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Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE Resigns From Thomson Reuters Board Of Directors

Date 01/02/2018

Thomson Reuters (TSX / NYSE: TRI) announced today that Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, who joined the Board of Reuters in 2004 and the Board of Thomson Reuters on its formation in 2008, resigned from the Thomson Reuters Board of Directors yesterday.

Deutsche Börse: Cash Markets Achieve Highest January Turnover Since 2008 With 156.5 Billion Euros - Increase Of 34 Per Cent Year-On-Year

Date 01/02/2018

With a turnover of €156.5 billion in January, Deutsche Börse cash markets achieved the highest January turnover since 2008 (January 2017: €116.8 billion).

ESMA Appoints New Members To Its Management Board

Date 01/02/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority has appointed two new members to its Management Board to replace two outgoing members who stepped down from their positions in December 2017.

Crédit Agricole CIB Acquires Equity Stake In The fintech SETL, The Financial Blockchain Specialist

Date 01/02/2018

Crédit Agricole CIB participated in the private fundraising of SETL. This is the Bank’s first equity investment in a fintech. SETL was launched in July 2015 to deploy a multi-asset, multi-currency institutional payment and settlements infrastructure based on blockchain technology. The SETL system enables market participants to move cash and assets directly between each other, facilitating the immediate and final settlement of market transactions. The SETL system maintains a permissioned distributed ledger of ownership and transaction records, simplifying the process of matching, settlement, custody, registration and transaction reporting.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority: Nausicaa Delfas Appointed Executive Director Of International

Date 01/02/2018

The Financial Conduct Authority has today announced the appointment of Nausicaa Delfas as the Executive Director of International.

BME Acquires 10% Of Finect - BME’s Investment Objective Is To Push Ahead With Diversification And Growth Of The Business’ IT Area

Date 01/02/2018

BME has acquired 9.7% of Spanish smart data financial firm Finect, which offers investors a specialised social media community, interactive tools to improve decision-making and financial information based on smart data technology, among other services.

DGCX Reports Strong Start To The Year With Record January Volume

Date 01/02/2018

Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), the largest and most diversified derivatives bourse in the Middle East, began 2018 on a positive note by recording its best January in volumes and value ever, growing 40% from last year with 1,909,488 lots traded, valued at USD 47 billion (AED 172.6 billion). The main drivers of this strong trading month were the Indian Rupee, G6 currency pairs and the Indian Single Stock Futures (SSF) with the BSE Sensex Futures.

SWIFT Report Reveals RMB’s Struggle To Strengthen Position In 2017

Date 01/02/2018

• RMB accounted for 1.61% of all payments in December 2017
• CNY/USD remains the most important currency pair in value
• Digital usage on services such as SWIFT gpi sets the stage for improved growth

Nasdaq Stockholm Orders Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget I Norden AB To Pay A Fine Corresponding To Two Annual Fees

Date 01/02/2018

The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm has found that Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (”Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget” or “the Company”) has breached the rulebook for Nasdaq First North (the “Rulebook”) and has therefore ordered Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget to pay a fine amounting to two annual fees, corresponding to an amount of SEK 784,592.

KB TECH’s New Trading Portal Goes Live

Date 01/02/2018

KB TECH, a UK based software development company providing data management products to the trading, pension and financial markets, is pleased to announce that its new trading platform, KB Trading Portal™ went live on CLTX on 2nd January 2018.