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Bank Of England: Minutes Of The Monetary Policy Committee Meeting Ending 8 July 2015

Date 22/07/2015

• Bank Rate should be maintained at 0.5%;
• The Bank of England should maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £375 billion.

Maitland Continues Rapid Global Expansion With STANLIB Deal - Major Deal With Giant African Fund Manager Boosts AUA To $260bn, Hot On Heels Of Acquisition Of UK Fund Administrator Phoenix Fund Services

Date 22/07/2015

Global advisory and fund administration firm Maitland has concluded an agreement with STANLIB, one of Africa’s largest fund managers, to “lift out” its traditional institutional fund administration operations.

Azul Systems Joins Canonical’s Charm Partner Programme - DevOps Teams To Be “Charmed” By Zulu, Azul’s 100% Open Source JDK

Date 22/07/2015

News highlights:

• DevOps teams will be able to deploy cloud-based, tested and certified open source Java directly from Canonical’s Charm store
• Azul’s Zulu build of OpenJDK becomes the first fully-supported Java distribution in Canonical’s Charm Partner Programme
• The availability of Azul Zulu in the Juju Charm Store highlights Canonical’s focus on robust and pre-certified open source infrastructure components

Deutsche Börse Receives Full Regulatory Approval From Monetary Authority Of Singapore For Its Clearing House - Eurex Clearing Asia To File Application With ESMA As Next Step

Date 22/07/2015

Deutsche Börse Group has received full regulatory approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate Eurex Clearing Asia. This new clearing house of Deutsche Börse Group, based in Singapore, is an integral part of its new trading and clearing offering for investors during Asian trading hours.

Linear Investments Acquires The Assets Of AQX Securities’s Agency Execution Business - UK Prime Broker Enhances Multi-Asset Execution Capabilities And Hires Sam Merali To Run Its Agency Brokerage Business

Date 22/07/2015

Linear Investments, the UK’s leading boutique prime broker and hedge fund platform, today announced it has acquired the assets of AQX Securities’s agency execution business from the Aquila Group. The acquisition will enhance Linear’s existing execution-only services and broaden its reach across asset classes, from equities, ETFs, futures and options, to cash fixed income.

Japan Exchange Group: Launch Of First Ever Full-Scale Fixed Income Volatility Index In Japan

Date 22/07/2015

Japan Exchange Group and Osaka Exchange as well as S&P Dow Jones Indices will jointly introduce the S&P/JPX JGB VIX Index, which measures the implied volatility of Japanese government bonds using options on JGB futures listed on OSE. Constructed using the methodology for the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index), the world’s leading gauge of equity market volatility, the new benchmark will become the first ever full-scale fixed income volatility index available in the Japan market, with index calculation expected to start later this year.

NZX: Smartshares To Launch 9 New Exchange Traded Funds

Date 22/07/2015

Smartshares, NZX’s Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, is pleased to announce it has registered a prospectus for the launch of nine new ETFs to complement its existing 10 Smartshares ETFs.

MNI China Business Sentiment Survey: Chinese Business Sentiment Falls Sharply In July - Orders And Output Down But Access To Credit Improves

Date 22/07/2015

After showing encouraging signs that more supportive policy was having an impact in June, business confidence pulled back sharply in July, matching April’s more than six year low, according to the latest MNI China Business Sentiment Survey.

SGX welcomes iX Biopharma Ltd To Catalist

Date 22/07/2015

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed iX Biopharma Ltd (iX Biopharma) to Catalist under the stock code “42C”.  

Dalian Commodity Exchange: After-Hours Trading Runs Smoothly, Functions Well In 1st Year

Date 22/07/2015