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EDHEC: Recognised Leadership In Entrepreneurship

Date 03/07/2018

The most recent Financial Times Business School Ranking underlines the quality of the School’s entrepreneurial training:  EDHEC’s Global MBA was placed 2nd in France, out of only three French schools - EDHEC, INSEAD and HEC - considered eligible for ranking by the Financial Times.

Societe Generale Reaches An Agreement With Commerzbank To Acquire Its Equity Markets And Commodities Activities - The Transaction Includes Commerzbank’s Investment Products, Flow Products, And Asset Management Businesses Worldwide, Including Associated Market Making, Sales And Structuring Capabilities

Date 03/07/2018

Societe Generale is announcing that it has reached an agreement to acquire Commerzbank’s Equity Markets and Commodities business (EMC), a leading European manufacturer, distributor and market maker of structured and flow products as well as asset management solutions. With a state of the art technology platform, it benefits from significant franchises in diversified and complementary segments. The activities in the scope of this transaction are based in Frankfurt, London, Hong Kong, Paris, Luxembourg and Zurich. The transaction excludes the Cash Equity brokerage and commodities hedging businesses of Commerzbank.

Investing Is Not A Full-Time Job For Citizens - Investor Empowerment In The Digital Age – International BETTER FINANCE Conference, 2018, Brussels

Date 03/07/2018

With fewer individual investors investing directly in equities and bonds and households being sold packaged products instead, the products EU citizens invest in are becoming increasingly complex. As a result people struggle to understand and to trust the financial products they are invested in.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Appoints Global Head Of Client Experience

Date 03/07/2018

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces that it has appointed Melanie Aimer to the newly-created role of Global Head of Client Experience within its Client Marketing Office.  Melanie joined on 18 June and reports to Roger Miners, Chief Marketing Officer.

BCS Global Markets Appoints Marina Atavadzhieva As CRO.

Date 03/07/2018

BCS Global Markets today announces the appointment of Marina Atavadzhieva as Chief Risk Officer (CRO). Atavadzhieva, who was most recently the CRO of Sberbank Asset Management and Deputy CRO of Sberbank Wealth Management, will report to BCS CEO and Chairman Roman Lokhov.

Vienna Stock Exchange: Equity Turnover Up 3.7% At HY1 2018 And 50% In Five-Year Comparison

Date 03/07/2018

• Vienna Stock Exchange ranks 11th by turnover among 22 stock exchanges
• International investors account for over 85% of trading volume on VSE
•  Global market is second-liveliest segment after prime market

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange: June 2018

Date 03/07/2018

In June, trading turnover fell by -1.4% to CHF 117.3 billion compared to the previous month. Since the beginning of the year, an average turnover of CHF 6 billion has been registered per trading day. Compared with the same period last year, trading revenue grew by 1.5% to CHF to reach 733.5 billion and the number of transactions rose by a striking 21.6% to 31,555,682.

Aussie Start-Up Trade Ledger Launches In Europe, Appoints Two Key Officers

Date 03/07/2018

The world's first corporate open banking lending platform, Sydney-based start-up Trade Ledger, has today announced the opening of its new European operation headquartered in London, and the appointment of two key management positions to help drive the expansion.

Cboe Announces Plans For New Venue In Amsterdam

Date 03/07/2018

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today announced plans to establish a new venue in Amsterdam to ensure the company is well-positioned to continue to serve its customers across Europe from April 2019, after the UK's planned exit from the European Union (EU).

Deutsche Börse: High Number Of IPOs And ETF Listings In The First Half Of The Year - Significant Increase In Trading Volumes Since January

Date 03/07/2018

In the first six months of the year, there have been significantly more IPOs and listings of new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the cash markets of Deutsche Börse than in previous years. Trading volumes on the platforms Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange were also significantly higher than in previous years; in the first six months of the year they stood at €906.7 billion, compared to €726.6 billion last year. That’s an increase of 25 percent.