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Eagle Alpha Strengthens Offering With New Fundamental Research Product: Investment Themes - Industry veteran Shannon Callan, former Director Of Equity Research At TCW Group, Also Joins As Research Co-Ordinator And Analyst

Date 10/06/2015

Eagle Alpha has launched a new component to its research suite, Investment Themes. This service consists of fundamental research that will provide insights from non-traditional sources on 100 global investment themes. These 100 themes will be chosen by our team of experienced analysts based on their understanding of the key topics that will drive equity markets in the months and years to come.

ESAs Consult On Margin Requirements For Non-Ce‎ntrally Cleared Derivatives

Date 10/06/2015

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) launched today a second consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) outlining the framework of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). This second consultation document is the result of an intense engagement with other authorities and the industry stakeholders in order to identify all the operation issues that may arise from the implementation of such framework. Therefore, the consultation focuses only on a narrow set of topics as most of the decisions have already been agreed following the first consultation held in April 2014. The consultation runs until 10 July 2015.

Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) Appoints Karla Mckenna As Head Of Standards

Date 10/06/2015

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), supporting the global rollout of the legal entity identifier (LEI), today announced the appointment of Karla McKenna as its new Head of Standards with immediate effect. Ms. McKenna, an internationally renowned specialist in the area of financial services standards, is responsible for facilitating the development and implementation of GLEIF standards and leveraging international standards from organizations such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to maximize data quality and the operational integrity of the Global LEI System (GLEIS). As a result, services provided by GLEIF will empower market participants to fully realize the benefits of adopting the LEI.

Securities Commission Malaysia Revokes Licenses Of Two Individuals

Date 10/06/2015

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has revoked the Capital Market Services Representative’s Licenses (CMSRLs) of two individuals, Robyn Lau Zheng-Yin and Shahmir Pavin Joshi effective from 20 May 2015.

Euronext Amsterdam Sees Strong Bond Listing Activity - Total Of € 5.59 Billion Raised Through Bond Issuances In Less Than 2 Weeks

Date 10/06/2015

Euronext is experiencing strong bond listing activity on its Amsterdam market. In a series of new, large bond listings by a variety of issuers € 5.59 billion was raised in two weeks, compared to €3.2 billion raised during the same period last year.

Stellar Trading Systems To Connect To Nasdaq Futures - Direct Market Access To NFX Platform Offers Global Access To New Suite Of Key Energy Futures

Date 10/06/2015

Stellar Trading Systems (Stellar) and Nasdaq today announce that Stellar will introduce connectivity to Nasdaq Futures, Inc. (NFX), following the official launch of the NFX platform in mid-2015. NFX is the exchange group's U.S.-based designated contract market (DCM), offering futures and options on key energy benchmarks, which includes oil, natural gas and U.S. power.

London Stock Exchange Group And Haitong Securities Sign Agreement

Date 10/06/2015

• LSEG and Haitong Securities agree to wide ranging collaboration across trading, ETFs and IPOs
• Further significant boost to growing ties between UK and China
• Haitong Securities Chairman, Wang Kaiguo opens London trading

40 US Institutional Investors To Meet With Spanish MidCap Companies In New York - Fourth Edition Of The Spanish Small & MidCaps Conference In New York Hosted By BME, JB Capital Markets And Auerbach Grayson

Date 10/06/2015

BME, JB Capital Markets and Auerbach Grayson are hosting the fourth Spanish Small & Midcaps Conference tomorrow, June 11th, in New York City. The meeting will bring together 40 US institutional investors with the management teams of 13 Spanish listed companies of medium and small capitalisation.

SWIFT Turns Securities Traffic Data Into Valuable Business Insights For Its Customers - Watch For Securities Is Now Available To Custodians, Investment Banks, Asset Managers And Broker/Dealers To Analyse Their Securities Traffic Over SWIFT

Date 10/06/2015

SWIFT announces the availability of Watch for Securities, a new business intelligence solution that helps securities market participants to monitor and gain valuable business insights from their network traffic. Following the completion of a successful early adopter programme, SWIFT’s Watch for Securities is ready for full scale use by local and global custodians, investment banks, asset managers and broker/dealers.

Traiana Deploys Azul Zing To Lower Latency And Enhance Pre And Post Trade Processing Performance

Date 10/06/2015

• Since the deployment of Azul Zing, average latencies have been reduced by 30%
• Performance enhancement and reliability key to Traiana’s purchasing decision
• Zing to be incorporated service-by-service across Traiana’s entire network and solutions