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Daniel Clayden Joins BEQUANT As Head Of Product Development - Industry Veteran Brings Depth Of Experience In The Financial Services Sector To BEQUANT’s London Operations

Date 28/03/2019

BEQUANT, the leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced today that it has hired Daniel Clayden as its new Head of Product Development. With 25 years’ experience inCapital Markets and Financial Services Technology, Daniel’s appointment will strengthen the company’s growing roster of products in the cryptocurrency market.
Global Witness Response To UK Golden Visa Changes

Date 28/03/2019

From tomorrow, changes come into force for the UK Tier 1 (Investor) visa schemes. This follows a review of the programme after the poisoning of Sergei Skripal last year. The scheme was ’suspended’ and then rapidly unsuspended in December last year.
ESMA Updates Its Q&AS On MiFID II And MiFIR Investor Protection And Intermediaries

Date 28/03/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today added new Questions and Answers (Q&As) and updates on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR).
Global Shocks And The U.S. Economy, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard H. Clarida, At The "The Euro Area: Staying The Course Through Uncertainties" BDF Symposium And 34th SUERF Colloquium Sponsored By Banque De France And The European Money And Finance Forum, Paris, France

Date 28/03/2019

Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to be here at the Banque de France and take part in this important symposium on the "Euro Area: Staying the Course through Uncertainties."
Comments By Alex McDonald, CEO European Venues And Intermediaries Association, On China Offering To Open Its Financial Markets Before US Trade Talks

Date 28/03/2019

Commenting on the announcement that China is offering to open its economy before US trade talks, Alex McDonald, CEO of the European Venues and Intermediaries Association (‘EVIA’) which promotes and enhances the value and competitiveness of Wholesale Market Venues, Platforms and Arranging Intermediaries, said: “Our industry is working to develop several aspects of the ongoing internationalisation of the RMB, notably London Bond Connect, which will follow the equity version that is already open. This will enable infrastructures to match international capital with the deepening Chinese sovereign and corporate debt markets. Our joint committee under the auspices of the PBOC and the Corporation of London published a quarterly statistics and news journal which details the progress being made.”

FINOS Community Delivers Version 1.0 Of Financial Desktop Interoperability Open Standard - Open Source Foundation promotes FDC3 Adoption Across The Industry To Build An Open Fintech Ecosystem

Date 28/03/2019

The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), a nonprofit that promotes open innovation in financial services, today announces the release of the first major version of the Financial Desktop Connectivity and Collaboration Consortium (FDC3) standard. Founded and contributed to FINOS by OpenFin, this initiative brings universal connectivity and standards to the financial industry’s desktop applications. FDC3 is starting a new era in addressing long-standing challenges to the user experience caused by fragmentation within the financial software market.
MGG Management Opens Trading On The Occasion Of Its Bonds Issue On TASE

Date 28/03/2019

The management of MGG opened trade this morning (24.3.19) in honor of its bonds issue on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). MGG Group was launched in 2014 by Kevin Griffin, a veteran private lending investor, and by co-founder Gregory Racz with initial commitment of $200M made by McCourt Global, an American Investment company. MGG Series A is expected to join the Tel-Bond Global Index in the next indices update on May 2019.
Vienna Initiative, 10 Years On, Makes Case For Deeper Financial Integration In Emerging Europe

Date 28/03/2019

The case for deeper financial integration in emerging Europe remains strong as the Vienna Initiative marks a decade since its launch as a unique public-private forum that helped the region weather the worst of the global economic crisis.
Intercontinental Exchange Releases 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report

Date 28/03/2019

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today released its annual Corporate Responsibility Report. The report complements Intercontinental Exchange’s enhanced corporate citizenship website which provides timely information and resources that are meaningful to stakeholders as issues related to environmental, social and governance topics continue to evolve.
ACER Publishes Its Analysis On Tariff Code Implementation For Gas In Greece

Date 28/03/2019

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) published today its seventeenth Report on the implementation of the Network Code on Harmonised Transmission Tariff Structures for Gas, which presents the analysis of the Agency for the transmission system of Greece.