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Qatar Stock Exchange Holds A Seminar On Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Date 10/10/2016

Qatar Stock Exchange held an introductory seminar on ETFs. The seminar was dedicated to the brokerage firms operating in the market. The purpose of the event was to generate awareness about ETFs, their investment characteristics and benefits, as well as their formation and trading mechanisms. The seminar comes in the context of training and investment awareness campaigns that are regularly and frequently organized by QSE.  It also comes in light of QSE’s preparations to launch this product in the Qatari market.

Italian Startups Meet Borsa İstanbul Private Market - Italia’s Innovative Startups Meet Turkish Investors

Date 10/10/2016

ITALIAN TRADE AGENCY (ITA) and BORSA İSTANBUL PRIVATE MARKET invited seven innovative startups from Italy to meet Turkish investors at Borsa İstanbul on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 12:00pm. Each startup executive will make a seven-minute pitch, followed by a four-minute Q&A session. After the pitching sessions, startup executives will start investment negotiations at the following coffee break.

Thomson Reuters And AIM Software Strengthen Collaboration To Streamline Client Experience - Improved Adapter Brings Configurable DataScope Pricing And Data Solution To AIM Clients

Date 10/10/2016

Thomson Reuters and AIM Software announced today the release of an upgraded and fully standardized adapter that allows buy-side firms to connect DataScope Select pricing and reference data with AIM Software’s enterprise data management (EDM) platform, GAIN. The innovative solution allows investment managers, asset managers and asset servicing firms who use GAIN software to integrate Thomson Reuters pricing (including evaluated fixed income), reference data, and analytics with GAIN’s data management platform.

Moscow Exchange: ROUNIA Futures Trading Start In Derivatives Market

Date 10/10/2016

Futures for RUONIA rate are to be available for trading from October 12, 2016. NCC Clearing Bank sets the following risk parameters for the instruments in October 2016:

EBA Updates On Monitoring Of Additional Tier 1 Instruments

Date 10/10/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its updated Report on the monitoring of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) instruments and proposed standardised templates for AT1 instruments. 

NSE Organises First Market Data Workshop …Celebrates X-Gen At 3

Date 10/10/2016

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“The Exchange or NSE”) in collaboration with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Market Data Vendors (MDVs) is set to host its inaugural Market Data Workshop, on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at The Civic Center, Victoria Island, Lagos. The workshop aims to increase awareness on the critical role of Market Data in making sound investment decisions on both the buy and sell sides.

DTCC To Launch New Insurance Profile Service To Support Compliance With DOL Fiduciary Disclosure Requirements

Date 10/10/2016

• Service to provide insurance carriers and distributors with a centralized, automated and standardized method to satisfy disclosure requirements under pending disclosure requirements under new DOL Fiduciary Rule

BME: The Reform Of Clearing And Settlement In Spain Concludes Successfully - The Settlement Of Exchange-Traded Instruments Has Changed Smoothly To T+2 Since Last Week

Date 10/10/2016

The Reform of Clearing and Settlement in Spain concluded successfully this week with the reduction in the equities settlement cycle from three to two days following the trade date (T+2), a cycle that previously applied only to Fixed Income instruments.

Nasdaq Names Two Executive Vice Presidents - Swanstrom And Sibbern Leading Corporate Solutions And Information Services

Date 10/10/2016

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that Stacie Swanstrom and Bjørn Sibbern have been promoted to Executive Vice President of the firm’s Corporate Solutions and Global Information Services businesses, respectively. Both positions report directly to Adena Friedman, President and Chief Operating Officer, Nasdaq and reinforce the company's vision to continue to provide clients with greater value through financial technologies and solutions.

Deutsche Börse Cash Market: Source GPR Real Estate Europe UCITS ETF Launched On Xetra - ETF Provides Access To Leading European Real Estate Companies

Date 10/10/2016

A new equity index fund from the ETF offering issued by Source has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Monday.