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London Stock Exchange To Offer Membership To Hong Kong Firms

Date 15/06/2015

• Regulatory approval received for Hong Kong firms to access Europe’s most liquid and international market
• Further significant boost to growing UK – Greater China financial ties

London Strengthens Position As The World’s Leader In Fintech, Says Global Fintech Community - 63% Of Startupbootcamp FinTech Survey Responded Selected London Over Any Other Global Destination

Date 15/06/2015

A survey conducted with the global fintech community by Startupbootcamp FinTech, the leading accelerator focused on financial innovation and part of the global Startupbootcamp network, finds that London has further increased its position as the world’s leading city in fintech. 63% of respondents selected London compared to 51% that chose the city in 2014.

Alacra’s New Outsource On-Demand Research Service Takes Off

Date 15/06/2015

Alacra Inc., the leading provider of business information solutions for financial institutions, corporations and professional service firms, announced today a significant uptake of its unique Alacra-on-Demand (AOD) research service from asset managers, hedge funds and private equity firms. Soft-launched in February, AOD is the only service which provides a team of experienced researchers on an ad-hoc, pay-as-you-go basis to conduct specialist research, using the world’s leading business information. The new service has quickly attracted interest from buy-side firms which are looking for a professional level “on-demand” research and analysis service to support their investment decisions. Since the launch of AOD, Alacra has fulfilled requests for custom reports and analysis for hundreds of new clients keen to use Alacra’s outsourced team for access to fast and cost-effective research on complex activities such as cross-border M&A, shareholding momentum and credit research. 

SWIFT Delivers Over 150 Iso 20022 Consulting Projects - With More Financial Institutions Evaluating The Standard, SWIFT Shares Best Practices For The Implementation Of ISO 20022

Date 15/06/2015

SWIFT announces that its Standards Consulting Services team has delivered over 150 ISO 20022 consulting projects to more than 70 clients across the globe.

Misys Appoints Simon Paris As President And Chief Sales Officer - Head Of SAP’s Industry Cloud Joins Misys To Accelerate Growth Of The Business

Date 15/06/2015

Misys, the leading financial software company, has appointed a new President and Chief Sales Officer, Simon Paris. As Misys continues on its growth trajectory, Simon Paris is taking responsibility for the entire go-to-market organisation, including sales, marketing, pre-sales and partners.

Malawi Stock Exchange Monthly Market Performance Report - May, 2015

Date 15/06/2015

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's monthly market performance report for May, 2015.

Osaka Exchange: Deliverable Bonds And Conversion Factors Of The Revised Contract Specifications For 20 Year JGB Futures

Date 15/06/2015

AxiomSL Confirms Its Regulatory Reporting Platform Provides All Of The Functionality Needed To Comply With The ECB’s AnaCredit Requirement

Date 15/06/2015

AxiomSL, a global provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, has confirmed its award-winning regulatory reporting platform includes all of the functionality financial firms will need to comply with the Analytical Credit Dataset (AnaCredit) regulation, which is set to have a major impact on a large number of institutions in the eurozone and in other European Union (EU) countries.

NextStage AM Launches The NextStage Investment Company - An Innovative Platform For Long-Term Investments In European 21st-Century Mid-Cap Companies

Date 15/06/2015

NextStage AM is launching NextStage, an investment company whose goal is to provide an innovative approach to long-term equity investment in European mid-cap companies, which make up almost 40% of the economy. NextStage is targeting, as a first step, a capital of €250m and intends to rapidly be listed on the Euronext stock market. This vehicle is currently open to major private and institutional investors and will be accessible to individual investors after its introduction on the Euronext stock exchange. NextStage's first capital increase of €100m will be used to make its initial investments which have already been identified. The company will further increase its capital by €150m by the end of this year.

Portigon Financial Services Deploys Broadridge's Post-Trade Processing Solution For German Domestic And International Operations - Multi-Asset Solution Increases Efficiency, Improves Business Controls And Reduces Costs Through Streamlined Processing

Date 15/06/2015

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced that Portigon Financial Services, an international portfolio service provider with branches in Dusseldorf, London and New York, is now live on Broadridge's global post-trade processing solution for both its German domestic and international businesses across exchange-traded derivatives and securities.