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James Taylor Appointed As Head Of FX Electronic Markets Sales At BNY Mellon

Date 07/09/2017

The appointment of James Taylor as Head of FX Electronic Markets Sales is an important hire as BNY Mellon’s Markets business builds out its FX platform to better meet the ongoing needs of its global clients.

Palestine Securities Exchange Monthly Investor Newsletter - August 2017

Date 07/09/2017

Click here to download the August edition of the PEX Monthly Investor Newsletter.

London Stock Exchange Group Welcomes President Of Madagascar To Open Trading

Date 07/09/2017

• President Rajaonarimampianina takes part in iconic London market open ceremony
• LSEG and Madagascar look to explore Capital Markets collaboration opportunities
• Strengthens economic relationship between UK and Madagascar on 200th anniversary of start of UK and Madagascar diplomatic & commercial ties 
• Reinforces London’s role as a leading global financial centre

The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV Group) Joins IPC's Rapidly Growing Global Marketplace - IPC Is A Leading Company In Technology And Financial Services

Date 07/09/2017

IPC Systems Inc., a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community and the Mexican Stock Exchange, a leading exchange in Latin America with daily trading volumes over 800 million USD announced today that they continue their expansion into the global marketplace with the addition of the Market Data services for the Equity and Derivatives markets. 

TMX Group CEO Lou Eccleston To Present At Barclays 2017 Global Financial Services Conference

Date 07/09/2017

TMX Group CEO Lou Eccleston will present at Barclays 2017 Global Financial Services Conference in New York.

Former Citi Vice Chairman Lewis Kaden Joins Baton Systems Advisory Board - Payments Start-Up Builds Infrastructure To Support Strong Demand From Top Banks

Date 07/09/2017

Baton Systems (“Baton”, formerly known as Ubixi), the industry’s fastest, on-demand, and highly secure platform for clearing, settling and managing payments between financial institutions, has appointed former Citigroup Vice Chairman Lewis B. Kaden to its Advisory Board. He joins Arjun Malhotra, Co-Founder of HCL Technologies and Headstrong, as the newest addition to Baton’s Advisory Board.

CDCC Introduces Direct Clearing For Canadian Buy Side Firms

Date 07/09/2017

Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC), Canada's national central clearing counterparty (CCP) for exchange-traded derivative products, certain over-the-counter (OTC) products and repurchase agreements (repos), announced today a proposal to expand its fixed income service to enable certain Canadian buy-side firms to clear cash or repos trades directly through CDCC. CDCC’s new direct-clearing model seeks to extend the range of significant benefits associated with CCP clearing, including capital, margin and collateral efficiencies to a new membership category called Limited Clearing Members (LCMs).

Intercontinental Exchange To Provide Wireless, Ultra-Low Latency Connectivity Between Chicago And Tokyo With Go West Network

Date 07/09/2017

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, and Go West, a consortium of leading global trading firms collaborating to create efficient access to global financial markets, will offer ultra-low latency wireless connectivity between markets in Chicago and Tokyo. When the Go West service is launched in the fourth quarter of 2017, ICE’s Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI®) wireless networks will offer the most extensive ultra-low latency network connectivity solutions among the New York, Chicago, Toronto and Tokyo metro areas.

Franklin Templeton Investments To Become New Smart Beta ETF Issuer On Xetra - Franklin LibertySharesTM Range Gives Investors Access To Smart Beta ETFs

Date 07/09/2017

Four exchange traded funds issued by Franklin Templeton have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday. The new ETFs allow European investors to participate in the performance of Franklin LibertyQ indices for the first time.

Principal Global Investors Selects Visible Alpha And ITG For Equity Research Valuation And Payment Administration

Date 07/09/2017

Principal Global Investors  (PGI) announce an enhanced process globally for managing equity broker and research evaluation and consumption through the selection of Visible Alpha’s ONEaccess platform and ITG, a leading independent broker and financial technology provider. The combination of these tools allows the firm to increase monitoring and transparency of their research processes creating additional efficiencies across their global equity products while also allowing the firm to meet their MiFID II requirements.