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EBA Launches 2016 EU Wide Stress Test Exercise

Date 24/02/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) released today the methodology and macroeconomic scenarios for the 2016 EU-wide stress test. The stress test is designed to provide supervisors, banks and other market participants with a common analytical framework to consistently compare and assess the resilience of EU banks to economic shocks. For this exercise, no single capital thresholds have been defined as the results will inform the 2016 round of Supervisory Review and Evaluation Processes (SREP) under which decisions are made on appropriate capital resources. The EBA expects to publish the results of the exercise in early Q3 2016.
LSEG Announces New Appointments Within Information Services Division

Date 24/02/2016
- Lars Asplund appointed Global Head of Product Management
- Marc Barrachin appointed Global Head of Fixed Income Product Management
- New roles enhance global product capabilities for LSEG’s Information Services business across all asset classes

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Has Signed An Agreement With Frost & Sullivan, Global Research & Consulting Firm, For The Analysis Of Listed Biomed & Technology Companies

Date 24/02/2016

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and the global consulting and research firm, Frost & Sullivan, announced today that they signed an agreement for the participation of Frost & Sullivan in the analysis program that TASE recently announced.

Fidessa’s Sentinel Wins Another Compliance Accolade - Scoops HFM's Best Compliance Award

Date 24/02/2016

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that its Sentinel buy-side compliance product has won its third prestigious accolade in the last six months, winning Hedge Fund Manager’s Best Compliance Product at their Technology Awards this week. These awards recognize and reward hedge fund technology providers that have demonstrated exceptional customer service and innovative product development over the past 12 months.
Wheat Future Contracts Will Be Launched With The Cooperation Agreement Between Borsa İstanbul And Konya Commodity Exchange

Date 24/02/2016

Wheat Future Contracts with physical delivery through Electronic Warehouse Receipts will be launched upon signing of a cooperation agreement between Borsa İstanbul and Konya Commodity Exchange on February 25, 2016 in the presence of H.E. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Prime Minister of Turkey. Within the context of this cooperation, Turkey will offer local and international investors the opportunity to trade wheat future contracts with physical delivery, similar to developed countries with advanced capital and commodity markets.

Athens Exchange Group: Changes In The Composition Of The ATHEX Indices

Date 24/02/2016

Due to the merger by acquisition of the company «ELVAL SA», by «VIOCHALCO SA/NV» the following changes will take place in the composition of the indices.
OANDA Acquires TradeStation Forex Accounts

Date 24/02/2016

OANDA, a leading global provider of online foreign exchange (“Forex”, “FX”) and over-the-counter commodities and indices tradingservices, today announced an agreement to acquire all of the forex accounts of IBFX, Inc. (a/k/a TradeStation Forex), the forex dealer firm subsidiary of TradeStation Group, Inc., as IBFX exits the forex dealer business.
Genesis Investment Management Improves Client Reporting Efficiency By More Than 40% With SimCorp Coric

Date 24/02/2016

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, has announced that Genesis Investment Management (Genesis) has selected SimCorp’s end-to-end client communications and reporting suite, SimCorp Coric, to replace the firm’s incumbent client reporting automation solution.
TMX Group Introduces TMX Insights - Technology Driven Capabilities To Support Client Trading And Investment Strategies

Date 24/02/2016

TMX Group today introduced TMX Insights, an integrated set of capabilities that provide financial content, tools and applications, as well as capital markets analytics. A number of existing capabilities have been grouped together under TMX Insights, including the suite of S&P*/TSX indices, risk management tools such as Razor Risk and TMX Security Risk Ratings, real-time options analytics, as well as eXplore TMX Innovation Lab, which was announced in June 2015. TMX Insights also features a new product offering, TMX Analytics, a data analytics product designed to help our clients make better trading and investment decisions.
Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Jia Zhen For 10 Months

Date 24/02/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Jia Zhen, a former account executive of China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited (CMSHK), from re-entering the industry for 10 months from 20 February 2016 to 19 December 2016 for breach of the SFC’s Code of Conduct.