figures from the ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’ camps will debate their views on the impact of the British referendum on the City at the SWIFT Business Forum London (BFL) on 20 April.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Publishes 2016/17 Business Plan

Date 05/04/2016

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its annual Business Plan.

ICAP Electronic Markets Volumes – March 2016

Date 05/04/2016

ICAP Electronic Markets Volumes – March 2016

Nasdaq Dubai Welcomes Designation As National Numbering Agency For Financial Instruments In DIFC - Role Covers Shares, Sukuk, Bonds, Derivatives And Other Products

Date 05/04/2016

Nasdaq Dubai, the region’s international stock exchange, has welcomed its designation as the sole National Numbering Agency (NNA) for financial instruments in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). 

UBS Publishes Agenda For The Annual General Meeting Of UBS Group AG On 10 May 2016 - Robert W. Scully And Dieter Wemmer Proposed For Election To The Board Of Directors At The Annual General Meeting

Date 05/04/2016

The Board of Directors of UBS Group AG is proposing Robert W. Scully and Dieter Wemmer for election as new members of the Board of Directors for a one-year term. Robert W. Scully (1950) served as a Member of the Office of the Chairman of Morgan Stanley from 2007 to 2009 and was its Co-President from 2006 to 2007, having worked for the bank in various leadership roles since 1996. Before joining Morgan Stanley, he held a number of management positions at Lehman Brothers, Scully Brothers Foss & Wight and Salomon Brothers. Robert W. Scully has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Princeton University and holds an MBA from Harvard University. He is on the boards of Chubb Limited, Zoetis Inc. and KKR & Co LP and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report - March 2016

Date 05/04/2016

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 4.1% in March 2016. This performance was below the rise in Hong Kong up 8.7%, the US up 6.6%, Singapore up 6.5%, Germany up 5%, and Japan up 4.6%. The UK was up 1.3%.

SGX Welcomes ZZFS International As Derivatives Trading Member

Date 05/04/2016

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to welcome Hong Kong-based ZZFS International (H.K.) Limited (ZZFS International) as the newest trading member of its derivatives market.