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Astana International Financial Centre Engages Exactpro For Quality Assurance Of The New AIX Platform

Date 30/01/2018

• Astana International Exchange is a new stock exchange in Kazakhstan established by Astana International Financial Centre in partnership with Shanghai Stock Exchange and Nasdaq
• AIFC engages Exactpro for functional and non-functional testing of the new Exchange’s platform 

TRG And Vela Announce Exclusive Partnership For DART Usage Analysis - Adds Vela’s Industry-Leading Market Data Terminal Tracking Capability To TRG’s Product Line Up

Date 30/01/2018

TRG, the leading provider of subscription spend management software solutions, today announced it has agreed exclusive global distribution rights for DART Terminal Usage Analytics with Vela, the leading trading and market access technology provider.

CAC 40 Shareholder Profiles - Euronext Unveils New Study

Date 30/01/2018

At its 7th annual Stock Exchange Conference, bringing together key players in the French financial market, Euronext unveiled a new report on trends in direct shareholders of the companies that collectively form the CAC 40 index.

ESMA Updates Equity Transparency Calculations And Tick Sizes Band Assessment For MiFID II/ MiFIR

Date 30/01/2018

The European Securities Market Authority (ESMA) has updated today its transitional transparency calculations (TTC) for equityand tick sizes under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). 

EACH Welcomes European Parliament Work On CCP Recovery And Resolution To Make Markets Safer And More Efficient

Date 30/01/2018

This statement represents the views of the European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH), which welcomes the progress made by the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) to strengthen the European Commission legislative proposal on CCP Recovery and Resolution.

Dubai Financial Market: Trading Of Gulf Navigation Holding Rights Issue Between 4 And 15 February 2018

Date 30/01/2018

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that the rights issue of “Gulf Navigation Holding” is due to be tradable on the exchange between Sunday, 4 February until 15 February 2018.  Trading of the rights issue enables existing shareholders of the company who do not wish to subscribe to the new shares, which the company plans to issue as part of its capital increase, to sell all or part of their rights to other investors who do wish to subscribe. The rights issue is a financial instrument representing the rights that are legally granted to the company's shareholders to have priority in subscribing for the company's capital increase shares that will be issued.

Global FinTech 4finance Deploys FICO AML And KYC Solution Across 10 Countries In Nine Months - Europe's Largest Online And Mobile Consumer Lender Wins FICO Decisions Award For Scale And Speed Of Compliance Program

Date 30/01/2018

Highlights:

• Fintech 4finance Group deployed FICO cloud solutions for anti-money laundering and know-your-customer compliance across 10 countries in nine months
• The compliance solutions are supported by less than one FTE per country, and have not impacted 4finance's promise to issue loans in 15 minutes
• 4finance Group has won a 2017 FICO Decisions Award for Regulatory Compliance
• 4finance Group is Europe's largest online and mobile consumer lender

Bank Of England: Gertjan Vlieghe Reappointed As An External Member Of The Monetary Policy Committee

Date 30/01/2018

The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, today announced that Dr Gertjan Vlieghe will be appointed for a second three-year term as an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). His second term will start from 1st September 2018. 

RegTek.Solutions & Optimity Advisors Bring Regulatory Reporting Data To Life Through Analytics Partnership

Date 30/01/2018

RegTek.Solutions, today announced a partnership with Optimity Advisors, a global consulting firm, to bring data visualization and exception-based analytics to the regulatory reporting space. Pairing RegTek.Solutions’ actionable regulatory intelligence and proven compliance technology with a dynamic user experience developed by Optimity, clients can benefit from unprecedented levels of transparency and regulatory oversight.

EDHECinfra Reveals Industry Standard For Unlisted Infrastructure Benchmarks

Date 30/01/2018

Based on preferences expressed by major institutions in a new survey, EDHECinfra is releasing a taxonomy of global indices and sub-indices to structure the infrastructure asset class.