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A Strong And Stable Banking System At The Heart Of Europe’s Recovery – Speech By Jonathan Hill - Member Of The European Commission, Responsible For Financial Stability, Financial Services And Capital Markets Union - 6th Convention On Cooperative Banks In Europe

Date 03/03/2015

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for inviting me here today. The top priority of the new Commission is jobs and growth so of course I was keen to meet representatives of a sector which has such an important contribution to make that to that agenda.

I know you have a long history which can be traced back to the Italian merchant bankers of Siena, Venice and Florence. Their financial savvy allowed commerce and trade to flourish, providing the economic fuel for the Renaissance. Over five hundred years later, cooperative banks, with your close links to businesses and local communities are keeping this heritage alive.

ASEAN Capital Markets Forum Facilitates Cross Border Fund Raising And Investments - ASEAN To Implement A Streamlined Review Framework For Common Prospectus; Five Qualifying Asean Funds Approved

Date 03/03/2015

The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) announced today that the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Thailand and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a Streamlined Review Framework for the ASEAN Common Prospectus.

World Federation Of Exchanges: Strong Increase Of Equity Trading Volumes (+17.4%) In 2014

Date 03/03/2015

Today, the World Federation of Exchanges Ltd. released its Annual Statistics Market Highlights report. The main trends for 2014 were:

• The value of share trading rose 17.4% worldwide to 81 trillion USD from 2013.
• The number of trades rose 23.7% from 2013; the average value of trades continued to decrease.
• A continuing good performance of equity markets as Global Market Capitalization rose 4.3% to 68 trillion USD from 2013.
• Good performance of IPO markets and investment flows. The number of IPOs rose 24.3% from 2013 to 1421. Total investment flows in USD increased 22.6% from 2013 to 894 billion USD.
• Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETD) volumes rose 2.8% from 2013, mainly driven by commodity derivatives.

Celer Technologies Embeds Azul Zing For Next Generation Java-Based Trading Platform - Zing Optimized Platform Delivers Flexibility And Consistent Low Latency To Meet Trading Firms’ Dynamic Business Needs

Date 03/03/2015

Azul Systems, the award-winning leader in Java runtime solutions, and Celer Technologies, a leader in adaptable high performance financial markets trading platforms, today announced a partnership that allows Celer’s customers to leverage the power of Zing®, Azul’s Java Virtual Machine (JVM) designed for systems that require consistent low latency and high throughput. By integrating Zing into Celer’s platform, their next-generation, Big Data trading solution is able to leverage a Java runtime that delivers consistent low latency for all their trading modules – from trade implementation to execution, from clearing to client reporting and from risk management to compliance monitoring. Together, Celer Technologies and Azul Zing deliver a competitive advantage to trading firms, giving them the ability to completely customize the application, analyze large amounts of data in real time to find the best opportunities and enjoy market leading trade execution.

Australian Securities Exchange Implements Velocimetrics

Date 03/03/2015

Velocimetrics, the provider of real-time business performance monitoring and analysis solutions to the global financial community, today announces that the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), one of the world’s top 10 listed exchange groups measured by market capitalisation, has implemented Velocimetrics.  The solution delivers real-time visibility of latency issues that could cause trading delays, providing greater operational oversight and increasing the exchange’s ability to proactively respond to issues and minimise potential member impact. 

Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Companies’ High Growth Fully Reflects The Market Positioning And Characteristics Of The ChiNext Board

Date 03/03/2015

As of February 28, all the 421 companies listed on the ChiNext board have disclosed their major financial data for 2014 in forms of preliminary earnings estimates, annual reports and listing announcements as required. The data indicates that these companies actively adapt themselves to the “New Normal” economic growth, continue to intensify innovation, and take the initiative to transform and upgrade themselves by extensively using capital market instruments like M&A, equity incentive and re-financing. The companies’ good achievements have fully reflected the market positioning and characteristics of the ChiNext board.

Review Of New Zealand's fFnancial Advice Laws To Commence

Date 03/03/2015

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Paul Goldsmith today released the terms of reference for a review of the legislation governing how financial advice is provided.

Facilitating Cross-Border Capital Raising In ASEAN

Date 03/03/2015

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) today jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Securities Commission Malaysia and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand to establish a Streamlined Review Framework for the ASEAN Common Prospectus. The Framework, which is an initiative under the ASEAN Capital Market Forum (ACMF) Implementation Plan endorsed by the ASEAN Finance Ministers, will facilitate cross-border offerings of Equity Securities and Plain Debt Securities  in ASEAN. 

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Welcomes Opportunity To Review Financial Advice Laws

Date 03/03/2015

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) welcomes today’s announcement by the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Paul Goldsmith, about the review of legislation governing financial advisers.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Transition And Upgrading Fuels Performance Growth For SME board-listed Companies In 2014

Date 03/03/2015

China’s economy development has entered into the phase of “New Normal”, and steady growth, mode transferring, structure adjustment have become the main vocal of economic work. As the outstanding representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises in our country, companies listed on the SME board play a pivotal role in the promotion of real economy development, independent innovation and transition and upgrading, solving employment problems and safeguarding and improving people’s livelihood. How’s their performance under the situation of “New Normal”? The preliminary earnings estimate and annual reports disclosed before February 28, 2015 have given us answers. Statistics show that remarkable effects have been made by companies listed on the SME board in transition and upgrading. In spite of the slowing growth rate in operating income, the net profit growth rate increases significantly. Rapid development has been seen in high and new technology enterprises, strategic emerging industry enterprises and productive service enterprises under national policy support, reflecting the strong internal vigor of small and medium-sized enterprises.