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UK's Financial Conduct Authority Secures Eight Confiscation Orders Totalling Almost £2.2 Million

Date 24/05/2017

The Central Criminal Court has made confiscation orders against the two final defendants who were convicted of offences following one of the FCA’s largest investigations into unauthorised activity. 

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Emphasises Liabilities Of Listed Companies’ Senior Management

Date 24/05/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published the latest issue of its Enforcement Reporter in which it reminded the senior management of listed companies about the high standards expected of them. Directors and senior executives are urged to honestly and diligently discharge their duties to prevent fraud, manage conflicts of interests, promptly disclose inside information and always put the company’s interests before their own in order to protect the interests of all shareholders as well as to protect themselves from investigation and enforcement action.

Speech By Bénédicte Nolens, Senior Director, Risk And Strategy, Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Update On SFC Fintech Initiatives

Date 24/05/2017

A speech entitled "Update on SFC Fintech initiatives" delivered by Ms Bénédicte Nolens on 23 May 2017 was posted on the SFC website today.

HKEX: Mandatory Intra-Day Variation Adjustment Call In Respect Of The Tuen Ng Festival

Date 24/05/2017

All markets operated by the Hong Kong Futures Exchange will be closed for business on 30 May 2017. In order to assure that safeguards are in place against potential market risks that may arise during the aforesaid period when some of the major markets are open, the Clearing House has decided to make a mandatory intra-day variation adjustment call on Clearing Participants in the Hang Seng Index, Mini-Hang Seng Index, H-Shares Index, Mini H-Shares Index, HSCEI Dividend Point Index and USD/CNH Futures markets on Monday, 29 May 2017.

PEGAS Market Trading Around Spring Bank Holiday And Ascension Day 2017

Date 24/05/2017

PEGAS Futures Markets (including the OTC Clearing web platform and STP) will be closed on Spring Bank Holiday (May 29). 

Revenues Generated Abroad By Spanish Listed Companies Reaches A Record High - Report By BME On Trends In The Revenues Of Spanish Listed Companies Report By BME On Trends In The Revenues Of Spanish Listed Companies

Date 24/05/2017

• 65.5% of the revenues of Spanish listed companies in 2016 originated outside Spain, a record high and 20 points above that of ten years ago
• IBEX 35 companies account for the highest percentage of foreign revenues, at 65.80%
• In 28 out of the 123 companies studied over 80% of sales are generated abroad
• In the last twenty years, foreign revenues by Spanish companies has consistently grown by 43%
• IBEX Medium and IBEX Small Cap companies in 2016 also offer high foreign revenues percentages, of around 64%

Orca Announces Launch Of Proprietary Rating For Peer-To-Peer Investments - The Orca Rating Will Be First In The Market To Individually Analyse Four Factors To Assess P2P Platforms

Date 24/05/2017

Orca, one of the leading independent data, research and analysis providers on the UK peer-to-peer lending market has today announced its plans to launch its own four-factor rating service for individual P2P providers, the Orca Rating. The rating will be designed in partnership with Dublin City University’s Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce research team, to respond to the growth of the asset class and the demand for more independent analysis and information on P2P lending.

Form3 Partners With Apply Financial To Make Payments Simple And Secure

Date 24/05/2017

Form3, the cloud based end-to-end secure standard for global payments processing, today announced the partnership with Apply Financial, the specialist payments validation company. The deal will further enhance the Form3 Payments-as-a-Service platform with powerful automation services to validate, enrich, and fix single and bulk payments. Together this will allow clients to access payments schemes through a single API making payments processing, automation and integration easier.

Mergermarket Group Bolsters Equity Technology And Analytics Capability With Acquisition Of TIM Group

Date 24/05/2017

• Deal extends Mergermarket Group’s portfolio to service equity investment strategies
• Move highlights growing trends towards effective investment, quantitative strategies and demand for big data
• MiFID II driving change in how the sell-side is rewarded for investment research

 

Neptune Furthers EMS Integration Partnership With TS

Date 24/05/2017

Neptune, the Fixed Income network for real-time “axe” indications, today announced enhanced integration with partner TS’s TradeSmart FI.