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Japan Exchange Group: Trading Overview In FY2016 & March 2017

Date 03/04/2017

Japan Exchange Group released the trading overview (preliminary estimates) for FY2016 & March 2017.

Euronext And Intercontinental Exchange Sign Agreement For Derivatives Clearing

Date 03/04/2017

• Euronext and ICE Clear Netherlands sign binding Heads of Terms for the provision of derivatives and commodities clearing services
• Improved value proposition for customers, including lower clearing fees
• Commercial open access structure delivers continued long term and sustainable clearing income for Euronext, with comparable levels of EBITDA
• Formal clearing services agreement expected Q2 2017
• Derivatives clearing operations in Amsterdam combined with settlement and collateral infrastructure operated from Paris
• Migration in H2 2018, ahead of the expiration of existing agreement with LCH.Clearnet SA
• Subject to regulatory approval

Bats Europe Expands BXTR To Offer Buy-Side Trade Reporting Services

Date 03/04/2017

• Bats Europe provides new “assisted reporting model” service to buy-side customers to meet their MiFID II trade reporting obligations
• New service enables brokers to submit trade reports on behalf of buy-side via BXTR, Bats’ trade reporting facility, providing a low-cost, light-weight buy-side trade reporting solution
• BXTR will transition to Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) under MiFID II

London Stock Exchange Welcomes Fidelity International As New ETF Issuer

Date 03/04/2017

• Fidelity International launches first range of smart beta ETFs
• 26 dedicated ETP issuers now active on London Stock Exchange
• More than £83 billion of on-exchange  trading in ETPs on London Stock Exchange in first quarter of 2017

Opus Simplifies KYC With New Out-Of-The-Box SaaS Solution

Date 03/04/2017

Compliance and Risk Management SaaS technology leader Opus announced today the launch of Alacra Compliance Professional (ACP), the new plug-and-play KYC (Know Your Customer) compliance solution. ACP is an entry-level, preconfigured version of ACE (Alacra Compliance Enterprise), the leading SaaS KYC workflow solution. Requiring no hardware,  software or IT resources, the solution needs only simple configuration of your data sources to be up-and-running. ACP is the perfect fit for banks with less complex requirements, for whom speed and ease of deployment are of critical importance.

Senior Risk Appointment At MarketInvoice - Shaun Alexander Joins As Head Of Risk From Santander - Risk Team To Evolve AI And Machine Learning Capabilities To Enhance Proposition - Appointment To Support Growth Ambitions, Double Lending To £2bn

Date 03/04/2017

MarketInvoice, the world’s largest peer-to-peer online invoice finance marketplace, has today announced the appointment of Shaun Alexander as Head of Risk. He is a highly regarded senior management level professional with over 30 years’ experience in retail and corporate banking, namely at Barclays and Santander, where he led teams focussing on asset-based lending and business finance. 

Deutsche Börse Welcomes Fidelity International As New ETF Issuer On Xetra - Smart Beta ETFs Provide Access To High-Dividend Quality Companies

Date 03/04/2017

Smart beta ETFs issued by Fidelity International are tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt as of today, constituting Fidelity's first ETF offering in Europe.

Nasdaq Dubai Welcomes EU Recognition Of Its Central Counterparty Framework - Ruling Opens Door To International Banks And Investors Playing Key Role In Fast-Growing Equity Futures Market

Date 03/04/2017

Nasdaq Dubai has welcomed a ruling by the European Union that grants recognition to the exchange’s clearing infrastructure. The decision opens the door for overseas banks and investors to play a larger role in Nasdaq Dubai’s rapidly growing equity futures market.

The Derivatives Service Bureau Opens User Acceptance Testing For OTC ISINs - Latest Provisional OTC Derivative Product Definitions Also Available For Industry Review

Date 03/04/2017

The Derivatives Service Bureau today opened the DSB User Acceptance Testing (UAT) platform to the industry with a revised and updated set of product templates that are consistent with MiFID II requirements. The UAT platform is a functionally complete system that will provide near real-time allocation of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) for OTC derivatives as well as generate additional attributes that are mandated by MiFID II, such as the Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) and Financial Instrument Short Name (FISN) ISO standard values.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Proposes New Rules For Credit Card Firms To Help Millions Of Customers Get Out Of Persistent Debt

Date 03/04/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is today proposing new rules to help customers who are in persistent credit card debt. This follows the FCA’s study of the UK credit card market, which found significant concerns about the scale, extent and nature of problem credit card debt.