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Traiana Appoints Michael Verkuijl As Global Head Of Sales

Date 29/05/2012

Traiana, the leading provider of post-trade solutions, today announced the appointment of Michael Verkuijl to Executive Vice President, Global Head of Sales. In this new role, Verkuijl will be a member of Traiana’s Executive Team reporting to Gil Mandelzis until newly announced CEO Andy Coyne assumes his post. Based in London, he will be responsible for expanding Traiana’s sales relationships and global footprint across asset classes.
BATS CHI-X Europe Unveils Competitive Market Data Pricing - Largest European Equities Exchange Sets Stage For Consolidated Tape Debate With New Pan-European Market Data Pricing Model

Date 29/05/2012

BATS Chi-X Europe, the largest pan-European equities market operator by market share and notional value, today announced plans for a competitive pan-European market data pricing model, effective 1^st October 2012.
BTG Pactual Signs On To Implement AC Plus - Asset Control Expands Global Footprint In The Latin American Region

Date 29/05/2012

Asset Control, provider of financial data management solutions and services, today announced that BTG Pactual, Brazil’s leading investment bank, will implement AC Plus. BTG Pactual will consolidate and centralize multiple data domains onto AC Plus which will integrate seamlessly with their existing systems. Stage one of the implementation is scheduled to be completed by the end of next quarter, leveraging Asset Control’s local delivery capability.
KDPW_CCP Signs Agreements With SWIFT And MarkitSERV

Date 29/05/2012

The clearing house KDPW_CCP has signed agreements with two platforms which will be sending OTC derivatives trade clearing instructions to KDPW_CCP. The clearing house will be using two services: SWIFT and MarkitSERV.
CME Group Hires Dr. Izumi Kazuhara As Executive Director, Head Of Japan - OSE Launches Dow Jones Industrial Average futures - CME Group To Launch E-Mini Nikkei 225 futures

Date 29/05/2012

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that Dr. Izumi Kazuhara will join the company as Executive Director, Head of Japan in June. Based in Tokyo, Dr. Kazuhara will be responsible for developing growth opportunities and customer relationships for CME Group throughout Japan.

DIFC Publishes Monetary & Financial Statistics For The Period 2008-2012

Date 29/05/2012

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the financial and business hub connecting the region’s growth markets with the markets of Europe, Asia and the Americas, today issued its Monetary and Financial Report covering the period 2008 to Q1 2012, updating the market on the monetary and financial activity of entities registered in the Centre during that period.
Japan's Financial Services Agency: Publication Of “Taxation Of Revenue Bonds Q&A”

Date 29/05/2012

The 2012 tax reform improved the Bond Income Tax Exemption Scheme and introduced a tax exemption for interest on certain revenue bonds received by foreign investors.
DIFC-Based Companies Record Substantial Financial Growth Over The Last Three Years

Date 28/05/2012

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the financial and business hub connecting the region’s growth markets with the markets of Europe, Asia and the Americas, today issued its Monetary and Financial Report covering the period 2008 to Q1 2012, updating the market on the monetary and financial activity of entities registered in the Centre during that period.
UK's Financial Services Authority: Three Guilty Of Insider Dealing

Date 28/05/2012

In a prosecution brought by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) three people have pleaded guilty to insider dealing. James Sanders a director of Blue Index, a specialist Contract for Difference (CFD) brokerage, had previously pleaded guilty to a total of 10 charges of insider dealing, his wife Miranda Sanders pleaded guilty to 5 charges of insider dealing, and James Swallow, a co-director of Blue Index, pleaded guilty to 3 charges of insider dealing at an earlier hearing. The defendants will be sentenced on 19 June 2012.
SGX Partners CFA Singapore To Enhance Investment Competencies

Date 28/05/2012

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and CFA Singapore (CFAS) today announced a collaboration to enhance the level of investment competencies in Singapore. This collaboration will see SGX Academy and CFAS adopt a two-prong approach: firstly, to enhance the competencies of trading representatives and financial advisers; and secondly, to equip young investors with basic investment knowledge.