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TheCityUK Responds To New Financial Report On Brexit And The City

Date 11/03/2019

A think tank, New Financial, has published a report examining the impact of Brexit on the City and the wider banking and finance industry.

New Financial Report: Brexit & The City – The Impact So Far, By William Wright, Christian Benson & Eivind Friis Hamre

Date 11/03/2019

This report provides the most comprehensive analysis yet of the impact of Brexit on the City and the wider banking and finance industry. More than 250 firms in banking and finance have moved or are moving business, staff, assets or legal entities away from the UK to the EU – and these numbers are likely to increase significantly in the near future. 

CISI And Chartered Banker Institute Welcome The FCA’s New Requirement For Individual Members To Include Their Professional Body Membership In Its New Directory - But Disappointment Re Absence Of Level Of Membership

Date 11/03/2019

Two leading financial services professional bodies welcome the FCA’s policy statement (19/7) which concludes its discussion on the creation of a new Directory.

Cboe Europe Receives Authorisation To Operate Netherlands Venue - Announces Appointment Of Adam Eades As President Of Cboe Europe B.V.

Date 11/03/2019

Cboe Europe, the largest stock exchange by value traded in Europe and a division of Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE), today announced that Cboe Europe B.V., its new subsidiary based in Amsterdam, has received authorisation from the Dutch Ministry of Finance. Cboe Europe B.V. is now authorised to operate a Regulated Market (RM), Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) and Approved Publication Arrangement (APA), which will be regulated by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM).

LiquidityBook Opens New Sydney Office Amid Rapid Asia-Pacific Growth, Hires Andre Meintjes As APAC Client Services Lead

Date 11/03/2019

LiquidityBook, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, today announced the opening of a new office at 383 George St in Sydney, Australia. The firm, which added more than 40 new customers in 2018, will use the new office to accommodate its growing team and support its rapid expansion in the Asia-Pacific region.

CME Group Makes Global Equity Benchmarks More Accessible To Active Traders With Launch Of Micro E-mini Futures

Date 11/03/2019

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it plans to make equity index futures trading more accessible to active traders through the launch of Micro E-mini futures on the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and Dow Jones Industrial Average indexes.

The Small Exchange To Deploy Eventus Systems Technology For Real-Time Market Surveillance - Validus Cloud Platform Will Address New Retail-Focused Futures Market's Comprehensive Trading Surveillance Needs

Date 11/03/2019

Eventus Systems, Inc.<https://www.eventussystems.com/>, a leading global trade surveillance and market risk platform provider, and the Small Exchange<https://www.thesmallexchange.com/>, a new futures exchange (pending regulatory approval) backed by award-winning innovators focused on retail customers, announced today that Eventus will provide the exchange with its mission-critical real-time market surveillance system. The marketplace is deploying the cloud-based version of the Validus platform for its comprehensive surveillance activities.

Dash Names Venu Palaparthi Chief Compliance Officer And Head Of Regulatory Affair

Date 11/03/2019

Dash Financial Technologies, the industry’s leading capital markets technology and execution provider, today announced the addition of Venu Palaparthi as Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Regulatory Affairs. In this role, Mr. Palaparthi will be responsible for Dash’s compliance strategy, including the direction of internal regulatory policies and compliance with government regulations.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency Commissioner Toshihide Endo Paid A Courtesy Call On H.E. U Soe Win, Union Minister For Planning And Finance Of Republic Of The Union Of Myanmar

Date 11/03/2019

On March 11, Commissioner Endo paid a courtesy call on H.E. U. Soe Win, Union Minister for Planning and Finance of Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

SET: mai-Listed Firms Report Growth In Sales And Profitability In 2018

Date 11/03/2019

• Total sales rose 14.64 pct to THB 174.36 bln. (approx. USD 5.45 billion)  
• Net profit up 2.09 pct to THB 5.13 bln (approx. USD 160.34 million)
• All industry groups reported sales growth.
• Agro & Food, Resources, Services and Consumer Products among top performing industry groups