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Opening Remarks To The ‘Empowering Productivity: Harnessing The Talents Of Women In Financial Services’ Report Launch - Remarks Given By Mark Carney, Governor Of The Bank Of England - Given At The Gadhia Review Launch, Bank Of England

Date 22/03/2016

Speech

Good morning and welcome to the Bank of England. It’s a pleasure for us to host the launch of the ‘Empowering productivity: harnessing the talents of women in financial services report. 

A series of transformations are sweeping financial services.

ESMA To Cooperate With South Korean Regulators On CCPs

Date 22/03/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with the South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) respectively.

HKEX Hosts Market Opening Ceremony To Welcome Lithuanian Prime Minister

Date 22/03/2016

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) hosted a market opening ceremony this morning to welcome Algirdas Butkevičius, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania and the official delegation.

London Stock Exchange Group Board Changes

Date 22/03/2016

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) today announces that Baroness Sharon Bowles, Sherry Coutu, CBE, and Stuart Lewis will step down from the London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) Board on 26 April 2016.

HKEX: OTC Clear Welcomes CCB International Securities, Its First Licensed Corporation Clearing Member

Date 22/03/2016

OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited (OTC Clear), a subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) that was set up in 2013 to provide clearing services for over-the-counter, or OTC, derivatives, welcomes CCB International Securities Limited (CCB International Securities, or CCBIS) as a clearing member.  CCBIS's membership takes effect today (Tuesday).

UK's Financial Conduct Authority: Rent-To-Own Provider Buy As You View To Pay £939,000 To Around 59,000 Customers

Date 22/03/2016

Dunraven Finance Ltd, trading under the name Buy as You View (BAYV), has entered into an agreement with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to redress £939,000 to more than 59,000 customers for historic unfair treatment. BAYV is a rent-to-own provider selling household goods, such as electronics and furniture on hire purchase to customers.

Violin Memory And Stream Financial Launch FlashSync For Ultra-High-Performance Data Aggregation - Transforming Risk Query Capability - Cutting Build And Execution Time From Weeks To Minutes

Date 22/03/2016

Violin Memory®, Inc., (NYSE: VMEM), a global pioneer of award-winning all-flash storage platform solutions for primary storage and active workloads, and Stream Financial today announced the launch of FlashSync. The Data Portal Appliance will provide the most advanced industry solution to achieve ultra-high performance access to and interrogation of multiple data sources using a single schema.

iSTOXX MUTB Japan Quality 150 Index To Underlie Exchange-Traded Fund In Japan

Date 22/03/2016

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced that the iSTOXX MUTB Japan Quality 150 Index has been licensed to Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management (MUKAM) to underlie an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF will be listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange as of today.

Liquidnet Launches Trading Of Taiwan Equities - Buy-Side Firms Can Now Access Institutional Liquidity And Trading Opportunities In 12 Asia-Pacific Markets And 44 Markets Globally Through Liquidnet

Date 22/03/2016

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, announced today that its global buy-side community of more than 800 asset managers can now trade Taiwan-listed securities directly and anonymously with one another through its platform. The addition of the Taiwanese market continues Liquidnet’s expansion in Asia-Pacific and represents its 12th market in the region and 44th equity market worldwide.

Appointing A CEO For The Saudi Stock Exchange

Date 22/03/2016

With reference to Tadawul's announcement dated on 30/01/1437H corresponding to 2015/11/12 , for the appointment of Mr. Khalid Abdullah Al Hussan as an acting CEO of Tadawul, the CMA Board of Commissioners has approved the Saudi Stock Exchange Board of Directors request to appoint Mr. Khalid Abdullah Al Hussan as a Chief Executive Officer effective from 21/3/2016.