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Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) And Guernsey Financial Services Commission Sign MOU To Bolster Cross-Border Cooperation

Date 06/09/2016

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (Guernsey FSC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-operate on supervisory matters, exchange of information, as well as to foster high regulatory practice in both jurisdictions.

Virtual Currencies Unlikely To Crowd Out Fiat Currencies, According To New Research - New Research From The SWIFT Institute Assesses Whether The Global Financial Community Is Accepting Bitcoin As A Valid Currency

Date 06/09/2016

The SWIFT Institute has published a new research paper analysing whether Bitcoin will crowd out fiat currencies in the global community.

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights - August 2016

Date 06/09/2016

Highlights

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first eight months of 2016 was $67.0 billion, a decrease of 45 per cent when compared with $121.5 billion for the same period last year.

Deutsche Börse Venture Network Launches Service For Financing Rounds

Date 06/09/2016

• Venture Match for growth companies to start at the end of September
• Offer is part of the initiative to build an ecosystem for growth

HKEX And Authority Of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone Sign MOU

Date 06/09/2016

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (the Authority of Qianhai) today (Tuesday) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore potential cooperation in the fields of financial services and financial innovation.

Oslo Børs : Growing Emphasis On Corporate Responsibility

Date 06/09/2016

Oslo Børs yesterday became one of the first stock exchanges in the world to publish guidance on the reporting of corporate responsibility. 

Compliance Risk Reduced By New Reporting Eligibility Service From Risk Focus

Date 06/09/2016

Risk Focus, Inc., the leading provider of control and compliance solutions for regulatory trade and transaction reporting to the global capital markets, today announced the first implementation of Reportable.Trade. The trade reporting eligibility service allows banks to comply with the regulators’ trading volume reporting requirements and to avoid the potentially enormous fines and penalties resulting from under- or over-reporting derivatives transactions. Risk Focus works very closely with regulators to provide financial institutions with an exclusive regulatory trade reporting SLA; this unique commitment allows firms to stay ahead of regulations.

Hong Kong Monetary Authority And Treasury Markets Association: Treasury Markets Summit 2016 - Fintech Innovation Hub And Fintech Supervisory Sandbox

Date 06/09/2016

The Treasury Markets Summit 2016, jointly organised by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Treasury Markets Association (TMA), was held today (Tuesday) in Hong Kong. 

SGX Joins United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

Date 06/09/2016

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) is pleased to announce that it has joined the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative as a Partner Exchange. The SSE initiative, opened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in 2009, serves as a platform for exploring how exchanges, together with stakeholders, can enhance corporate transparency on Environmental, Social and Corporate (ESG) governance issues and stimulate sustainable investment.

Contego Achieves The Government's G Cloud 8 Accreditaion

Date 06/09/2016

Contego, the multi-source fraud detection platform, today announced that it has been selected to be part of thegovernment’s G Cloud 8 Framework, a procurement platform that pairs cloud-based service providers with public sector organisations. Contego has joined a list of accredited suppliers under the Software as a Service (SaaS) category.