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S&P Capital IQ Launches Enhanced SME Scorecard To Measure Credit Risk For Women-Led SMEs In Emerging Markets - Credit Assessment Scorecard Developed To Help Women Small Business Owners In Capital Markets

Date 22/09/2015

With an eye on helping to close the lending gap for small, women-owned businesses in emerging markets, S&P Capital IQ, a leader in financial data, research and analytics, today announced the launch of an SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) Scorecard, designed to provide a consistent and transparent lending framework for financial institutions that removes biases, specifically gender, and thus helps to level the playing field for women-owned small businesses.

EEX To Launch UK Power Futures On 16 November 2015

Date 22/09/2015

EEX will extend its product suite in European power derivatives with the introduction of finan-cially settled UK Power Futures on 16 November 2015. The new products will be settled against the APX Power UK Auction Price and will be integrated into the ECC cross-margining system.

LME Boosts Steel Committee With Four New Members

Date 22/09/2015

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to its Steel Committee as it moves closer to the launch of two new ferrous contracts – steel scrap and steel rebar – in November.

Recent FSB Reports To G20 Finance Ministers And Central Bank Governors

Date 22/09/2015

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today released three reports that were sent to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors ahead of their meetings in Ankara on 4-5 September. 

London Stock Exchange Welcomes China Construction Bank London Branch As Member Firm

Date 22/09/2015

• CCB London Branch joins community of brokers, traders and corporate advisors supporting our markets
• Ninth Chinese member firm of London Stock Exchange
• Further significant boost to growing UK – Greater China financial ties

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC): Amendments To Securities Laws Come Into Force

Date 22/09/2015

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today announced the coming into force of the Capital Markets and Services (Amendment) Act 2015 (CMSA) and Securities Commission (Amendment) Act 2015 (SCMA) on 15 September 2015.

Christian Kronseder Appointed CEO Of Indexium

Date 22/09/2015

Indexium, the index calculation entity owned by Deutsche Börse Group, announced changes to its corporate structure. Effective as of Aug. 1, 2015, Christian Kronseder will serve as chief executive officer of the company.

UK Chancellor: 'Let’s Create A Golden Decade For The UK-China Relationship' - Chancellor Of The Exchequer, George Osborne, Delivers A Speech To The Shanghai Stock Exchange In China

Date 22/09/2015

Thank you all for coming, and thank you to President Wang and to our hosts at the Shanghai Stock Exchange. It’s very good to be here at this extraordinary venue.

Velocimetrics Announces New TipOff Functionality Offering High Performance Automatic Discovery Of Market Data Protocols

Date 22/09/2015

Velocimetrics, the provider of real-time business flow performance monitoring and analysis solutions, today announces the availability of new TipOff® functionality, enabling organisations to automatically discover which market data streams they are consuming and detect gaps in market data sequence numbers.  This new high performance, automatic protocol discovery feature will dramatically slash the time, effort and costs associated in manually identifying which market data streams are present in an environment and maintaining this information on an on-going basis.

Digital Realty To Enable Emerging Markets Trading Hubs Across Europe, US, And Asia With GMEX Technologies - Partnership Will Transform New Markets And Products’ Engagement With Established Market Participants In Existing Financial Locations

Date 22/09/2015

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data centre and colocation solutions, and GMEX Technologies Limited (GMEX Tech), a provider of multi-asset exchange and post-trade technology, announced today that they will establish multiple global hubs for new product exchanges and trading venues in Digital Realty’s facilities.  The first hub will be located in London at Digital Realty’s Chessington data centre.