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TABB Group Says MiFID II Compliance Relies On Ability To Source And Utilize Accurate Data - Research Details Data’s Role In Ensuring Successful Analysis Of Best Execution Strategies From Pre To Post-Trade Operations

Date 22/06/2016

In every aspect of a trade, from initiation and client facilitation to final settlement, the need to accumulate, assimilate and evaluate data will be multi-dimensional, cross-asset and cross-regional under the purview of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). Trading and execution venues, the members who use them and the authorities responsible for monitoring them will be required to provide and use data to deliver a more transparent, robust and efficient market. TABB Group research, “MiFID II: The Data Conundrum,” reviews the required wholesale change to policies and procedures as well as greater harmonization of standards that will result as the impact of MiFID II on the industry and its relationship with data.
NICE And Speakerbus Announce Strategic Technology Partnership To Ensure Secure Integration Of Recording And Voice Communication

Date 22/06/2016

NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) today announced a strategic technology partnership with Speakerbus, a specialist provider of critical voice collaboration solutions for global financial markets. The two companies have developed an integration of the NICE Trading Recording system with the voice communication system from Speakerbus, allowing for calls made on the Speakerbus platform to be recorded on secure NICE recording systems.
GFMA, ISDA, IACPM And JFMC Respond To The Basel Consultation On Internal Risk Models

Date 22/06/2016

The Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), along with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM) and the Japan Financial Markets Council (JFMC), today responded to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s consultation on Reducing variation in credit risk-weighted assets – constraints on the use of internal model approaches. The full response is available here: http://gfma.org/correspondence/item.aspx?id=820.
Insch Capital Management SA To Launch Gold/Currency Actively Managed Certificates

Date 22/06/2016

Insch Capital Management SA (“Insch”), Lugano and London has announced the launch of Actively Managed Certificates (AMC) powered by Insch’s award-winning Kintore (Bidirectional Gold) strategy.
Thomson Reuters Enhances Socially Responsible Investing Solutions In Eikon - Insight360, Developed By TruValue Labs, Inc., Complements Thomson Reuters Environmental, Social, And Governance (ESG) Offering By Providing Global Asset Managers With Real-Time Sustainability Data, Insights, And ESG Ratings Needed To Make Better-Informed Investment Decisions

Date 22/06/2016

Responding to new regulations and the growth of socially responsible investing, Thomson Reuters has enhanced its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) offering on Thomson Reuters Eikon with the launch of a new application that enables buy-side professionals to analyze real-time ESG data and incorporate it into socially responsible investment decisions. Developed and supported by TruValue Labs, Inc. (TruValue), Insight360 complements Thomson Reuters existing ESGoffering by providing real-time access to material, relevant data and events related to sustainability, and ESG statistics for over 7,500 publicly-traded companies.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Renminbi Investments To Be Part Of Official Foreign Reserves

Date 22/06/2016

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it will be including its Renminbi (RMB) financial investments as part of its Official Foreign Reserves (OFR) from June 2016 onwards. This move recognises the steady and calibrated liberalisation of China’s financial markets, and the growing acceptance of RMB assets in the global portfolio of institutional investors.

SGX: Strike Prices Of Active Stock Warrants Range from At-The-Money To 10% Away

Date 22/06/2016

The ten most active Structured Stock Warrants in the month to date have been based on the share prices of DBS, UOB, Keppel Corp, OCBC and Singtel. The strike prices of these Warrants vary from being very close to current prices to almost 10% away from current prices.
Historical 90-day volatilities for DBS, UOB, OCBC and Singtel have been similar at 19.6%, while Keppel Corp has generated the fifth highest 90-day volatility of the STI stocks at 37.0%.
The five stocks have averaged a 0.6% gain in the month to date, with performances ranging from a 3.4% gain for DBS to a 0.8% decline for OCBC Bank. The five stocks make up half the Index weight of the STI.

Osaka Exchange: Go-Live Date of Next Generation Derivatives Trading System (Next J-GATE)

Date 22/06/2016

OSE is pleased to announce the go-live date of Next J-GATE, which is being developed to expand market liquidity and further improve reliability and convenience for investors, trading participants, and other market users.

Singapore’s REIT Sector Has Expanded 7% In 2016 YTD

Date 22/06/2016

Average gains in the 2016 year thus far, two IPOs and an asset disposal have seen overall capitalisation of Singapore’s REIT Sector expand to S$66.57 billion from S$62.39 billion.
Singapore’s REIT Sector is now made up of 31 REITs and six Stapled Trusts. Together, the 37 trusts have averaged a 4.1% total return in the 2016 year thus far and an indicative yield of 7.2%.
The five best performing stocks of Singapore’s REIT sector in the year thus far were Keppel REIT, Mapletree Commercial Trust, Mapletree Industrial Trust, Suntec REIT and Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust. These five REITs have averaged a 2016 YTD return of 13.3%.

BME: ATRYS HEALTH Receives Favourable Report From MAB

Date 22/06/2016
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