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BayernLB Joins MTS BondVision As Dealer

Date 08/10/2015

• First Landesbank to join as dealer; strengthening MTS’ European offering
• Brings the total number of liquidity providers on MTS BondVision to 32

Euronext: Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC Lists On Alternext Paris

Date 08/10/2015

Euronext today welcomed the real-estate investment group Aroundtown Property Holdings for its listing on Alternext Paris.

IDFC Bank, India Expands With Misys For Treasury And Trade Services

Date 08/10/2015

Misys, the leading financial software company, has today announced that IDFC Bank, India has selected Misys FusionBanking Trade Services and Misys FusionCapital Kondor to underpin its trade finance and treasury services channels and operations. 

Thomson Reuters Wins 2015 Data Provider Of The Year Award At Energy Risk Asia Awards - Thomson Reuters Accurate And Unbiased Solution For Forecasting China Crude Oil Flows Recognized

Date 08/10/2015

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced it has been named Data Provider of the Year at Energy Risk Asia’s 8th Annual Awards. The awards recognize companies for their role in providing the most innovative solutions to the commodities and energy markets across Asia.

Rapid Addition Acquires DET-Technologies To Create Ground Breaking FIX Offering - Former BNP Paribas Pair Petr Postulka And Jaromir Satanek, Founders Of DET Technologies, Will Also Join Rapid Addition As Part Of The Acquisition To Lead Its Software Development Function

Date 08/10/2015

Rapid Addition, a leading provider of trading technology has entered an agreement to acquire the business, assets and employees of DET Technologies, a provider of low latency hub and monitoring software to support electronic trading. The acquisition will deliver a world leading, real-time platform for buy- and sell-side financial institutions.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For CNOOC And PetroChina Futures

Date 08/10/2015

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 12 October 2015, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

EDHEC-Risk Institute Study Highlights The Added Value Of Active Allocation To Smart Beta Indices

Date 08/10/2015

In a new study entitled “Active Allocation to Smart Factor Indices”, drawn from the eponymous Rothschild & Cie research chair, EDHEC-Risk provides a formal empirical analysis of the benefits of strategic and tactical allocation to multiple equity smart factor indices in a context where relative risk with respect to the cap-weighted indices needs to be explicitly controlled for.

ICE Benchmark Administration Selected As New ISDA SIMM™ Crowdsourcing Utility

Date 08/10/2015

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) has selected ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) to build and operate the crowdsourcing utility for the ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM™).

IBA Selected As New ISDA SIMM™ Crowdsourcing Utility

Date 08/10/2015

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) has been selected to build and operate a crowdsourcing utility for the ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM™).

Two New Members Join ESM Board Of Auditors

Date 08/10/2015

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) today welcomes two new members to its Board of Auditors. They are Andrew Harkness, Secretary and Director of Audit at Ireland’s Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, and Jean Guill, Director General of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier in Luxembourg. The two were appointed at the meeting of 5 October of the ESM Board of Governors for a non-renewable three-year term, starting on 8 October, 2015.