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U.S. Treasury: Testimony Of Counselor Antonio Weiss Before The Senate Banking Committee, Subcommittee On Securities, Insurance And Investment And Subcommittee On Economic Policy On Current Trends And Changes In The Fixed-Income Markets

Date 14/04/2016

Chairmen Crapo and Heller, Ranking Members Warner and Warren, and Members of both Subcommittees:

Thank you for inviting me to testify today on behalf of Treasury and alongside Governor Powell from the Federal Reserve Board (Fed).  We have been partners with the Fed, and Governor Powell in particular, on several topics related to today’s hearing.  Thank you to both committees for choosing to hold a hearing on fixed income markets, which are at the heart of our financial system and are undergoing substantial change.

ICAP Acquires ENSO Financial Analytics

Date 14/04/2016

ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that it has acquired ENSO Financial Analytics (ENSO), a leading provider of a data analytics platform for hedge funds and prime brokers. 

Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) Named Among The Finalists For 2016 Platts Global Metals Awards

Date 14/04/2016

Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) has been shortlisted for the category of “Financial Metals Service Provider of the Year” of the prestigious Platts Global Metals Awards (GMA). The GMA, now in its 4th year, is a competitive awards program honoring excellence and accomplishments in the global metals industry, organized by Platts, the leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets.

Millennium Exchange Release 9.1 Oslo Børs – New Release In Q4 2016

Date 14/04/2016

Oslo Børs is pleased to announce that we will launch both new functionality and the first necessary technical adaptions to MiFID II in Q4 2016.

NICE Actimize To Deliver Its “AML Essentials” Anti-Money Laundering Solutions On The Amazon Web Services Cloud - NICE Actimize’s Cloud Offerings Address New Markets, And Provide High Levels Of Security And Service At Reduced Deployment Costs

Date 14/04/2016

NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems business and the largest and broadest provider of a single financial crime, risk and compliance software platform for the financial services industry, announces that it will deliver its recently launched “AML Essentials” Anti-Money Laundering Solution on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. AWS is enabling financial services organizations — from startups to the largest global investment banks — to use the cloud to drive innovation and accelerate speed to market.​

Clearstream’s Monthly Report

Date 14/04/2016

Borsa İstanbul's Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Audit Executive And Chief Legal Counsel Have Resigned

Date 14/04/2016

Borsa İstanbul Chief Human Resources Officer Hüseyin Zafer, Chief Information Officer Adnan Metin, Chief Audit Executive Ali Şir Yardım, and Chief Legal Counsel İltem Dokurlar have resigned. We wish them success in the forthcoming period.

ISDA Elects 10 Board Members

Date 14/04/2016

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the election of 10 directors at its 31st Annual General Meeting in Tokyo.

VAT Group AG (VACN) Opens At CHF 52.00

Date 14/04/2016

Today, the shares of VAT Group AG have been listed in accordance with the «International Reporting Standard» and are traded on SIX Swiss Exchange for the first time. 12,000,000 shares have been placed and Partners Group and Capvis have granted the syndicate banks an over-allotment option of 1,800,000 shares. The opening price on SIX Swiss Exchange was CHF 52.00. At this price, the placement volume corresponds to an amount of CHF 624 Million and a total market capitalization of CHF 1.56 Billion. With this, VAT Group AG is the largest IPO in Europe year to date.

Bank Of England Maintains Bank Rate At 0.5% And The Size Of The Asset Purchase Programme At £375 billion

Date 14/04/2016

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment.  At its meeting ending on 13 April 2016 the MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank rate at 0.5%.  The Committee also voted unanimously to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £375 billion.