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ThinkMarkets partners With LSESU Trading Society To Offer FX Trading Support To Students

Date 15/11/2016

ThinkMarkets, the global multi asset brokerage, has today announced its first educational partnership with one of the most historic and established educational institutions in the world, the London School of Economics’ Student Union Trading.

Another UK Broker Moves Back-Office System To Torstone’s Inferno

Date 15/11/2016

Liberum, a leading pan European investment bank signed a multi-year deal with Torstone Technology to use Inferno in July and went live last week, implementing a complete back office system within 4 months. Inferno will process Liberum’s post-trade flow, from trade capture through to settlement, accounting and reconciliation.

Shanghai Government Bonds Issued As Ministry Of Finance-Shanghai Stock Exchange Government Bonds Issuance System Launched

Date 15/11/2016

On November 11, 2016, the MOF-SSE Government Bonds Issuance System was launched, through which the 2nd batch of Shanghai Government General Bonds in 2016 was smoothly issued. Local government bonds now have a new issuance channel.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Global FinTech Hackcelerator Produces Innovative Solutions To Industry Problems

Date 15/11/2016

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that three FinTech companies will receive a cash prize of S$50,000 each for the technology solutions they presented at the Global FinTech Hackcelerator Demo Day. Organised as part of the inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival, the Hackcelerator saw 19 finalists using innovative technology solutions to solve problems submitted by the financial industry. The finalists presented a working demo of their solutions to 11 judges today. Please refer to Annex for the list of judges.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Court Of Final Appeal Dismissed Leave Application Of C.L. Management Services Limited And Its Sole Owner

Date 15/11/2016

The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has dismissed C.L. Management Services Limited (C.L. Management) and its sole owner and director Ms Clarea Au Suet Ming’s application for leave to appeal against their convictions for holding out to provide advisory services on corporate finance without a licence from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).

UBS Teams Up With Clearstream And Citi For Innovative T2S Strategic Solution

Date 15/11/2016

• Innovative model combines best of Central Securities Depository (CSD) and agent bank services
• Leading local market asset services and expertise
• UBS will be the first financial services firm to start onboarding from 2017

Mark Fawcett Appointed New Chairman Of EDHEC-Risk Institute’s International Advisory Board

Date 15/11/2016

EDHEC-Risk Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Fawcett as chairman of its international advisory board. He is Chief Investment Officer of NEST Corporation, the trustee body responsible for running NEST, the National Employment Savings Trust. NEST was set up specifically to support changes that meant UK employers now have to automatically enrol their workers into a workplace pension scheme. Since its creation in 2011 NEST has become one of the largest master trusts in the UK and currently has over 200,000 employers signed up, 3.7 million members and over £1.2 billion assets under management.  

ICAP Appoints Guy Rowcliffe Head Of Asia Pacific, Post Trade Risk And Information Services

Date 15/11/2016

ICAP, a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that Guy Rowcliffe, CEO of RESET, has been appointed Head of Asia Pacific, ICAP Post Trade Risk and Information Services (PTRI). In this newly created role, Guy will be responsible for Asia Pacific regional strategy for ICAP’s PTRI business and will represent the company amongst regulators, industry bodies and committees. Guy will continue in his role as CEO of RESET and will report to Jenny Knott, Chief Executive Officer of ICAP’s PTRI division.

We Succeeded In Making 2016 A Year Of Digital Transformation For ADX – Al Blooshi: 16 Years Of Innovation, Continious Development, And Growth

Date 15/11/2016

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Chief Executive, Rashed Al Blooshi said that the continuous growth in ADX performance during the past 16 years  is closely aligned with the vision and aspirations of the wise leadership that considers the improvement of the performance as the best way to continue achieving comprehensive development.

Packed Week Of Activities In Cooperation With Leading Institutions And Innovation Experts: DFM Highlights Its Smart And Leading Services During The UAE Innovation Week 2016

Date 15/11/2016

• H.E. Essa Kazim: “DFM is at the forefront of innovative and smart service providers markets in line with leadership’s vision and the National Innovation Strategy aims to place the UAE amongst the most innovative nations globally”
• DFM plans to launch new services and products developed based on the outcome of the inaugural round of Innovation Week
• The exchange will organize workshops and brain storming sessions to deepen innovation culture amongst employees
• DFM stand at the trading floor enables participants to  learn  about DFM’s innovative solutions developed as part of its “Smart Borse” strategy