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ESMA Sets Out Its Priorities For 2016

Date 07/10/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2016 Work Programme which sets out its priorities and the activities it will undertake in pursuit of its statutory objectives of enhancing investor protection and promoting stable and orderly financial markets.

Strengthen Market Price Signal, Integrate Renewables And Develop Regional Coordination - EEX And EPEX SPOT Respond To EU Consultation On Electricity Market Design

Date 07/10/2015

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and the European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE have jointly responded to the EU consultation on electricity market design.

Xignite Announces Financial Market Data Cloud Streaming Solution For Fintech Apps - Xignite CloudStreaming Leverages Open Standards To Eliminate The Need For Streaming Infrastructure

Date 07/10/2015

Xignite, the leading provider of financial market data cloud-based APIs, today introduced CloudStreaming, a web-based solution that streams real-time market data to digital financial applications.  CloudStreaming, based on HTTP open standards, simplifies the process of pushing financial data updates, such as stock quotes and trades, to mobile and web fintech applications, and eliminates the need for costly infrastructure.

Blockchain Pioneer Symbiont Appoints Industry Veterans To Advisory Board

Date 07/10/2015

Symbiont, a pioneer in the use of blockchains and the creator of Smart Securities™, today announced that it has appointed two financial industry veterans, Maureen O’Hara and Dr. Keith B. Jarrett to its Advisory Board. These appointments will provide proven expertise and guidance to the Symbiont team in the areas of market structure and the adoption of disruptive financial technologies.

Nasdaq Announces New Corporate Threat Preparedness Series -- 'POINT' - Cyber Security To Be The Inaugural Topic To Coincide With National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Date 07/10/2015

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced a new global initiative under the acronym, POINT (Perspectives, Opportunities and Insights on the Next Threat). The quarterly corporate-focused series will take a best practices approach to identifying the coming corporate threats and how companies and their boards can prepare for and find opportunities in these potential threats to their business.

Nasdaq Helsinki Disciplinary Committee Imposed A Warning And A Fine On Oriola-Kd Corporation For Breaching The Rules Of The Exchange

Date 07/10/2015

The Disciplinary Committee of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (the “Exchange”) has imposed a public warning and a fine of EUR 50,000 on Oriola-KD Corporation (trading codes: OKDBV, OKDAV) due to the breaches of the Rules of the Exchange (the “Rules”). Oriola-KD Corporation has breached the Rules regarding the obligation to maintain adequate administrative procedures and to disclose corrected information in connection to the sale of its Russian businesses.

OpenGamma Releases Full Implementation Of Eurex Clearing Margin Methodology

Date 07/10/2015

OpenGamma, a financial technology company specializing in market structure risk management solutions, has enhanced its multi-CCP margining solution to support Eurex ETD, OTC, and Cross Margining. The Eurex Clearing Prisma Margin Estimator (PME), also announced today, is based on the OpenGamma Margining Eurex Clearing Module.

EBRD Tackles Climate Change With New Green Economy Transition Approach

Date 07/10/2015

The EBRD is looking ahead to an ambitious future and back at the achievements of the recent past as we boost our contribution to global efforts to combat climate change.

Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Displaces J.P. Morgan Atop Institutional Investor's All-America Research Team - Evercore ISI Jumps Into The Top Three; -RBC Capital Markets Cracks The Top 10

Date 07/10/2015

The competition between the leading providers of U.S. equity research just got tighter, with five firms crowding into the top three places on the 2015 All-America Research Team, Institutional Investor's annual ranking of the nation's best sell-side analysts.

Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) Issues Bonds At Record-Low Interest Rate

Date 07/10/2015

• GPW has confirmed the issue value of seven-year bonds at a fixed rate of 3.19 p.a. in the maximum planned amount of PLN 125 million
• The interest rate is the lowest of all long-term fixed-coupon corporate bonds issued in PLN and listed on Catalyst