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Seminar On Investor Relation Held By Shenzhen Stock Exchange And Goldman Sachs

Date 14/12/2017

On 11 December, 2017, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”) held a training program titled “SZSE-Goldman Sachs Investor Relation Seminar” with Goldman Sachs. The activity was well received with over 250 senior executives and heads in charge of investor relation from listed companies.

Approval For Euronext APA ARM Services For MiFID II Publication And Reporting - Euronext Approved By AMF To Provide Approved Publication Arrangement And Approved Reporting Mechanism Services

Date 14/12/2017

Euronext today announced its approval by the French regulator, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), to provide Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) and Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) services to Investment Firms in Europe, from the introduction of MiFID II on 3rd January 2018.

Quant Insight Launches ‘Analytics Dashboard’ To Help Active Managers Identify The Best Trade Ideas - The Dashboard Enables Users To Quickly Analyse Relationships Between Asset Prices And The Factors Driving Them, And Identify Trade Expressions That Best Fit Their Macro View

Date 14/12/2017

Quant Insight, the macro research firm providing discretionary managers with actionable investment ideas, today announced the launch of their ‘Analytics Dashboard’ functionality, which brings together the ability to analyse and visualise patterns between asset prices and the macro forces driving them, and tools to identify the best trading expression across all asset classes.

Banks Lead Industry Preparations For MiFID II Reporting Of OTC Derivatives Reference Data - Contract Submissions Suggest Changing Profile Of DSB User Base

Date 14/12/2017

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) reports today on progress in new contracts received for fee-based services. These include creation of new International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) for OTC derivatives and programmatic connections to the DSB which enable fully automated operations and real-time updates. As of 7 December, 77 entities have submitted contracts in which fees are applicable, more than doubling the number reported last month.  Another 74 firms have registered for no-cost data services. 

Commcise Partners With RSRCHXchange To Deliver End-To-End MIFID II Research Solution - Collaboration Will Provide Asset Managers With New Tools To Ensure Regulatory Compliance And Provide Transparency For Institutional Research Consumption

Date 14/12/2017

Commcise, the multi award-winning buy-side focused commission management, research valuation and research accounting platform, and RSRCHXchange, the aggregator and marketplace for institutional research, have announced a collaboration to deliver an industry-leading integrated research solution to support the research consumption, valuation and accounting data requirements of buy-side and sell-side firms.

UBS Announces Changes To Group Executive Board

Date 14/12/2017

• Martin Blessing appointed President Wealth Management
• Axel P. Lehmann appointed President Personal & Corporate Banking and President UBS Switzerland
• Sabine Keller-Busse appointed Group Chief Operating Officer. Group Chief Operating Office expanded to include Group Human Resources function
• Jürg Zeltner to step down from Group Executive Board at year-end
• Changes effective 1 January 2018

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Packs And Bundles Release Date

Date 14/12/2017

Please be informed that TFX has determined the new release date for Packs and Bundles strategies as below.

Bursa Malaysia Issues Its Revamped Corporate Governance Guide

Date 14/12/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) today released the 3rd edition of the Corporate Governance Guide (“CG Guide”) to provide guidance for listed issuers to improve their corporate governance practices and reporting, in line with the new Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (“MCCG”) issued on 26 April 2017 and the recent enhanced corporate governance disclosure requirements in Bursa Malaysia’s Listing Requirements (“Listing Requirements”).

ASIC: Interactive Brokers LLC Pays $250,000 Infringement Notice Penalty

Date 14/12/2017

Interactive Brokers LLC ('Interactive') has paid a penalty of $250,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel ('the MDP').

FSB RCG For The Americas Discusses Financial Stability In The region, FinTech, Misconduct Risks And Long-Term Financing

Date 13/12/2017

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for the Americas met in Nassau today.

The RCG was updated on the FSB’s ongoing work related to the international post-crisis policy reforms. For the FSB, monitoring and public reporting on member jurisdictions’ implementation of the agreed reforms is increasingly a priority. In a number of areas of the G20 financial regulatory reforms, implementation has progressed to a stage where post-implementation evaluation of the effects of the reforms is becoming possible using the FSB’s framework for evaluation published in July 2017.