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French Central Bank Selects Giesecke & Devrient As Technology Partner For Banknote Processing - Authenticating, Counting, And Sorting Up To 120,000 Banknotes Per Hour: Banque De France Modernizes Its Cash Centers With G&D’s BPS M7 Banknote Processing System

Date 29/04/2014

The French central bank, Banque de France, is modernizing its cash centers and boosting their level of automation. Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) won the tendering procedure for updating the bank’s processing systems over all competitors and was appointed main supplier of Banque de France’s banknote processing solutions.

ASIC: Virgin Money Pays AUD30,600 Penalty For Misleading Advertising

Date 29/04/2014

Virgin Money (Australia) Pty Limited has paid $30,600 in penalties after ASIC issued three infringement notices for misleading online and television advertising. Each infringement notice imposed a penalty of $10,200.

Algomi Appoints BlueBay Executive Chairman Hugh Willis As Strategic Advisor

Date 29/04/2014

Algomi, the provider of information-matching solutions for the optimization of fixed income liquidity, has named Hugh Willis as a Strategic Advisor. He is also an investor in the firm.

Two New Amundi ETFs Launched In The XTF Segment On Xetra - ETFs Track US Small-Cap Companies And High-Yield Corporate Bonds Denominated In Euros

Date 29/04/2014

Two new listed index funds issued by Amundi have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Tuesday.

Q&A With Mrs Tinku Gupta, Senior Vice President, Head Market Data & Access, Singapore Exchange - From May 2014 Trading Places

Date 29/04/2014

SGX has completely transformed the corporate announcement processing and reporting methodology for all listed companies, with the objective of establishing direct and efficient channels of communications from issuer to investor.

Buwog Newly Listed On WSE

Date 29/04/2014

• Austrian real estate company Buwog is the 58^th foreign company listed on WSE.
• Shares of Buwog were newly listed on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt and Vienna the day before.

FTSE Group Develops Ground-Breaking Global Ex Fossil Fuels Index Series

Date 29/04/2014

• Indices will omit companies linked to ownership and/or extraction of carbon based fossil fuel reserves
• BlackRock to launch investment solution that tracks benchmark
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) providing seed investment

SWIFT Launches Compliance Analytics Service To Help Banks Manage Financial Crime Risk - Using SWIFT Traffic Data, Compliance Analytics Will Help Banks Visualise Their Global Transaction Flows And Identify Unexpected Patterns Or Activities

Date 29/04/2014

SWIFT announces the launch of Compliance Analytics, a new business intelligence tool in its compliance services suite that will help banks monitor and address financial crime risk. Through Compliance Analytics, banks will be able to analyse their own SWIFT traffic data to identify anomalies in behaviour, unusual patterns or trends in traffic flows, hidden relationships, and significant levels of activity in high-risk areas.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 29/04/2014

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 Friday, 2 May 2014, 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.

No ‘Big Bang’ Move To A Post-T2S World - New SWIFT-Sponsored Research Finds Continued Uncertainty And ‘Wait And See’ Attitude Around The Impact Of T2S On Settlement, Asset Servicing And Securities Payments

Date 29/04/2014

SWIFT announces the availability of two new research reports from Celent analysts Arin Ray andJoséphine de Chazournes on the evolution of European post-trade arrangements under T2S. The new papers build on Celent’s 2013 report entitled ‘The European Post-Trade Ecosystem under T2S’, which was also sponsored by SWIFT.