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Banque Internationale À Luxembourg (BIL) Selects Systar’s Process Performance For SWIFT Application To Monitor SWIFT Messages Flows And Ensure Optimal Customer Experience

Date 23/01/2013

Systar (ISIN: FR0000052854-SAR), a leading provider of Operational Intelligence software, today announced that Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) has chosen its financial message monitoring application, Process Performance for SWIFT, to improve client experience, achieve operational excellence and reduce operational risk within the SWIFT messaging platform.

World Economic Forum: Bankers Call For Better - Not More - Regulation

Date 23/01/2013

• Leaders of financial institutions disagree over whether the sector is still too complex and opaque
• Financial institutions must take risks to fuel economic growth, but these risks must be managed
• Regulation is needed, but global regulation may be a challenge in today’s rapidly changing, multipolar world
• The theme of the 43rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is Resilient Dynamism. For more information, visit http://wef.ch/Davos

CME Group Announces 2013 Annual Meeting Date

Date 23/01/2013

CME Group (Nasdaq: CME) today announced that its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 3:30 p.m., Central Time, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in the Auditorium at CME Group, located at 20 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #13-05: Limit Up-Limit Down And Market-Wide Circuit Breaker Test - Saturday January 26th

Date 23/01/2013

In coordination with other exchanges and market participants, Direct Edge^® will participate in industry –wide testing for Limit Up-Limit Down (LULD) and Market Wide Circuit Breaker (MWCB) functionality on Saturday, January 26, 2013.  

NICE Actimize Selected As A “Best-In-Class” Vendor In Three Categories In - Analyst Firm’s 2012 Enterprise Fraud Management Report - CEB Towergroup Named NICE Actimize A “Best-In-Class” Vendor For Fraud Detection, Workflow Management And Business Process Improvement

Date 23/01/2013

NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE) company and the largest and broadest provider of a single financial crime, risk and compliance software platform for the financial services industry, announced that its Actimize Integrated Fraud Management Suite was selected as a “Best-in-Class” vendor across three categories in the CEB TowerGroup “2012 Enterprise Fraud Management Technology Analysis” research report. NICE Actimize received its rankings based on the five-point rating system for each of the 22 fraud-related attributes identified in the report’s proprietary Enterprise Fraud Systems anatomy.

R.J. O’Brien Promotes Andrews To General Counsel

Date 23/01/2013

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, today announced that Melissa B. Andrews has been promoted to General Counsel.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: New Frontier In Mainland-Hong Kong Funds Platform

Date 23/01/2013

The plan to introduce Mainland-Hong Kong mutual recognition of funds represents a new frontier for the evolution of renminbi (RMB) investment products and the development of asset management business, according to the Securities and Futures Commission’s (SFC) Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Alexa Lam.

National Bank Of Malawi Selects Misys Global Risk To Comply With Basel II And Improve Risk Management Across Its Business

Date 23/01/2013

National Bank of Malawi is implementing Misys Global Risk - Regulatory Compliance across its business to enable it to comply with Basel II. The product will give the bank better insight into its liquidity and improve its cost/income ratio overall.

UK’s Financial Services Authority Appoints Two New Non-Executive Directors To The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) Board

Date 23/01/2013

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has appointed two new non-executive directors to the Board of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Marian Glen and Charles McKenna will take up their positions on 1 February 2013.

Volta Connects With Zayo Group To Bring Advanced Data Network To Central London’s New Data Centre

Date 23/01/2013

Volta today announces its partnership with Zayo Group, a provider of Bandwidth Infrastructure solutions, which will deliver fibre-based connectivity to Volta data centre customers in the financial services industries. The new connection will enable, amongst others, financial commodity exchanges to deliver market data and execute orders across a secure, low-latency infrastructure.