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UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Launches 'Live & Local': A New Regional Programme To Help Local Firms Engage With Regulators

Date 01/03/2016

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched 'Live & Local', a regional programme which will include a series of events, workshops and roundtables, taking place across 12 regions in the UK. The programme will help firms in the investment, mortgages and general insurance sectors engage with their regulators and bring them greater clarity on their regulatory requirements.

Itiviti Launches The First Enterprise Testing Platform, Continuum

Date 01/03/2016

• Continuum by Itiviti brings a powerful new automated FIX testing technology for trading systems
• Announcement follows the recent merger of Orc and CameronTec to create the most comprehensive trading, connectivity and services offering

Clearing For UK, Dutch And Belgian Power Spot Markets To Be Migrated To ECC On 31 March 2016 - One Central Clearing For All Central Western Europe And UK Power Spot Markets

Date 01/03/2016

The clearing for the power spot markets in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium will be migrated from APX to European Commodity Clearing (ECC) on 31 March 2016. Thus all power spot markets operated by EPEX SPOT and its affiliates covering Central Western Europe (CWE) and the UK will benefit from one central clearing. The migration is subject to final testing and member readiness. The migration follows the announcement of the integration of APX and Belpex into the European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT in April 2015 and paves the way to harmonise power spot markets in CWE and the UK.

Bursa Malaysia: POC2016: 27th Global Palm And Lauric Oils Conference In Kuala Lumpur - Focuses On Risk Management Solutions For Industry

Date 01/03/2016

More than 2,000 industry drivers from over 50 countries will converge here for the 27th Bursa Malaysia Palm and Lauric Oils Conference & Exhibition, Price Outlook (POC 2016) this 7–9 March.  Themed: Managing Market Uncertainties, Our Global Solution, POC 2016 will gather experts for robust discussions on risk management techniques including hedging via Bursa Malaysia’s globally traded Palm Oil Futures Contract (FCPO), as well as present their outlook for the market.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority To Publish Claims Scorecards

Date 01/03/2016

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced that it will pilot the publication of general insurance ‘scorecards’ on a small number of products.

Intercontinental Exchange Statement On Possible Offer For London Stock Exchange Group Plc

Date 01/03/2016

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses provided the following statement.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (“ICE”) notes the recent press speculation with respect to London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG”) and confirms that ICE is considering making an offer for LSEG.

Japan Exchange Group Trading Overview - February 2016

Date 01/03/2016

Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview for February 2016.

Nasdaq Nordic Joins Global Campaign For ESG Disclosure

Date 01/03/2016

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that its Nordic and Baltic exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius have committed to produce a guidance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure for listed companies by the end of 2016. Nasdaq Nordic is proud to join the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative’s “Campaign to Close the ESG Guidance Gap”. Seven Nasdaq and Nordic exchanges are now committed to the guidance disclosure, meaning the campaign will have 15 exchanges with published guidance and 20 exchanges committed to publish guidance by the end of 2016.

Nominations For Directors – NZX Limited

Date 01/03/2016

As previously announced, NZX will hold its Annual Meeting of shareholders on Friday 20 May 2016 in Auckland. Further details will be advised in the Notice of Meeting in due course.

SR Labs Ensures Clients’ Readiness For OPRA Increased Data Volume Challenge - Removes Need For Unnecessary Infrastructure And Bandwidth

Date 01/03/2016

The latest announcements by the Options Pricing Reporting Authority (OPRA), of changes to its Expanded Message Header, are expected to result in hugely increased data volumes.  SR Labs, a global leader in enterprise-grade market data and trading technologies, is pleased to confirm that the changes will have a minimal impact on the data volumes that their clients are processing via the Filtered Options Feed (FOF) solution.