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Thai Alternative Bourse Aims To Strengthen Companies, List More Quality Firms

Date 19/03/2014

The Market for Alternative Investment (mai), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) group, will focus on increasing the number of quality listed companies, including ensuring that the companies which are not ready for listing and social enterprises (SEs) can access funding conveniently, and boosting market capitalization, said newly-appointed mai President Prapan Charoenprawatt.
Thomson Reuters Launches A Managed KYC Service In Partnership With Banks, Corporates And Asset Managers And In Consultation With Regulators - Thomson Reuters Transaction Services Limited, A FCA-Regulated Business, And Its 7,000 Bank And Buy-Side Clients Are Live On The Service

Date 19/03/2014

Thomson Reuters today launched a new solution to support financial institutions and their clients to increase efficiency and reduce costs in complying with Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements. Accelus Org ID was developed in partnership with leading financial institutions, corporations, asset managers and hedge funds and following discussions with nine regulators from key financial markets around the world. Providing a complete managed service covering the on-boarding of clients, risk categorization and risk screening, Accelus Org ID allows financial institutions to more effectively respond to new and ongoing regulatory requirements around the world.
SGX To Launch New Order Types For Securities

Date 19/03/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) will enhance the types of orders for the stock market from 31 March 2014.
Speech By Neelie Kroes, Vice-President Of The European Commission Responsible For The Digital Agenda: The Data Gold Rush

Date 19/03/2014

Nearly 200 years ago, the industrial revolution saw new networks take over. Not just a new form of transport, the railways connected industries, connected people, energised the economy, transformed society.
Grant Biggar Joins Algomi As Strategic Advisor - Credit Derivatives Specialist Brings Two Decades’ Experience In Global Credit Derivatives

Date 19/03/2014

Algomi, the provider of information-matching solutions to optimise fixed income liquidity, has named Grant Biggar as a Strategic Advisor, effective immediately. Biggar, the former President of Creditex, has also made an investment in the company. His appointment comes follows Howard Edelstein’s appointment to a similar role at Algomi.

STOXX Introduces STOXX Japan Strong Balance Sheet Indices

Date 19/03/2014

STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today introduced the STOXX Japan Strong Balance Sheet Indices, which select stocks according to their Altman Z-Score, a quantitative measure for the financial and fundamental health of a company. The new indices are designed to act as an underlying for exchange-traded products (ETPs) and other investable products, as well as benchmarks for actively managed funds. Furthermore, they can be replicated passively.
Global Finance Names The World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks In Asia-Pacific 2014

Date 19/03/2014

Global Finance magazine has named the World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks in Asia-Pacific in an exclusive survey to be published in the May 2014 issue. Global Finance editors—with input from industry analysts, corporate executives and banking consultants—selected the best emerging markets bank in the region and in 30 countries. Criteria for choosing the winners included growth in assets, profitability, strategic relationships, customer service, competitive pricing, and innovative products. In addition, for the first time, a poll of Global Finance’s corporate readership was conducted in order to increase the accuracy and reliability of the results.
Moscow Exchange: Minimum Initial Margin For Rostelecom Futures Ords To Be Increased

Date 19/03/2014

Trading in Rostelecom ords and prefs on Moscow Exchange's Equity Market, as well as deposit operations with the National Settlement Depositary in those securities, are to be suspended from (preliminarily) 26 March through 1 April. This is due to reorganisation of Rostelecom by segregating assets to its RT-Mobile subsidiary. Trading in DRs representing Rostelecom shares will also be suspended during this period.
Global Finance Names The World’s Best Developed Markets Banks 2014

Date 19/03/2014

Global Finance magazine has announced its annual awards for the World’s Best Banks in Developed Markets. A full report on the selections will appear in the May issue of Global Finance, along with selections for the World’s Best Banks in Emerging Markets and the Best US Regional Banks. The winners of this year’s awards are those banks that attended carefully to their customers’ needs in difficult markets and accomplished better results while laying the foundations for future success.
China Business Conditions Improve In March - MNI China Business Indicator Increases To 53.4 In March From 50.2 In February As Firms Report Improved Credit Conditions

Date 19/03/2014

Business conditions improved in March, following two consecutive monthly declines, although the average for the first quarter of 2014 was the weakest for a year and a half.