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JonesTrading Names Tucker To Head Convertible Bonds - New Initiative Continues Asset And Regional Growth

Date 15/10/2012

JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, a leading agency brokerage, which provides institutions and hedge funds with unconflicted block trading in securities, announced today that it has expanded into convertible bonds, an asset class tied to underlying equities. The convertible bond development is a natural growth path for JonesTrading, given its historic commitment to providing institutional clients with block trading in ordinary, ADR and GDR shares. The firm has named industry veteran Terence Tucker to lead the group.

Misys Launches Summit Ft Version 5.6 To Comply With Increased Regulatory Controls - New Functionality In The Cross-Asset Front-To-Back Treasury And Capital Markets System Supports Central Clearing, Margin Management And OIS Discounting

Date 15/10/2012

Misys, the global leader in treasury and capital markets solutions, announced today the release of Summit FT Version 5.6, which enables capital markets firms to quickly adapt their operations to accommodate the growing volumes of OTC trades being centrally cleared, and to meet the latest requirements of both Dodd-Frank and EMIR.  Ongoing and frequent announcements to these regulations, such as the recent swap definitions and the change to the methodology of pricing interest rate derivatives (OIS), requires adaptable technology. Summit FT Version 5.6 supports these new requirements, improves automation and regulatory reporting and has been built with the flexibility to handle new regulations as they are defined.

OTP Bank Goes Live With SunGard’s Valdi For Trading And Order Management

Date 15/10/2012

OTP Bank, the banking arm of the OTP Group, the Magyar universal financial services group, has gone live with SunGard’s Valdi trading and order management suite of solutions.

More Than 100,000 Investment Funds Available Through Clearstream - 101,450 Funds From 33 Jurisdictions Available For Order Routing On Vestima - Range Is 40 Percent Above Competition

Date 15/10/2012

Clearstream now offers more than 100,000 investment funds (fund ISINs) on its order routing platform Vestima. The company reached this landmark at the beginning of October. Vestima delivers a suite of services supporting the cross-border distribution of investment funds and offers a single point of access to multiple execution venues around the globe. It was launched in 2005 and shortly after offered access to more than 15,000 investment funds. Since then, Vestima has grown, on average, by more than 12,000 new fund ISINs a year to reach its current peak of 101,450 funds (15 October 2012).

Newedge To Serve As Exclusive Swap Counterparty Of New UCITS Fund By EEA Fund Management Limited

Date 15/10/2012

Newedge, a global leader in multi-asset class prime brokerage, execution and clearing services, announced today that the firm has been appointed as exclusive swap counterparty to the EEA Diversified Trends fund. 

BMO’s Investment Funds Group Selects Milestone Group For NAV Control And Distribution Processing - Reinvents How Fund Administration Is Performed In Canada

Date 15/10/2012

Milestone Group, the specialist provider of optimized fund processing solutions to the global funds industry, has today announced that BMO Financial Group (BMO) has selected its pControl platform to automate the management and control of its NAV production and validation processes as well as distribution processing.

ASEAN Exchanges Unveils Key Milestones In The Development Of The ASEAN Asset Class

Date 15/10/2012

ICE And Traiana Announce Extension Of ICE Link To OTC FX - Agreement Combines ICE Link's Leading Middleware Service With Traiana's Global Network Of Banks, Trading Venues, Clearinghouses And Clearing Brokers

Date 15/10/2012

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses and Traiana, the leading provider of post-trade solutions, today announced an agreement to process over-the counter (OTC) foreign exchange contracts via ICE Link, ICE's market leading middleware service.

Tehran Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin - September 2012

Date 15/10/2012

For 20 trading days in September 2012, TSE evidenced transactions in 7221 million shares and rights worth $ 1654 million. These figures demonstrate 105 and 173increase for the volume and value of trades, respectively compared to the previous month.

Malaysia’s Capital Market Drivers Invite Hong Kong Investors To Capitalise On Asean’s Multinational Marketplace - Invest Malaysia Hong Kong 2012 Brings Top Performing Malaysian Public Listed Companies To Hong Kong For Investment Discussions With Fund Managers

Date 15/10/2012

Bursa Malaysia, ASEAN’s leading capital raising venue, together with OSK Investment Bank will bring the Invest Malaysia capital market roadshow to Hong Kong this 8 November, 2012 to meet with fund managers in Hong Kong showcasing Malaysia as a key driver for ASEAN.