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European Cybercrime Centre – One Year On

Date 10/02/2014

What are the main future cybercrime threats on the horizon? And how has the European Cybercrime Center (EC3) contributed to protect European citizens and businesses since its launch in January 2013?

SunGard Launches Cloud-Based Asset Arena Data Connect For Faster STP Processing For Alternative Investments

Date 10/02/2014

SunGard announces the launch of Asset Arena Data Connect a fully automated order processing and control solution for hedge fund managers, private equity firms and fund administrators. Asset Arena Data Connect helps firms manage incoming and outgoing alternative investment data as well as scheduling and monitoring of data processing – increasing straight-through-processing (STP) and transparency.

Confluence Launches In Dublin To Capitalize On Growing Investment Industry Move To Data Automation - Ireland Also Viewed As Gateway To Global Funds Industry

Date 10/02/2014

Confluence, the global leader in investment data management automation, has continued its expansion by opening an office in Ireland.

Thomson Reuters To Host Inaugural Japanese Regulatory Summit In Tokyo

Date 10/02/2014

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, will host its inaugural Japanese Regulatory Summit in Tokyo on 6 March. Building on the success of a strong history of Thomson Reuters Regulatory Summits in the Asia Pacific region, this one day program will bring together a strong line-up of speakers to explore how financial regulation, governance, risk and compliance affects business from an enterprise-wide perspective, while examining how companies can adopt best-practice approaches to the challenges of driving down costs, enhancing performance and effectively managing risk.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For February 2014 Rubber Contract

Date 10/02/2014

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the February 2014 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined.

ETFGI: Global ETF And ETP Assets Suffer A 3.2 Percent Decline In January 2014 Based On Net Outflows Of US$7.6 Billion And Market Performance

Date 10/02/2014

In January 2014, global ETF/ETP assets fell by 3.2% to US$2.32 trillion based on negative market performance and net outflows of US$7.6 billion, according to preliminary findings from ETFGI’s January 2014 Global ETF and ETP industry insights report. January was a difficult month for emerging and developed equity markets.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Its Findings On Transition Management

Date 10/02/2014

Over £165 billion of assets invested in pensions and other large funds are transferred between investment managers, markets and products every year – potentially affecting the returns enjoyed by millions of consumers on their investments – by 13 specialist transition management (TM) providers. Following the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) first review of the sector, firms have today been advised to ensure that their controls, oversight and governance arrangements meet our requirements in all areas.

Moscow Exchange Updates Methodologies For Its Equity Indices

Date 10/02/2014

On 4 February 2014 Moscow Exchange approved changes to the methodology used to calculate the Broad Market, Second-Tier, Blue-Chip, MICEX Innovation and Sectoral Indices.

Power Exchanges APX, Belpex, EPEX SPOT, Nord Pool Spot And OMIE Agree On The European Cross-Border Intraday Solution

Date 10/02/2014

The Power Exchanges APX, Belpex, EPEX SPOT, Nord Pool Spot and OMIE are pleased to confirm the signing of a cooperation agreement for a common European cross border intraday solution. In addition, an early start agreement was signed with Deutsche Börse AG for the delivery of a technical system.

Squawker® High-Touch Trading Venue Grows To 300+ Users, From 80 Sell Side Firms, Across 13 Countries - Traders’ Squawks Take Average Trade Size On Squawker To €386k

Date 10/02/2014

Squawker®, the high-touch trading venue for the sell-side, today announced its latest trading statistics:

• 80 firms now on Squawker, the community continues to grow;
• 300+ sell-side traders on Squawker daily;
• €386k is the average trade size on Squawker (significantly higher in large Caps): natural block liquidity;
• The top 20 sectors have hit rates on Squawker above 40%. Average hit rate across all sectors and markets is 18%;
• 87% of trade invitations are accepted; proving that trades on Squawker are not prone to spoofing;
• 45% of trades are agreed within 5 minutes rising to 70% within 20 minutes. Squawker is the efficient way to find the natural opposite counterpart, without algos or HFT.