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ABN AMRO Clearing Clears EURO STOXX 50® Variance Futures On Eurex

Date 26/05/2015

As of Wednesday, May 27th, ABN AMRO Clearing will offer clearing services for the EURO STOXX 50® Variance Futures on Eurex. This future on the EURO STOXX 50® Index volatility is the onexchange complement to OTC variance swaps. These innovative contracts replicate the payoff profile of OTC variance swaps. The new contract offers exposure to the difference between implied versus realized volatility. It allows users to expand their equity portfolio hedging strategies. This hedging can now take place in a centralised order book, which gives greater price transparency.

Eurex Clearing: New Member Of The Supervisory Board Of Eurex Clearing AG Appointed

Date 26/05/2015

The supervisory board of Eurex Clearing AG welcomes Susanne Clemenz as a new member. She fills the previously vacant seat on the 12-member board.

NanoSpeed Launches Fastest Trading FPGA On The Market

Date 26/05/2015

NanoSpeed, the provider of ultra-fast FPGA solutions to the trading community, has announced today the world’s fastest FPGA for trading with the launch of Nano-Gateway, a trading gateway. The new FPGA halves the latency of NanoSpeed’s first trading gateway, Nano-TG (launched in 2013) which was already the fastest on the market by a significant margin. The new generation gateway offers a host of benefits for financial institutions, including order entry, pre-trade risk and market data as well as new connectivity to exchanges, including NASDAQ, PSX (Philadelphia Exchange) and BX (Boston Exchange) using the ultra low-latency UFO protocol (UDP For Orders).

"Facilitating Innovation In The Islamic Capital Market" Keynote Address By Dato Dr Nik Ramlah Mahmood, Deputy Chief Executive Securities Commission Malaysia, At The IFN Asia Forum 2015, Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Date 26/05/2015

Let me first thank IFN for inviting me to speak at this flagship IFN Forum 2015. I am pleased to note that this event has over the years grown from strength to strength and is now a key event in the calendar of the global Islamic financial services industry.

BME: MedCap Forum Brings Together 85 Companies & 200 Investors At Spanish Exchange - The Secretary Of State For The Economy And Support Of Enterprises, Iñigo Fernández De Mesa And Antonio Zoido, Chairman Of BME, To Open The 11th Medcap Forum Tomorrow

Date 26/05/2015

• The presence of a  large number of non-resident investors confirms the growing interest of      international investors in the Spanish market
• The objective of the Forum is to help increase knowledge of the evolution of Spanish midcaps and their prospects
• The second session of the Forum will be devoted to the 5th gathering of MAB companies and investors

International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) And Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) Launch Joint Publication On “Islamic Capital Markets: Principles And Practices”

Date 26/05/2015

The International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today launched a joint publication on “Islamic Capital Markets: Principles and Practices.”

Japan’s Financial Services Agency: The Third Meeting Of The Working Group On Financial Group Of The Financial System Council

Date 26/05/2015

The Working Group on Financial Group of the Financial System Council will hold its third meeting on June 16th, 2015 as follows.

FTSE To Upgrade Palestine Exchange To Frontier Market Status

Date 26/05/2015

FTSE group recently informed the PEX of its possible upgrade to frontier market status during the next classification review on September 2015.

Abide Financial Selected As REMIT Regulatory Reporting Partner For ICAP

Date 26/05/2015

Abide Financial, the market-leading global transaction reporting specialist, announces today that it has been selected by ICAP Energy, the energy business of ICAP plc, as its regulatory reporting partner for transactions subject to new REMIT (Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency) legislation. 

HKEx: Trading Continues During Black Rainstorm Warning

Date 26/05/2015

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced that the Black Rainstorm Warning has not affected trading in the securities and derivatives markets, which continue to operate as normal.  According to the rules, trading will continue until the end of today’s last trading session.