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Convening Of The Annual General Meeting Of Shareholders Of Euronext N.V.

Date 04/04/2019

Euronext today announced that its Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday 16 May 2019 at 10.30 CET, at Beursplein 5, 1012 JW Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Malawi Stock Exchange Market Performance Report - Q1 2019

Date 04/04/2019

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's market performance report for the first quarter of 2019.

Broadridge Launches Securities Lending Assessment Solution For Mutual Funds

Date 04/04/2019

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader and part of the S&P 500® Index, today announced the launch of Broadridge Securities Lending Board Insights, a firm-specific fund-by-fund comparative securities lending assessment solution for mutual fund companies and the boards that oversee their funds.

New IRTI Report Highlights Outlook And Prospects Of Djibouti’s Islamic Financial Industry

Date 04/04/2019

The Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group today released an Islamic Finance country report on the Republic of Djibouti, which analyses the country’s Islamic financial outlook and identifies opportunities in the sector.

European Supervisory Authorities Publish Q&A On The Key Information Document For PRIIPs

Date 04/04/2019

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published today additional questions and answers (Q&A) on the Key Information Document (KID) requirements for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) laid down in the European Commission's Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/653.

Virtu Financial And MarketAxess Announce Global ETF And Fixed Income Partnership - Global Electronic Trading Leaders Collaborate To Provide An Enhanced RFQ Marketplace Offering Global, Multi-Asset ETF And Fixed Income Products For Institutions

Date 04/04/2019

Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIRT) and MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTX), two global leaders in electronic trading, today announced a partnership to provide institutions with enhanced trading tools and access to global exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and fixed income securities.  The effort, which includes the distribution of Virtu’s streaming eNAV ETF fair value offering, is expected to launch in the third quarter.

Former Eurex CIO Brendan Bradley Joins ipushpull, A Real-Time Workflow Automation Platform

Date 04/04/2019

The award-winning live data sharing and real-time workflow automation platform is pleased to formally announce the appointment of Brendan Bradley as Chairman of ipushpull.

ESMA Issues First Pan-EU Overview Of Use Of Supervisory Sanctions FOR UCITS

Date 04/04/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today its first annual report on sanctions imposed by national competent authorities (NCAs) under the Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Directive.

Partly Contested Cases, The Pipeline And AML Investigations, Speech By Mark Steward, Director Of Enforcement And Market Oversight At The FCA, Delivered At The Global Investigations Review Live Event In London

Date 04/04/2019

Highlights

• Partly contested cases avoid a ‘deal-making’ approach to the imposition of penalties and sanctions giving subjects an opportunity to test and challenge the FCA’s penalties before the RDC, an independent FCA Board committee, without losing any cooperation benefit.
• Firms will be held accountable for foreseeable harm.
• The FCA is investigating suspected breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations that might give rise to either criminal or civil proceedings, giving effect to the full intention of the Money Laundering Regulations which provides for criminal prosecutions.

BETTER FINANCE Is Happy That The EP Adopted The PEPP Regulation But Hopes That The Major “Guarantee” Issue For European Savers Can Be Adequately Addressed In The Near Future

Date 04/04/2019

As shown by independent research into the real net returns of European pension savings carried out by BETTER FINANCE, pension savings products too often significantly underperform capital markets, and even sometimes destroy the real (after inflation) value of pension savings over the long-term due mostly to high fees and commissions. This in turn is also linked to the extreme fragmentation of the voluntary pension saving products’ markets within the EU, to the complexity and opacity of many products, and to insufficient competition.