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Equity Crowdfunding: New 'Secret' Rules For Social Media Users - A "Terrifying Misuse Of Legislation"

Date 14/07/2014

A briefing and submission to Ministers handed to Treasury officials today documents how the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) is abusing legislation created before the social web existed to gag its use with equity Crowdfunding. Their action, which extends to anyone even mentioning a crowdfund online, is also threatening free speech and free expression, according to leading lawyers.
Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: Five New ETNs From ETF Securities Launched On Xetra - ETNs Offer Access To Foreign Currency Markets Via Currency Baskets

Date 14/07/2014

Five ETNs on currency baskets from the ETF Securities product offering have been tradable on Xetra since Monday. The new ETNs track the performance of four tactical and one strategic currency basket.
NASDAQ OMX Lists Calamos Focused Growth ETF - Active Equity ETF Begins Trading Immediately

Date 14/07/2014

NASDAQ OMX today announced that Calamos Investments listed a new exchange traded fund (ETF), Calamos Focused Growth ETF (Nasdaq:CFGE), on The NASDAQ Stock Market® (NASDAQ®). CFGE will begin trading on NASDAQ today, July 14, 2014.
Euronext Launches Three New Futures Contracts On CTT, Portucel And Semapa Shares

Date 14/07/2014

Euronext launched today on the Portuguese derivatives market three new futures contracts on CTT, Portucel and Semapa shares, in the context of its strategy to develop and promote the Group’s derivative Markets.
ICE Brent Crude Benchmark Sets New Daily Volume Record

Date 14/07/2014

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that ICE Brent Crude futures achieved a daily volume record of 1,451,481 contracts on July 11, 2014. The previous daily volume record was 1,221,190 on June 23, 2011.

Broadridge Investment Management Solutions Unveils New Mobile, Web-Based Reporting Tool

Date 14/07/2014

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), a leading provider of technology-driven solutions for financial firms and corporate issuers globally, today expanded its set of dynamic, cutting-edge solutions for the buy side with the launch of Report Manager.
Euroclear UK & Ireland Welcomes Rathbones To Automated Fund Settlement

Date 14/07/2014

Rathbone Brothers Plc. (Rathbones), a leading provider of investment management services to private clients, charities and investment advisors, has taken a major step in automating its fund settlement process by using Euroclear UK & Ireland’s (EUI) investment fund service, effective immediately. EUI is the sole processing provider to offer end-to-end services for the settlement of fund units and applicable cash movements to the entire Rathbones distributor community.
UK's Financial Conduct Authority: Payday Firm Dollar Agrees To Improve Lending Practices And Refund £700,000 To Its Customers

Date 14/07/2014

Following a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), payday lender Dollar, trading as The Money Shop, has voluntarily agreed to refund over £700,000 of interest and default charges to 6,247 customers who, due to a systems error, received a loan amount which exceeded Dollar’s own lending criteria.
Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor - Ensuring More Effective Data Protection In An Age Of Big Data

Date 14/07/2014

There is no doubt that current legal safeguards for privacy and personal data protection needto be reinforced in view of the challenges posed by technology and globalisation. The rapid growth of big data applications is one of the new phenomena, but certainly not the only relevant development. This is why we are now approaching the final phase of a wide ranging reform of the current EU legal framework for data protection. This will deliver stronger rights for data subjects, stronger responsibilities for data controllers, and stronger supervision andenforcement of data protection rules across the EU.
Alternative Assets Continue Their Inexorable Rise - Towers Watson Survey Shows Total Global Alternative Assets Under Management Hit $5.7 Trillion

Date 14/07/2014

Total assets managed by the Top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached $3.3 trillion in 2013 ($3.1 trillion in 2012), according to research produced by Towers Watson and published in conjunction with the Financial Times. The Global Alternatives Survey, which covers seven asset classes and seven investor types, shows that of the Top 100 alternative investment managers, real estate managers have the largest share of assets (31% and over $1 trillion), followed by private equity fund managers (23% and $753bn), hedge funds (22% and $724bn), private equity funds of funds (PEFoFs) (10% and $322bn), funds of hedge funds (FoHFs) (5% and $173bn), infrastructure (4%) and commodities (2%).