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Startupbootcamp Accelerator Reveals The Global Fintech Stars Of The Future Selected To Join Singapore Programme - 10 Startups Chosen Following Exhaustive Search Across 12 APAC Financial Centres - Programme Backed By DBS, MasterCard, Route 66 Ventures, SBT Venture Capital, MAS And Infocomm Investments

Date 13/04/2015

Startupbootcamp FinTech, the leading accelerator focused on financial innovation, has today announced the 10 international startups selected to join its inaugural Singapore programme. The finalists, which include teams from across Asia-Pacific and Europe have been chosen by a panel of industry experts, including representatives from Startupbootcamp partners DBS, MasterCard and Infocomm Investments.

Korea Exchange: Analysis On Dividend To Price Ratio And Price Fluctuation Ratio

Date 13/04/2015

LCH.Clearnet Appoints Group Head Of Technology And Operations

Date 13/04/2015

• Steve Briscoe will lead development of Group’s technology and operations
• Joins group from RBS; with 20 years’ financial services industry experience

Horizon Software’s Trading And Volatility Management Platform Selected By Euronext

Date 13/04/2015

Horizon Software has been selected by Euronext, the leading exchange in the Eurozone, for monitoring and pricing derivatives instruments in real-time and to calculate and disseminate settlement prices on an intra-day basis.

Clearstream’s March 2015 Figures - Assets Under Custody Climb 12 Percent Vs March 2014 To EUR 13.5 Trillion - GSF Services See Rise In Monthly Average Outstanding To EUR 653.2 Billion - ICSD Settlement Transactions Rise 18 Percent Vs March 2014 To 4.6 Million

Date 13/04/2015

Business stream 1: Custody 

In March 2015, the overall value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 12 percent to EUR 13.5 trillion (compared to EUR 12.1 trillion in March 2014).

Aquis Exchange To Launch Closing Order Type (MaC) - Introduces An Alternative To The End-Of-Day Auction Monopoly - Has Buy-Side And Broker Support - Fully Transparent And MiFID II Compliant

Date 13/04/2015

Aquis Exchange, the subscription-based European equities exchange*, will introduce a new order type – Market at Close (MaC) – that allows its Members to enter orders for matching on the Aquis Exchange platform at the closing price of the market-of-listing end-of-day auction. This initiative is supported by a number of key asset management and brokerage firms.

KRX: KOSPI Opening A New Era With KRW 1,300 Trillion Of Market Capitalization

Date 13/04/2015

Platts And Fenwei Partnership Launches New China Metallurgical Coal Assessments - China Coal Index Metallurgical Series To Bring Transparency To Local Market

Date 13/04/2015

Platts, a leading global energy and commodities information provider, and Shanxi Fenwei Energy Consulting Company, China’s largest and most respected coal market information provider, have deepened their partnership to produce a new independent, editorially-assessed metallurgical coal price series for the Chinese domestic market.

Explanatory Brief: Monetary Authority Of Singapore (Amendment) Bill 2015

Date 13/04/2015

1    The Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”), Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, today moved the Monetary Authority of Singapore Bill (“MAS Bill”) for First Reading in Parliament. 

KVH Upgrades To 100G Backbone On SJC Between Tokyo, Singapore And Hong Kong

Date 13/04/2015

KVH Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading Information Delivery Platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan announced today that it has upgraded its network backbone between Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong to 100G on the South-East Asia Japan Cable System (SJC). Beginning April 15th, 2015, KVH will offer KVH etherXEN Global network services and Global DCNet on this newly acquired SJC capacity between these three major Asian cities. This SJC capacity illustrates KVH’s commitment to the Asia Pacific region as well as the company’s ability to operate and maintain high-bandwidth services.