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Calypso To Launch CATT Automated Testing Tool To Dramatically Reduce Client Implementation Risk And TCO - Automated Testing Offers Potential To Reduce Test Cycles By Up To 40%

Date 10/03/2015

Calypso Technology, a leading provider of capital markets software, announced today it will be introducing Calypso Automated Testing Tool (CATT), a premier software automated testing solution, specifically designed to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and implementation risk by enabling customers to minimize the time and costs associated with the software testing required prior to upgrades and new installations by up to 40%. CATT includes a suite of pre-configured test cases based on common business logic that is deployed on an easy-to-use web interface. Calypso is the first capital markets software provider to deliver a robust automated testing solution for its cross-asset front-to-back office platform.

Al Mansoori CEO Of Qatar Stock Exchang: Subject Of The Approval Of The Regulators, A Short-List Of Companies Is Hoped To Form Our Launch Candidates For Listing On The QEVM In The Coming Years

Date 10/03/2015

Mr. Rashid Bin Ali Al Mansoori, CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange underlined the importance of the QE Venture Market as a supporting tool for the development of the SME’s through providing less stringent requirements than those imposed on companies listed on the main market.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Wong Chun Yin For Life

Date 10/03/2015

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Wong Chun Yin, a former relationship manager of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (SCBHK), from re-entering the industry for life (Note 1).

HKEx Publishes Its Annual Fact Book

Date 10/03/2015

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published its annual fact book on the HKEx website.

Fidessa Partners With RBS For Global F&O Trading - Enhancing Its ETD Execution Platform

Date 10/03/2015

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has today announced that RBS has selected Fidessa’s futures and options trading platform to enhance its execution capabilities within the global derivatives business. Both firms will mutually benefit from the wealth of experience and talent they offer in the derivatives space as RBS invests in the technology necessary to continue to provide its clients with a top quality execution service.

DGCX Records 3% Year-To-Date Growth

Date 10/03/2015

• Volumes in Equities rose 22% year-on-year and 10% month-on-month
• Indian Rupee Options recorded all time high volumes and value with  7,200 contracts

Eurex Clearing Prisma Now Available For Real-Time Risk Management By The Technancial Company

Date 10/03/2015

Announced at the 40th Annual FIA Conference today, The Technancial Company (TTC) is first to market with their Eurex Clearing Prisma (Prisma) 2.05 real-time margin methodology on TTC’s JANUS™. Much of the talk at Boca this week is about the scheduled replacement - at the end of 2015 - of Eurex’s RBM (Risk-based Margining) with Prisma, the new, dynamic methodology for calculating and simulating Eurex Clearing margin requirements.

Velocimetrics Announces Latest TipOff Packet Capture Rates Of 40Gbps Presenting Significant Data Centre Cost Savings

Date 10/03/2015

Velocimetrics, the provider of real-time business performance monitoring and analysis solutions, today announces TipOff can now capture network packets to disk at a sustained rate of 40 Gigabits per second (Gbps) on a single 2U Appliance using the AHA374 GZIP compression/decompression card supplied by AHA Products Group.

Moscow Exchange Indices Monthly Review: February 2015

Date 10/03/2015

Monthly review: February 2015 (pdf, 650 Кb)

Payday Lenders Failing Customers In Arrears, Says UK Financial Conduct Authority

Date 10/03/2015

The payday industry is beginning to take a more customer-focused approach to its business, but a review of the first twelve months of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) regulation of the sector has shown that too many firms have been failing to meet the requirements to treat customers in arrears fairly.