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DelphX To Cache Bond Inventories To Meet Liquidity Concerns

Date 10/12/2015

DelphX is restoring dealers’ ability to provide on-demand market liquidity by enabling them to access inventories held by institutional investors. The patent-pending Cached Inventory™ technology will reduce dealers’ capital requirements by eliminating their need to hold extensive fixed income inventory, while asset managers will benefit from preferential pricing and improved allocations in both the primary and secondary markets.

ETFs/ETPs Listed In Canada Have Gathered A Record 11.3 Billion US Dollars In Net New Assets This Year As Of The End Of November 2015, According To ETFGI

Date 10/12/2015

ETFs/ETPs listed in Canada have gathered a record US$11.3 billion in net new assets as of the end of November 2015 which is 10.7% above the record level of US$10.2 billion of net new assets gathered at this point in 2012. This marks the 12th consecutive month of positive net inflows. The Canadian ETF industry had 373 ETFs, with 522 listings, assets of US$66 Bn, from 12 providers on 1 exchange at the end of November, according to ETFGI’s Global ETF and ETP insights report for November 2015 (click here to see ETFGI’s chart for assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Canada).

European Commission: Speech By Commissioner Jonathan Hill At The Launch Of The Commission's Green Paper On Consumer Finance

Date 10/12/2015

Today, I want to talk about financial services not from the institutional point of view, from the point of view of the consumer; about how the Single Market can bring real benefits to make people's daily lives easier and better.

Today, we don't have a real single market for financial services.Only three per cent of consumers have used bank services in another EU Member State. Only one per cent of loans in the euro area are made across borders. Credit card fees vary drastically between Member States, as does the cost of similar insurance products.

ETFs/ETPs Listed In The United States Have Gathered A Record 201.7 Billion US Dollars In Net New Assets This Year As Of The End Of November 2015, According To ETFGI

Date 10/12/2015

ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States have gathered a record US$201.7  billion in net new assets as of the end of November 2015 which is 5% above the record level of US$191.8 billion of net new assets gathered at this point in 2014. This marks the 10th consecutive month of positive net inflows. The US ETF/ETP industry had 1,824 ETFs/ETPs, assets of US$2.1 trillion, from 92 providers listed on 3 exchanges at the end of November, according to ETFGI’s Global ETF and ETP insights report for November 2015 (click here to see ETFGI’s chart of United States ETF/ETP asset growth)
 

SWIFT Announces Global Payments Innovation Initiative - Delivering A New Standard In Cross-Border Payments

Date 10/12/2015

SWIFT announces a global payments innovation initiative to dramatically improve the customer experience in correspondent banking by increasing the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border payments.

European Small And Mid-Cap Awards 2015 - Polish Company Selvita Wins European Small And Mid-Cap Awards Of The Federation Of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) And European Issuers In Partnership With The European Commission

Date 10/12/2015

• The GPW-listed company Selvita S.A. wins the European Small and Mid-Cap Awards 2015 as the Rising Star
  
• The Awards are organised by the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) and European Issuers in partnership with the European Commission

ICE Futures Singapore Sets Daily Volume Record In Mini Brent Crude Futures

Date 10/12/2015

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced today that ICE Futures Singaporeachieved a daily volume record in mini Brent Crude futures with 14,188 contracts traded on December 9, 2015.

Margin Trading Launched At Qatar Stock Exchange

Date 10/12/2015

Qatar Stock Exchange announced the introduction of Margin Trading at QSE and the start of application process to allow QSE members get licensed as Margin Lenders. Once a brokerage firm is licensed as a Margin Lender, it will be able to perform margin trading activity at Qatar Stock Exchange. Margin Trading will allow investors to purchase securities that are partially financed by a loan made available by a Margin Lender, a Member licensed to provide Margin Trading services.

European Federation Of Investors And Financial Services Users: Where Is The Single EU Market For Financial Services? A New Green Paper From The EU

Date 10/12/2015

Thanks to the EU Single Market 500 million consumers should benefit from cross-border competition, often resulting in a wider choice of products, better services and lower prices. But not so for retail financial services… even though nearly all EU citizens are financial end-users with savings and bank accounts, insurance and pension scheme subscriptions or loans and mortgages to their name.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Signs A Cooperation Agreement With Hubei Provincial People’s Government To Support Its Economic And Financial Development

Date 10/12/2015

On December 9, 2015, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”) and Hubei Provincial People’s Government entered into a strategic cooperation agreement in Shenzhen. Both parties will give play to their own advantages to promote Hubei enterprises to be better and stronger through capital market, so as to promote the economic transformation and upgrading and regional financial development in Hubei province.