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BETTER FINANCE Elects Jella Benner-Heinacher From DSW As New President

Date 19/10/2017

BETTER FINANCE elected Jella Benner-Heinacher, the Deputy Chief Executive of Germany’s oldest and largest association for private investors DSW, as its new President. 

Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority And The French Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Link Up To Advance Financial Innovations And Efforts

Date 19/10/2017

The French Autorité des Marchés Financiers and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, have signed a cooperation agreement to promote innovation in financial services in France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  The agreement was signed between Mr Robert Ophèle, Chairman of AMF and Mr Richard Teng, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM.

Metamako And STAC Set New Industry Standard For Measuring Timestamp Accuracy

Date 19/10/2017

Metamako, the leading specialist provider of FPGA-enabled high-performance networking platforms, and the highly-respected Securities Technology Analysis Center LLC (STAC®), announced today a new way to measure timing and time synchronisation. The new STAC-TS™ benchmarks for measuring timestamp accuracy, designed by a working group of trading organisations, timing-related vendors, STAC, and Metamako, are set to be the industry standard. Not only is this an industry first, but the benchmarks are extremely significant in an industry with ever more stringent rules around the precise timing of actionable events. Being the first vendor to have a product measured with these benchmarks, which require laboratory-levels of time and frequency metrology, highlights Metamako’s ongoing drive towards accuracy and transparency so that all vendors can be evaluated on a level playing field. To ensure the most accurate results possible for the absolute accuracy benchmark, Metamako used high-resolution picosecond-level timestamping equipment.

Vienna Stock Exchange As One-Stop-Shop: New ETF Segment Launching Today

Date 19/10/2017

• 60 ETFs in continuous trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange
• Further expansion of product range planned for 2018
• ETF market growing robustly; rising AuM & number of products

Abu Dhabi Global Market And Al Ansari Exchange Collaborate To Foster The Development Of FinTech

Date 19/10/2017

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, and Al Ansari Exchange, the leading foreign exchange and worldwide money transfer company in the UAE, have established a new partnership to promote and support the growth of FinTech industry in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates. The collaboration is set out in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was signed on Thursday 19 October by Mr. Rashed Ali Al Ansari, General Manager of Al Ansari Exchange and Mr. Richard Teng, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM.

Millennium Exchange Release 9.2 Oslo Børs – Step-By-Step Deployment Guide

Date 19/10/2017

Oslo Børs' MiFID II adaptations in Millennium Exchange will be implemented as earlier announced as a technical go-live on November 25, followed by configurations in January 2018. Details describing the step-by-step implementation plan are now published under the menu item Deployment Guide.

EEX: New Daily Record In Phelix-DE Futures

Date 19/10/2017

Yesterday, EEX achieved a new daily record of 3.0 TWh in Phelix-DE Futures, the new reference product for European power. The previous record was set on 21st September at 2.5 TWh.

ESMA Produces First Overview Of EU Derivative Markets Size

Date 19/10/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has produced, for the first time, data on the size of the interest rate, credit, equity, commodity and foreign exchange derivatives markets in the European Union’s (EU), based on the weekly data it receives from trade repositories (TRs).

Brexit: Clearstream Ensures Stable Custody Service

Date 19/10/2017

The International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) Clearstream, which is part of Deutsche Börse Group, will continue to offer stable custody services no matter how the Brexit negotiations will evolve. This commitment is founded in Clearstream‘s core task, which is to absorb differences in regulatory frameworks. The company was established in 1970 (back then under the name Cedel) by 66 of the world's major financial institutions. The objective: minimising risk of cross-border settlement.

EBRD Invests In Covered Bond Issued By National Bank Of Greece - Strong International Interest Signals Growing Confidence In Country’s Recovery

Date 19/10/2017

The EBRD has successfully participated in a covered bond issue by National Bank of Greece S.A. (NBG) with an investment of €30 million out of the total €750 million offering. The landmark transaction will support the bank’s goal to re-establish a recurring presence on the international capital markets.