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FIS To Acquire SunGard, Deepens Enterprise Banking And Capital Markets Solutions

Date 12/08/2015

Key facts

• The combined company will have over $9.2 billion in annual revenues.
• Upon closing, FIS will be uniquely positioned to offer a broad range of enterprise banking and capital markets solutions to empower financial institutions and businesses worldwide.
• The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the fourth quarter.

HKEx Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended 30 June 2015

Date 12/08/2015

Click here to download the condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2015.

VertexFX Launches Electronic Trading For Bullion

Date 12/08/2015

Leading multi-asset trading terminal, Vertex FX has launched an online trading solution for global bullion investing to cater for the growing number of physical precious metals investors.

Presentation By HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li And Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Kennedy On 2015 Interim Results Announcement

Date 12/08/2015

Click here to download a resentation by HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li and Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Kennedy on 2015 interim results announcement.

Moscow Exchange: Reasons For The Temporary Suspension Of Trading On The Derivatives Market

Date 12/08/2015

At 11:14 am MSK on 12 August, Moscow Exchange detected certain issues in connecting to its Derivatives Market. At 11:23 am MSK, some clients were disconnected from the trading system causing the Exchange to suspend trading from 11:23 am MSK.  

GMEX IRS Constant Maturity Futures Successfully Launched

Date 12/08/2015

Eurex and GMEX are pleased to announce that the first trades in GMEX’s Euro-denominated IRS Constant Maturity Future (IRS CMF) have been successfully executed, cleared and settled. This innovative product has been available for the electronic arranging of transactions on GMEX’s platform with trade confirmation and clearing on Eurex since 7 August 2015.

Pearson Agrees To Sell 50% Stake In The Economist Group

Date 12/08/2015

Pearson is today announcing that it has agreed to sell its 50% stake in The Economist Group for £469 million, payable in cash.

FIX Trading Community Announces New Regulatory Subgroups Focused On MiFID

Date 12/08/2015

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced that it has formed six new subgroups focused on MiFID II regulation for the industry to collaborate on the most critical issues in this time of regulatory change. In May 2015, the EMEA Regulatory Subcommittee met to discuss how the FIX Trading Community could best address specific areas of up-and-coming regulation.

Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA – 2nd Quarter 2015 Results

Date 12/08/2015

Oslo Børs VPS Holding reports a profit of NOK 82 million for the second quarter of 2015 (NOK 67 million).

ETFs And ETPs Listed In Europe Are Gathering Net New Assets 13 Percent Faster Than In Prior Years According To ETFGI

Date 12/08/2015

ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe are gathering net new assets 13% percent faster than in prior years according to ETFGI. A record level of US$48.4 billion in net new assets (NNA) was gathered by ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe in the first seven months of 2015, surpassing the prior record of US$42.9 billion gathered in the same period in 2014. At the end of July 2015, the European ETF/ETP industry had 2,135 ETFs/ETPs, with 6,534 listings, assets of US$504 Bn, from 50 providers listed on 25 exchanges in 21 countries, according to ETFGI’s preliminary ETF and ETP global insights report for July 2015.