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New BT Netrix HiTouch Keeps Traders In Control - New Cloud-Integrated Device Helps Bring Together High-Definition Communications, Specialist Apps And Market Information With The Simple Swipe Of A Finger

Date 08/04/2014

BT today announced a new cloud-integrated innovation for financial markets that puts traders in control of increasingly complex trading strategies and demanding client relationships.

SGX Launches Clearing Of Non-Deliverable Interest Rate Swaps

Date 08/04/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to launch the clearing of Non-Deliverable Interest Rate Swaps (NDIRS) in Malaysian Ringgit and Thai Baht on 7 April 2014. This new asset class, which will be settled in US dollars, further augments SGX’s current suite of Over-the-Counter (OTC) Financials clearing which includes Interest Rate Swaps (“IRS”) in Singapore Dollar and US Dollar and Non-Deliverable Forwards (“NDF”) in seven Asian currencies.

Singapore Fixed Income Indices (SFI) Weekly

Date 08/04/2014

Below are key highlights for the week ending 4 April 2014 (please click on the attachment for further detail):

• The SFI lost 0.25% to 116.00. 

• The STI outperforms SFI for the first time this year (1.43% vs. 0.83%).

• YTD,  comparing maturity bands, bonds maturing in 5 to 7 and 7 to 10 years are performing best(both up 1.50% vs. 0.83% for the broader SFI).

• The SFI 1 – 3 Year Corporate Bond Index reached its highest point this year (117.80) on Thursday, 3 April.

ASIC’s Submission To The 2014 Financial System Inquiry

Date 08/04/2014

ASIC has released its submission to the 2014 Financial System Inquiry (Murray Inquiry).

SGX Welcomes UOB Kay Hian As Catalist Full Sponsor

Date 08/04/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to welcome UOB Kay Hian Private Limited as a Full Sponsor on Catalist, the sponsor-supervised board for growth companies.

SIFMA Foundation Partners With Industry To ‘Invest It Forward™’ In Financial Literacy Month

Date 07/04/2014

The SIFMA Foundation today joined SIFMA and the financial sector to launch Invest it Forward, an industry-wide financial education and capital markets literacy campaign convening hundreds of financial firms that are committed to giving young Americans a solid understanding of the capital markets system. The program is kicking-off in April, which is Financial Literacy Month.

Allianz Life Becomes First Insurance Carrier To Implement DTCC's Producer Management Portal

Date 07/04/2014

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) Insurance & Retirement Services (I&RS) announced today that Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life), a leading provider of retirement income and  protection solutions, has become the first insurance carrier to begin using its Producer Management Portal (PMP), an online service that helps the industry manage and comply with National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) training requirements for insurance agents, also known as “producers.”

SIFMA Statement On Treatment Of CLOs Under The Volcker Rule

Date 07/04/2014

SIFMA today issued the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and CEO, on the Federal Reserve's announcement of a two year extension of the conformance period for collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) under the Volcker Rule:

Welcoming Remarks At The SEC 24th Annual International Institute For Securities Market Development, SEC Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar, Washington, DC, April 7, 2014

Date 07/04/2014

Thank you, Paul [Leder], for that kind introduction, and I want to welcome you back to the Commission.  Paul previously worked at the Commission for more than a decade from 1987 to 1999 and now has been with the Commission as Director of the Office of International Affairs for almost two months.  I have enjoyed working with you and look forward to continuing to work with you in the international arena to promote investor protection, cross-border securities transactions, and fair, efficient and transparent markets.  I also want to thank the Office of International Affairs staff who worked so hard to organize this two-week training initiative and all of the speakers, moderators, and panelists who have generously invested much time and effort in making this program so worthwhile.   

Capital Market Services, LLC Ordered To Pay $275,000 Penalty To Settle CFTC Charges Of Violating Minimum Financial Requirement Rules

Date 07/04/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges that, between March 2009 and October 2012, Capital Market Services, LLC(CMS), a CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) and former Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) headquartered in New York, New York, failed to comply with minimum financial requirements for FCMs and RFEDs. The CFTC Order requires CMS to pay a $275,000 civil monetary penalty and to cease and desist from violating the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations, as charged.