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Horizon Software Expands Its Footprint In Indonesia

Date 21/05/2018

Horizon Software (Horizon), the world’s leading provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, announced today its intention to expand into the growing Indonesian market during 2018. With the largest economy in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is hugely significant for the development of the region’s financial sector. Horizon has been working closely with a number of institutions in Indonesia’s capital markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) for some time.

Wells Fargo Asset Management Launches Global Equity Absolute Return Fund - New Fund Broadens The Company’s International Offering

Date 21/05/2018

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) announced the launch of the Global Equity Absolute Return Fund, a sub-fund of the Wells Fargo (Lux) Worldwide Fund, on 26 April 2018. The new fund broadens the current international product suite. The fund is UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) compliant and available to both institutional and retail investors. 

US G-SIB Goes Live On AxiomSL’s Regulatory Platform To Meet Multi-Jurisdictional Capital And Statistical Reporting

Date 21/05/2018

AxiomSL, the leading provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, today announces that an American global systematically important bank (G-SIB) has gone live with AxiomSL’s strategic regulatory platform in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands.

Block Commodities And FinComEco Joint Collaboration Agreement With Ost To Unlock Consumer Goods, Education And Healthcare For African Farmers Utilising The Blockchain

Date 21/05/2018

Block Commodities Limited and Financial & Commodities Ecosystem (FinComEco), a subsidiary of GMEX Group Ltd, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership with OST, the complete blockchain toolkit for business.

Dubai Financial Services Authority Publishes 2017 Annual Report

Date 21/05/2018

DFSA Publishes its 2017 Annual Report. To view English, please click here and for Arabic click here.

ASIC And RBA Welcome The New BBSW Calculation Methodology

Date 21/05/2018

ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have welcomed the new BBSW calculation methodology, which commenced today.

Nasdaq Dubai To Launch Equity Futures On Saudi Arabian Companies In Milestone For Investors In Middle East Markets

Date 21/05/2018

• Futures will be offered on shares of leading companies listed in Saudi Arabia
• Move will enhance investor interest in Saudi stocks as country opens up to foreign investors

Largest Private Sector Financing In Iran Capital Market

Date 20/05/2018

IRR 8,000 billion equity-based Ijarah Sukuk is underwritten at Tehran Stock Exchange for Telecommunication Company of Iran.

The Saudi Stock Exchange Announces The Publication Of The Weekly Stock Market Ownership And Trading Activity Report (By Nationality And Investor Type)

Date 20/05/2018

To view the detailed Weekly Stock Market Ownership and Trading Activity Report (by Nationality and Investor Type) for Main Market and Nomu-Parallel Market please Click Here.

FinTech Hive At DIFC Calls On Applicants For 2018 Accelerator Programme - Online Application Process Opens May 20 - Programme Expanded To Include Insurance Partners

Date 19/05/2018

FinTech Hive at DIFC, the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region, will begin accepting applications for its 2018 programme starting May 20, kicking off a competitive search for the top financial technology (fintech) and insurance technology (insurtech) innovators in the region.