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TMX Group CEO Lou Eccleston To Present At The 2016 Scotiabank Financials Summit

Date 07/09/2016

TMX Group CEO Lou Eccleston will present at the 17th annual Scotiabank Financials Summit at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.

Lime Brokerage And Vela Trading Technologies Announce Product Integration - Sharing A Commitment To High Performance Trading Technology

Date 07/09/2016

Lime Brokerage (Lime), a Wedbush Company, and Vela Trading Technologies (Vela), a global leader in high performance trading and market data technology, are pleased to announce the integration of Lime’s Strategy Studio, its software solution for streamlined strategy research and deployment, and Vela's market leading low latency direct feed handlers. Both companies share a commitment to high performance trading technology, and the combined products enable clients to benefit from Strategy Studio's rich strategy API and strategy management user interface, while accessing Vela's broad and highly configurable set of over 250 global direct feeds supporting all major asset classes.  

Moscow Exchange - Foreign Fund Flows - Equity Market Report August 2016

Date 07/09/2016

• In 3Q 2016 the Russian equity market saw non-resident inflows of RUB 7.6 bln.
• August fund inflows have amounted to RUB 2.6 bln. However, the Oil & Gas sector is still facing net outflows.
• In total, through eight months of 2016 the Russian equity market saw net foreign inflow, amounted RUB 7.4 bln. Stocks included in the MICEX index saw net foreign inflows of RUB 17.9 bln since the start of the year

ISDA Publishes China Collateral Memorandum

Date 07/09/2016

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the publication of the ISDA 2016 China Collateral Memorandum.

Bats Europe Introduces Minimum Acceptable Quantity Feature To Periodic Auctions Book - New Functionality Further Enhances Periodic Auctions Book Offering - Total Of €93 Million Traded In Periodic Auctions Book In August

Date 07/09/2016

Bats Europe (Bats), the region’s largest stock exchange operator, will further enhance its Periodic Auctions book with the introduction of a Minimum Acceptable Quantity (MAQ) feature in Q4 2016 for participants seeking to trade in larger sizes.

Amman Stock Exchange: Eid Al-Adha Holiday

Date 07/09/2016

According to a communiqué issued by the Prime Minister on the occasion of Eid al-Adha Al Mubarak. The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) will have a holiday on Sunday, 11Sep, until Thursday 15 Sep, 2016. The ASE will resume work on Sunday 18 Sep, 2016.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 05 September, 2016, Issue 31

Date 07/09/2016

As of 31 August, 2016, all of the 1787 companies listed on the Shenzhen markets have disclosed their 2016 interim reports. From the point of operating income, 65.47% companies have realized a year-on-year growth and 77% companies have realized a quarter-on-quarter growth. From the point of net profit, 62.95% companies have realized a year-on-year growth and 61.72% companies have realized a quarter-on-quarter growth.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Chau Hang Yu And Steve Chow Chun Yin For Life

Date 07/09/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Ms Chau Hang Yu and Mr Steve Chow Chun Yin, both former employees of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), from re-entering the industry for life following their criminal convictions (Notes 1 & 2).

Equity Crowdfunding Comes Of Age: Seedrs Announces First-Ever Portfolio Results, With An Overall 14.44% IRR (Annualised Rate Of Return)

Date 07/09/2016

• Seedrs has today published its first Portfolio Update, looking at the characteristics and performance of the 253 deals funded on Seedrs platform between its launch in July 2012 and the end of 2015.
• Landmark analysis shows for the first time that, on a fair value basis, equity crowdfunding through Seedrs has produced better annualised rates of return (IRRs) than most other asset classes.
• Platform-wide IRR increases from 14.44% to 41.87% when impacts of SEIS and EIS tax reliefs are taken into account.
• Investors with portfolios of 20 or more investments have outperformed the market on average, with average IRRs of 15.01% (43.39% when tax-adjusted).
• Valuation process confirmed by Ernst & Young LLP (EY) as conforming to the industry-standard International Private Equity Valuation (IPEV) Guidelines.

Autonomous Research Names Global Head Of Fintech Strategy

Date 07/09/2016

Autonomous Research, a leading research firm focused on the financial services sector, announced today that Alexey (Lex) Sokolin has joined the group as Partner and Global Head of Fintech Strategy. Drawing on his experience as an innovator, speaker and Fintech entrepreneur, Lex will deepen the firm's expertise in emerging technology and spearhead its mission to advise clients on the future of finance.