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Exegy Launches Market Data Vendor Service

Date 27/02/2017

Exegy Inc., a leading provider of managed services and technology for low-latency financial market data, announced today the launch of vending services for direct market data feeds from United States equities, commodities, and derivatives markets.  The new Exegy X-Port service provides low-latency access to direct feed products from US markets at major co-location data centers.  “Becoming a vendor of direct market data feeds and launching our X-Port service is a natural extension of our business,” says chief executive officer James O’Donnell.  “It enables us to respond to our customers’ requests to expand the scope of our managed services to include connectivity to raw market data feeds and continuous monitoring and management of the requisite network infrastructure,” adds O’Donnell.

CloudMargin And SmartDX Collaborate To Help Derivatives Market Participants Rapidly Meet New Variation Margin Rules Imposed This Week - March 1 Deadline In EU, UK, US And Elsewhere Challenges Firms To Find Fast, Efficient Ways To Comply With Global Regulatory Changes, Demonstrate Best Efforts

Date 27/02/2017

CloudMargin<https://cloudmargin.com/>, the multi-award winning creator of the world's first web-based collateral and margin management solution, and SmartDX<http://www.smartcommunications.com/smart-dx> from Smart Communications, the industry standard for automating trade and relationship document generation, collaboration and processing in the capital markets, today announced that the firms have partnered to address the Daily Variation Margin (VM) Rule that goes into effect March 1 in the European Union, United Kingdom, United States and elsewhere.

London Stock Exchange Group/Deutsche Boerse Merger - John Colley, Professor Of Practice At Warwick Business School, Comment: Commission Ends LSE Deutsche Boerse Merger

Date 27/02/2017

Commenting on the news the LSE Deutsche Boerse merger is now in doubt, John Colley, an expert on mega-mergers and a Professor of Practice at Warwick Business School, has made the following statement:

"Concerns from other EU countries appear to have ended the LSE Deutsche Boerse merger. 

"Escalating requests from countries and particularly France suggest concerns that Frankfurt would be too great a beneficiary from the Brexit fallout."

DFSA Hosts Outreach On International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9

Date 27/02/2017

The event was opened by Mr Ian Johnston, Chief Executive of the DFSA, who discussed the importance of a regulatory framework that reflects international standards in the development of financial centres, citing the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) as an example. Speakers included Ms Neslihan Alankus Erkazanci, Chief Financial Officer MENA - HSBC Bank Middle East Limited; Mr Asim Rasheed, Group Financial Controller - Emirates NBD; Mr Zulfiqar Unar, Director Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services – PwC; and Mr Trevor Skinner, Banking Supervision Expert. The session was moderated by Mr Bryan Stirewalt, Managing Director, Supervision at the DFSA.

BME And Big Ban Angels Begin Selection Of Start-Ups For The Pre-Market Environment - The Selection Of Candidates Will Begin At The Next Forinvest Financial Fair

Date 27/02/2017

The pre-market environment is designed to give start-ups access to funding and an insight into the working of the stock market.

Bursa Malaysia’s Bursa Suq Al-Sila’ Wins ‘Best Interbroker For Islamic Transactions’ At Islamic Finance News Awards 2016

Date 27/02/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia”) today announced that it was awarded ‘Best Interbroker for Islamic Transactions’ by Islamic Finance News (“IFN”) for its Bursa Suq Al-Sila’ (“BSAS”) platform at the recent 11th Annual IFN Service Providers Poll. This is Bursa Malaysia’s second award received in recognition of the outstanding performance of BSAS platform in 2016 and also the second consecutive year that BSAS won the award from the IFN Service Providers Poll.

HKEX 2016 Consolidated Financial Statements

Date 27/02/2017

Click here to download HKEX's 2016 consolidated financial statements.

EEX And Belektron Facilitate Access To EUA And EUAA Auctions

Date 27/02/2017

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and the independent carbon trading company Belektron have signed a cooperation agreement to further facilitate access to the primary market auctions at EEX. The cooperation aims at opening the emissions auctions to a wider customer base, in particular, for smaller and medium-sized companies (SMEs).

Presentation By HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li And Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Kennedy On 2016 Final Results Announcement

Date 27/02/2017

Click here to download a presentation by HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li and Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Kennedy on 2016 Final Results Announcement.

Traiana Launches Electronic Management Of Confirmations And Payments For Equity Swaps

Date 27/02/2017

Traiana, a NEX Group business which monitors pre-trade risk and automates post-trade processing of financial transactions, announces today that it has launched Swaps Centre, a suite of services which enable swaps providers to electronically manage payments and confirmations in equity swaps.  By sending confirmations and uploading payment instructions in normalized formats to their entire client base for Total Return Swaps (TRS), Swaps Centre provides swap providers and their clients with an efficient, cost effective and lower risk solution for managing events during the course of equity swap transactions.