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Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: IPO: ADO Properties S.A. In Prime Standard

Date 23/07/2015

ADO Properties S.A. (ISIN: LU1250154413) has been listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 23 July. A total of 22.8 million shares were placed in the IPO. The total issue volume, including greenshoe, was approximately €456 million. The initial listing price was €20,10; the issue price €20,00.

Misys Wins “Best Buy-Side Pricing And Market Display” In The Systems In The City Awards 2015 - Misys FusionInvest recognised As A Market-Leading Buy-Side Pricing Solution For Its Comprehensive And Consistent Platform

Date 23/07/2015

Misys, the global application software and services company, has been awarded “Best buy-side pricing and market display” for its FusionInvest solution at the Systems in the City Awards. Misys FusionInvest was recognised for its ability to enable investment firms to price a wide range of asset classes accurately across listed, OTC derivatives and structured products.

China Financial Futures Exchange Signs MoU With Moscow Exchange

Date 23/07/2015

China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) and Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU aims to strengthen bilateral partnership and facilitate the development of both parties through information sharing, reciprocal visits by senior executives, staff exchange and closer business cooperation in various areas. The MoU was signed by Zheng Hu, CEO of CFFEX and Alexander Afanasiev, CEO of MOEX. Shenfeng Zhang, Chairman of CFFEX and Sergey Shvetsov, First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, also attended the signing ceremony.

UK Financial Conduct Authority To Consult On New Measures For Cash Savings Account Holders

Date 23/07/2015

Switching cash savings accounts will become quicker and easier under proposals announced by the FCA today. The FCA will introduce a series of new rules that will force firms to provide clear information on the interest rates on their cash savings products as well as clearly alerting consumers to changes in interest rates or the end of an introductory rate for example.

KRX Publishes KOSDAQ 150 Index, A New Benchmark Index Of KOSDAQ Market

Date 23/07/2015

SGX Welcomes NauticAWT Limited To Catalist

Date 23/07/2015

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed NauticAWT Limited (NauticAWT) to Catalist under the stock code “42D”. 

New York Department Of Financial Services Writes To Symphony Communication Services's Chief Executive, David Gurle, Requesting Information Regarding Communications Tools Marketed By Symphony Communication Services

Date 23/07/2015

The New York Department of Financial Services has written to Symphony Communication Services's chief executive, David Gurle, requesting information regarding the communications tools marketed by Symphony Communication Services LLC, including those related to document retention policies, and features. Specific areas of interest for the NYDFS include but are not limited to the data deletion, end-to-end-encryption and open source features of Symphony's products. 

NYSE And Nasdaq To Increase Resilience Of Closing Auction Process For U.S. Equities

Date 23/07/2015

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ), today announced a framework that will create a more resilient market by providing an additional layer of redundancy for the closing auction of U.S. equities. The exchanges will file the proposals with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Comment Letter On The Department Of Labor Proposed Rule On Conflicts Of Interest And Fiduciary Duty, SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher, July 22, 2015

Date 22/07/2015

Yesterday, I filed a comment letter in connection with the Department of Labor’s proposed rule to impose a fiduciary duty standard on broker-dealers, available here http://www.sec.gov/news/speech/2015/gallagher-dol-comment-ttr-7-21-15.pdf.  I hope and expect that the Department of Labor will take my views into consideration as it wrestles with this ill-advised rulemaking.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 22/07/2015

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.