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ESAs Joint Committee Launches Discussion On PRIIPs Key Information Documents

Date 23/06/2015

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – has published today a Technical Discussion Paper on risk, performance scenarios and cost disclosures for Key Information Documents (KIDs) for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs). The Joint Committee is looking for feedback from all concerned stakeholders by 17 August 2015.

Record Of Non-Residents & High Presence Of Households In Spanish Stock Market - BME Report On The Share Ownership Structure In Spain

Date 23/06/2015

• The participation of non-resident investors in the Spanish stock market reaches a record high, at 43% of the market value
• Households own 26.2% of Spanish listed shares, the highest percentage in the last twelve years
• Listed shares in the hands of non-residents reach €276 billion and those owned by retail investors are worth over €167 billion

LCH.Clearnet Launches Clearing Of European Senior Financials Credit Derivatives

Date 23/06/2015

• First CCP to offer its members the full range of European Senior Financials indices and single names for clearing
• Participants now benefit from greater capital and margin efficiencies through portfolio margining
• LCH.Clearnet is the only EMIR-authorised clearing house to clear credit default swaps

London Stock Exchange Group: ELITE Connect Investor Relations Portal Launches In Beta Phase

Date 23/06/2015

• New  social platform bringing public companies, intermediaries and institutional investors together
• Facilitates efficient engagement and investor relations activity between participants
• Beta phase commenced prior to full launch

The Prudential Regulation Authority And The Financial Conduct Authority Announce New Rules On Remuneration

Date 23/06/2015

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have today published new remuneration rules, which include changes to deferral and clawback of variable remuneration (e.g. bonuses).

Contineo Structured Product Platform Goes Live

Date 23/06/2015

Contineo, the industry-backed messaging network for equity-linked structured products, today announced that it had commenced live operations.

Depozitarul Central Migrated To The Pan-European Settlement Platform TARGET2-Securities, A Project Made Live In Cooperation With Bucharest Stock Exchange

Date 23/06/2015

Depozitarul Central migrated to the pan-European settlement platform TARGET2-Securities within the first wave, a project which will facilitate the post-trading operations by offering harmonized, neutral and simplified settlement services in European single currency, for the majority of European financial instruments. 

EDHEC-Risk Institute: Investors In Smart Beta ETFs Satisfied, But…

Date 23/06/2015

In a survey of investment professionals conducted as part of the Amundi ETF & Indexing research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute on “ETF and Passive Investment Strategies,” EDHEC-Risk Institute has solicited the specific views of European ETF investors on “smart beta” exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This questionnaire has given rise to a study entitled “Investor Interest in and Requirements for Smart Beta ETFs.”

McKay Brothers International Launches Lowest Known Latency Microwave Routes From Interxion London

Date 23/06/2015

INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that McKay Brothers International has chosen Interxion’s Central London data centre campus to deploy the lowest known latency connections between the City of London & Slough and the City of London & Frankfurt.

Galaxy Futures Co. Offers High Speed Access To Orc Trading Clients In China

Date 23/06/2015

Orc, the global market leader in electronic trading technology for listed derivatives, today announced a co-operation with Galaxy Futures Co. to provide high performance connectivity to Orc clients for the Chinese markets. Clients of both Orc and Galaxy Futures Co. can now take advantage of the joint offering to trade ETF options on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) via Galaxy Futures Co.’s membership.