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EBS Direct Selects Apama To Provide Third Party Aggregation - UniCredit Makes First EBS Direct Trade Via The Apama Platform

Date 26/09/2013

EBS, ICAP’s market-leading electronic FX business, today announces that Apama, Software AG’s leading platform for aggregation and smart execution solutions to the FX marketplace, has been selected to deliver approved third party aggregation to EBS Direct, with UniCredit making the first trade.

EC Revises Delivery Date For ESMA Standards On Cross-Border Application Of EMIR To 15 November

Date 26/09/2013

The European Commission (EC) has extended the deadline within which ESMA should deliver its draft technical standards on the cross-border application of EMIR (Art. 4(4) and 11(14)) to 15 November 2013.

NYSE Euronext Lisbon And ATP Work In Partnership To Attract More Companies To The Stock Exchange - Portuguese SMEs Should Look To Capital Markets As Alternative Source Of Financing

Date 26/09/2013

Today, NYSE Euronext Lisbon (Portuguese Stock Exchange) and the Associação Têxtil e Vestuário de Portugal (ATP, the Portuguese Association of Textiles and Clothing) are signing a cooperation agreement with the aim of encouraging and supporting the listing of new companies on the Stock Exchange.

Moscow Exchange To Launch New Futures

Date 26/09/2013

Moscow Exchange's Derivatives Market is to launch futures on five new foreign stocks on 3 October.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Shortlisted For FOW International Awards 2013

Date 26/09/2013

• WSE has been shortlisted for the FOW International Awards 2013 in the Best Technology Innovation by an Exchange in Europe category for the implementation of the new trading system: the Universal Trading Platform

Euroclear Finland And Euroclear Sweden Premier With Nordea Actively-Managed ETFs

Date 26/09/2013

For the first time, Euroclear Finland and Euroclear Sweden, the central securities depositories for the Finnish and Swedish markets, respectively, are today making actively-managed Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) available for settlement and custody in their book-entry systems. 

STOXX Launches First Dividend Index For Asean Region

Date 26/09/2013

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today introduced the STOXX ASEAN-Five Select Dividend 50 Index. The new index selects the 50 highest dividend paying companies from five member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It is the first dividend index for the ASEAN region. The STOXX ASEAN-Five Select Dividend 50 Index is specifically designed to underlie exchange-traded funds and other investable products.

FIX Trading Community Publishes Guidelines To Facilitate Efficient Communication Of Client Information To Emerging SEFs

Date 26/09/2013

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today published recommended guidelines for the efficient electronic communication of client entitlement information between broker-dealers and the emerging Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) set to launch shortly.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Fines Clydesdale Bank £8.9 Million For Failing To Treat Its Mortgage Customers Fairly

Date 26/09/2013

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Clydesdale Bank (Clydesdale) for failing to inform its customers clearly of their rights after the bank miscalculated the repayments on over 42,500 mortgages.

Council Of The European Union: Lithuanian Presidency Heads Towards More Safety And Soundness In The Activities Of Central Securities Depositories

Date 26/09/2013

The Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper II) has on September 25 confirmed the agreement on legislation aiming at improving the securities settlement in the EU and at creating common regulatory framework for the central securities depositories. The general approach on the Central Securities Depositories Regulation gives the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council the mandate to start negotiations with the European Parliament with a view of reaching a first reading agreement.