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Chair Of The European Securities And Markets Authority (ESMA) Steven Maijoor Speech At The World Federation Of Exchanges General Assembly And Annual Meeting

Date 03/10/2018

The Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Steven Maijoor, delivered a keynote speech at the World Federation of Exchanges General Assembly and Annual Meeting in Athens on 3 October. 

Malawi Stock Exchange Q3 2018 Market Performance Report

Date 03/10/2018

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's Q3 2018 market performance report.

ACER: Gas Wholesale Market Integration Continues, Modest Decrease Of Average Retail Prices For Households

Date 03/10/2018

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) publishes today two volumes of the latest joint ACER-CEER Annual Report on the Results of Monitoring the Internal Electricity and Natural Gas Markets: the gas wholesale and the first part of the retail volumes. Among other findings, the reports indicate that in general the security of supply of the European gas system is high and that in 2017 prices for households in the EU decreased on average for the second year in a row for both electricity and gas.

Eventus Systems Rolls Out Machine Learning For Validus Platform - Unique, Multi-Strategy Approach For Market Surveillance Focused On Actionable Alerts

Date 03/10/2018

Eventus Systems, Inc., a provider of innovative regtech software solutions for the capital markets, today announced that it has integrated machine learning (ML) into its Validus surveillance and risk software platform, augmenting capabilities for identifying potential disruptive trading practices such as spoofing and layering.

maincubes Commissions Two Large Private Data Center Suites At Its New Facility In Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Date 03/10/2018

maincubes, a European data center owner/operator providing ‘made-in-Germany’ colocation data center infrastructure for customers worldwide, part of German construction conglomerate Zech Group, today announces the commissioning and availability of two large ‘wholesale’ suites at its recently opened data center in the Amsterdam area in the Netherlands – a 47,361 sq. ft. (4,400 sq. meter) facility totaling 4.7MW of IT power. maincubes has a 11,840 sq. ft. (1,100 sq. meter) private data center suite available with a capacity of 1.7MW. The other private suite being offered in Amsterdam counts 9,687 sq. ft. (900 sq. meter) and is able to support 1.3MW.

The World Federation Of Exchanges Admits Six New Members

Date 03/10/2018

At the 58th General Assembly in Athens today, the World Federation of Exchanges ("WFE"), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, admitted six new members taking the total number of full members to 70, an historic high.  With six members joining since the last General Assembly in 2017, the WFE now represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers.

Vienna Stock Exchange: Equity Turnover Up By EUR 2 Billion In Q1-Q3 2018 Despite Sideways Market

Date 03/10/2018

• Equity turnover on the Vienna Stock Exchange almost doubled since 2012
• Global market segment further expanded to cover Asian blue chips
• Vienna becoming European bond listing hub; international issues, green & social bonds are a trend
• International members account for 85 % of VSE’s turnover

Petr Koblic Is Elected President Of The Federation Of European Securities Exchanges (FESE)

Date 03/10/2018

Petr KOBLIC, Member of the Management Board of Vienna Stock Exchange, CEO of the Prague Stock Exchange and Member of the Board of CEESEG, was elected President of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) on 3rd October 2018 for a term of three years. The election was unanimously approved by the FESE General Assembly.

ESMA Will Focus On Supervisory Convergence And Supervision In 2019

Date 03/10/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2019 Work Programme (WP), which sets out its priorities and areas of focus for 2019 in support of ESMA’s mission to enhance investor protection and promote stable and orderly financial markets.

Malaysia’s Central Bank Issues Guidance On Value-Based Banking

Date 03/10/2018

The Central Bank of Malaysia today issued guidance documents to encourage the nation’s Islamic financial institutions to adopt a value-based system to generate positive social impact, while helping to propel the industry into a new growth pathway.