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Colt And PCCW Global Demonstrate Speedy Payment Settlements Using Blockchain Technology - The Proof Of Concept Undertaken By Colt And PCCW Global Reduced Inter-Carrier Settlement Time From Hundreds Of Man-Hours Per Month To Less Than A Minute

Date 14/03/2018

Colt Technology Services and PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, have collaborated with Clear, a blockchain start-up company, to demonstrate that inter-carrier settlement times can be reduced from hours to minutes by blockchain technology.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Moves Towards Zero Duplication Of Data Requests To Financial Institutions

Date 14/03/2018

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today unveiled the roadmap to transform its data collection approach from financial institutions. The roadmap includes measures to progressively reduce duplication and automate data submission by financial institutions. This will help financial institutions reduce the resources and preparation time needed to produce data requested by MAS. It will also make it more efficient for MAS to process and analyse the data collected. The measures will take effect from 31 March 2018.

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Breaks New Record And Reaches 53,408.58 Points

Date 13/03/2018

The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index recorded another all-time high last night closing at 53,408.58, against Friday’s 53,292.32.

43rd Annual FIA Boca Conference: Opening Remarks At Boca 2018 By Walt Lukken

Date 13/03/2018

On March 13, FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken outlined several issues currently facing the futures and cleared derivatives industry at the 43rd Annual FIA Boca conference. Lukken noted the 10 year anniversary of the financial crisis and his own role in the response to the unprecedented events of 2008. The futures industry played an important role in providing a stable market during the crisis, he explained, and the fundamentals of futures markets – exchange trading, clearing and transaction reporting — became the pillars of the G20 reforms for the unregulated derivatives markets.

FIA Elects New Board Members At Annual Meeting

Date 13/03/2018

FIA today announced the election of directors to its board at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Fourteen directors were elected for a two-year term.

Make-A-Wish Israel, Opened Trading At TASE To Mark Start Of 'Good Deeds Week'

Date 13/03/2018

​Yesterday, Make-A-Wish Israel, which grants life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses, opened the trading on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). The opening bell was rung by Wish Child, Amit Fabliakov, who wished to be a CEO for a day.

EEX New Participant: Elektrix S.A.

Date 13/03/2018

Elektrix S.A. has been admitted to exchange trading for Phelix Futures and Options, French Financial Power Futures and Options, Italian Financial Power Futures and Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures and Options, Spanish Financial Power Futures and Options, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Swiss Financial Power Futures, PXE Polish Financial Power Futures, PXE Czech Financial Power Futures, PXE Hungarian Financial Power Futures, PXE Slovakian Financial Power Future, PXE Romanian Financial Power Futures and Greek Financial Power Futures.

CUSIP Request Volume Signals Steady Pace Of Corporate Equity & Debt Issuance In Q1 - Municipal Bond Volumes Continue To Trend Down Following Tax Reform

Date 13/03/2018

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for February 2018. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity, found a steady volume in CUSIP requests for new corporate equities and debt, but sharp decreases in the municipal bond market. This is suggestive of as strong pace of new corporate issuance and a slowdown in new muni issuance in the first quarter of 2018.

TT® At Three: The Next Wave - By: Rick Lane, CEO, March 13, 2018

Date 13/03/2018

At the start of last year’s FIA Conference in Boca Raton, I wrote a blog comparing the TT platform to my twin toddlers (all three turned two that year). With another year and many milestones under their belt, my now 3 ½ year old children seem to have become…actual people. Whereas the first couple years seemed to be packed with equal parts novelty and anxiety, now life is really all about getting used to the new normal: that we have two more roommates living with us.

Qatar Stock Exchange: QE Index, QE Al Rayan Islamic Index And QE All Share Index Constituents April 1st 2018

Date 13/03/2018