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CEO Of Qatar Stock Exchange Participates In 2014 WFE Annual Meetings Held In The Korean Capital, Seoul

Date 27/10/2014

Mr. Rashid bin Ali Al Mansoori, CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange, arrived last night in the Korean capital Seoul to participate in the 2014 annual meetings of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which begins there today in the presence of representatives of 60 WFE member exchanges and market operators responsible for the functioning of key components in the financial world.

Bank Of England: Responses To CP12/14 - PS10/14

Date 27/10/2014

​This policy statement (PS) publishes the feedback, final rules and supervisory statements to implement the proposals in the PRA’s consultation paper (CP) for CRDIV updates for credit risk mitigation, credit risk, governance and market risk (CP12/14).

Quayle Munro Advises The Shareholders Of Capital Economics Ltd On A Minority Investment By LDC

Date 27/10/2014

Quayle Munro is pleased to announce that it has advised the shareholders of Capital Economics Ltd (“Capital Economics”), one of the world’s foremost independent macro-economic research companies, on a minority investment by leading UK mid-market private equity house, LDC. 

UK And Singapore Agree To Increase Financial Services Cooperation - Ministers Welcome New Private Sector Forum To Boost Offshore Renminbi Market Outside Greater China

Date 27/10/2014

The UK and Singapore have agreed to set up a UK-Singapore Financial Dialogue, which will focus on deepening financial and economic cooperation between the two countries.

ROBO-STOX Opens London Stock Exchange Trading

Date 27/10/2014

• ‘iiwa’ the robot, opens London trading
• Marks the launch of ROBO-STOX Global Robotics and Automation ETF
• First European ETF providing exposure to the global robotics and automation sector

DGCX Lists Two MSCI INDIA INDEX Futures Contracts - Launch Strengthens DGCX’s Emerging Market Product Offering

Date 27/10/2014

Further expanding its equity suite and its emerging market portfolio, the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) today announced the launch of two Futures contracts based on the MSCI India Index.

Cinnober To Provide Exchange Technology As A Service To A New Marketplace

Date 27/10/2014

Cinnober, the global provider of exchange and clearing technology, has signed an agreement with a marketplace regarding service delivery of turnkey solutions covering the marketplace’s full transaction cycle, including technology for trading, clearing and surveillance. The delivery will be supplied as a managed service and the customer has requested anonymity during the pre-launch period.

Singapore And China Further Strengthen Financial Cooperation Through New Initiatives

Date 27/10/2014

Singapore and China today agreed to further strengthen financial cooperation through new path-finding initiatives in the offshore Renminbi (RMB) market, capital markets and insurance.  The agreement was reached at the 11th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting held in Suzhou and co-chaired by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Teo Chee Hean, and People’s Republic of China Vice Premier of the State Council, Mr Zhang Gaoli.

Thai Exchange Ready For Digital Era With Expansion Of Online Smart-Listing Service

Date 27/10/2014

The Stock Exchange of Thailand is expanding the “Smart Listing” service to cover the subscription of new ordinary shares and warrants from October 27, 2014 in an effort to streamline the listing process to offer more investment opportunities to investors, with a plan to make the system completely available for all products by 2015.

New eXtremeDB Financial Edition Version 6.0 Ramps Up - Database System’s Speed, Scalability And Development Simplicity - Access To Vector-Based Functions Via SQL And Python Boosts Programming Speed And Productivity - Distributed Query Processing And RLE Compression Tackle Big Data In Capital Markets Analytics

Date 27/10/2014

McObject® announced it has released eXtremeDB® Financial Edition version 6.0, a major upgrade of its database system for capital markets applications such as algorithmic trading and risk management. Improvements include access to eXtremeDB Financial Edition’s most powerful capabilities from the widely-used SQL and Python languages, unleashing productivity by simplifying development and, as a result, reducing costs and slashing time-to-deployment. Version 6.0 also tackles the challenge of Big Data in financial systems with new features including distributed query processing and specialized market data compression, to streamline handling of real-timeand historical databases that today grow beyond one trillion records.