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Thomson Reuters 2016 Know Your Customer Surveys Reveal Escalating Costs And Complexity - Parallel Surveys Show Differing Perspectives Of Financial Institutions And Their Corporate Customers On The Effect Of Financial Firms’ Spend Of Up To $500 Annually On KYC Globally

Date 09/05/2016

The lack of sufficient people resources and the volume of regulatory change are top concerns among nearly 800 financial institutions who responded to an authoritative Thomson Reuters survey on the impact of global changes in Know Your Customer (KYC) regulation, while a parallel survey of their corporate customers found that 89 percent had not had a good KYC experience, and 13 percent had changed their financial institution relationship as a result.

STOXX Monthly Index News: Commodity Price Hikes Pushed Related Sectors And Countries

Date 09/05/2016

In April, equity markets have been influenced by a weak US dollar. Towards the end of the month, the Fed decided to keep interest rates unchanged and did not give a hint about future decisions. As a result, the greenback decreased even more. Reversely, commodity prices hiked up and pushed the related industry sectors Basic Resources and Oil & Gas as well as stock markets in strong basic resources exporters like Norway or Canada.

Industry Collaboration Is Necessary For The Successful Application Of Blockchain In Securities Markets - New Academic Research From The SWIFT Institute Reviews The Impact And Potential For Blockchain In Securities Settlement

Date 09/05/2016

New research published by the SWIFT Institute investigates the practical application of blockchain (or mutual distributed ledger) technologies in securities markets. 

Lombard Risk Appoints Chief Technology Officer

Date 09/05/2016

Lombard Risk Management plc (AIM:LRM.L), a leading provider of integrated collateral management and regulatory reporting solutions for the financial services industry, is pleased to announce that Mike Payne has been appointed to the role of Chief Technology Officer, of Lombard Risk, to lead the development and delivery of software products, client application support and the internal IT infrastructure.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority’s Regulatory Sandbox Opens To Applications

Date 09/05/2016

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), today opened its regulatory sandbox to firms. The sandbox is a ‘safe space’ in which businesses can test innovative products, services, business models and delivery mechanisms while ensuring that consumers are appropriately protected. The regulatory sandbox is part of Project Innovate, an initiative kicked off in October 2014, to help us encourage innovation in the interests of consumers and promote competition through disruptive innovation.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Set To Implement Compliance Status Indicator Codes On Listed Companies

Date 09/05/2016

As part of efforts to further improve market transparency and integrity, provide timely information for investment decisions as well as enhance the protection of investors in the capital market, The Nigerian Stock Exchange ("The Exchange" or "NSE") will commence the use of enhanced Compliance Status Indicator (CSI) codes on the ticker tape for listed companies effective Monday, May 09, 2016.

Solactive And Bluestar Launch The Israel Economic Exposure Indexes - Unique Pair Of Indexes Track Israel’s Domestic-Focused And Globally-Oriented Companies

Date 09/05/2016

By launching the Solactive-BlueStar Israel Economic Exposure Index (IEEI) family, Solactive AG and BlueStar Indexes introduce an innovative pair of indexes designed to reflect the segmentation of the Israeli economy between globally-oriented firms and companies primarily focused on serving the domestic economy.

Culture In Financial Services – A Regulator’s Perspective - Speech By Andrew Bailey, Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation And Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Regulation Authority, City Week 2016 Conference, 9 May 2016

Date 09/05/2016

It is good to be at City Week again.  Also, congratulations on the welcome approach to the geography of City Week – bringing it to the Oval means that for those of us who live south of the river, we don’t feel that the City always involves crossing into that other land north of the river.  Whether the culture is different south of the river is for everyone to judge.

London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market Launches FTSE 100 Weekly Options

Date 09/05/2016

• First time weekly contracts available on the UK’s benchmark index
• FTSE Russell to establish the settlement price for contracts based on newly launched London Stock Exchange intra-day auction
• SIG Susquehanna, first market maker providing liquidity on screen
• LCH to act as the clearing house, providing margin efficiencies for investors in FTSE futures, monthly and weekly options

CFTC Financial Data For Futures Commission Merchants Update

Date 09/05/2016

Futures commission merchants (FCMs) and retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs) must file monthly financial reports with the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) within 17 business days after the end of the month. Selected financial information from these reports is published below. The most recent month-end information generally is added within 12 business days after FCMs and RFEDs file their reports, but occasionally may be added later. For example:  The 17th business day filing “due date" for February 28, 2015 financial reports was March 25, 2015.  The 12 business day target for posting these data was April 10, 2015.