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Exegy Unveils Next-Generation Appliances For Market Data

Date 16/03/2015

Exegy, Inc., a leading provider of managed services and technology for market data normalization and distribution, has announced today the availability of its fourth generation of hardware accelerated appliances.  Exegy unveiled the first FPGA-based appliance for market data processing in New York in June 2006.  It quickly garnered attention by significantly reducing latency for normalized data delivery while consuming far less space and power in the data center.  Since that time, Exegy has developed a high-performance and feature-rich product line that is backed by comprehensive managed services.  Today Exegy serves as a strategic partner to leading exchanges, market makers, sell-side banks, buy-side asset managers, and proprietary traders.  “This is a significant achievement for Exegy that underscores our relentless commitment to innovation.  It is tangible evidence of our sustained efforts to deliver the manifold benefits of our intellectual property portfolio of over 125 patents and patents pending to the financial services industry,” says chief executive officer James O’Donnell.

Instinet Europe Applies For FCA Registration As A Payment Institution

Date 16/03/2015

Driven by customer demand, Instinet Europe Limited (Instinet) today announced its application as a Payment Institution with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Xignite Joins FinTech Sandbox As Data Provider For Emerging Startups - Xignite Fuels FinTech Innovation And Empowers Future Entrepreneurs With Free Access To Financial Market Data

Date 16/03/2015

Xignite, the leading provider of cloud-based financial market data, announced today that it has agreed to be a data provider for FinTech Sandbox, a Boston-based non-profit provider of financial market data to early-stage financial services and fintech entrepreneurs for product development and testing. As part of the agreement, Xignite will provide market data at no cost, helping to further the FinTech Sandbox mission of supporting startups with reliable and free access to data in order to drive innovation in fintech.  

Nasdaq Stockholm Warns Avtech Sweden AB

Date 16/03/2015

The Disciplinary Committee of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB (the “Exchange”) has found that Avtech Sweden AB (“Avtech”) has contravened the regulations of the First North (the “Rulebook”) and has therefore issued a warning to Avtech.

Assets In ETFs/ETPs Listed In Europe Reached A New Record High Of 494.8 Billion US Dollars At The End Of February 2015 According To ETFGI

Date 16/03/2015

Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe reached a new record high of US$494.8 billion at the end of February 2015, according to ETFGI’s monthly ETF and ETP global insight report for February.

Misys Launches "Banktime" App For The Apple Watch - Misys Today Unveiled The First Banking App Prototype For The Apple Watch

Date 16/03/2015

Misys, the leading financial software company, today unveiled the first banking app prototype for the Apple Watch – the wearable device which will be a major driver for contextual marketing in financial services. Misys Labs, a dedicated team focused on disruptive innovation, has created the app to enable banks to provide services to their customers in an entirely new way, providing consumers with new levels of customer service and experience.

Source JPX-Nikkei 400 UCITS ETF Launched On Xetra - ETF Provides Access To The Performance Of Japanese Stock Corporations

Date 16/03/2015

A new equity index fund from the ETF offering issued by Source has been tradable on Xetra in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Monday. 

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Confirms Approach To Improving Responsibility And Accountability In The Banking Sector

Date 16/03/2015

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today confirmed its approach to improving individual responsibility and accountability in the banking sector by publishing feedback which:

• sets out how the FCA will implement the Senior Managers Regime (SMR); and
• provides further information on the FCA’s plans for the Certification Regime (CR) and new Conduct Rules.

Alternative Investment Firm RiverRock Chooses Horizon Software For Algorithmic Trading

Date 16/03/2015

Independent alternative investment firm RiverRock has chosen Horizon Software to run its algorithmic trading strategies.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) Introduces Its Second Total Return Index, BET-XT-TR

Date 16/03/2015

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) will introduce, starting March 23, 2015 its second total return index, BET-XT-TR, which reflects the price performance of top 25 most traded Romanian companies, as well as the gross dividends and cash distributions made by those companies. The introduction of the new index will give investors a broader picture of the opportunities available on Romanian capital market.