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Duff & Phelps Appoints Jacco Brouwer As New Leader Of Its European Debt Advisory Practice - Jacco Brouwer Joins Duff & Phelps With Over 27 Years Of Experience In Banking And Financial Advisory.

Date 23/07/2019

Duff & Phelps, the global advisor that protects, restores and maximises value for clients, has appointed Jacco Brouwer as leader of its European Debt Advisory practice, further strengthening its debt advisory and restructuring offerings. 

Bank Of England: Minutes Of Money Markets Committee Meeting - 4 June 2019

Date 23/07/2019

The Money Markets Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK unsecured deposits and funding market and securities lending and repo markets.

Nasdaq To Deliver Matching Engine Technology To The Football Index - Cloud Deployed Matching Engine Offers Fixed-Odds Betting Operator Platform Rich Functionality Via The Nasdaq Financial Framework - Nasdaq’s Market Technology Business Continues To Gain Momentum With New Markets Initiative

Date 23/07/2019

Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today it has signed a new agreement with Football Index, where clients can buy and sell shares in professional footballers, and will provide the company with a flexible, cloud-optimized trading engine that offers rich functionality. As part of the Nasdaq Financial Framework offering, Football Index will join a growing list of new markets outside of financial services that are relying on Nasdaq’s marketplace technology to accelerate their business growth and enhance the client experience.

R.J. O’Brien Futures Introduces Echo Trading, Enhances Website

Date 23/07/2019

Coinciding with this year’s TradersEXPO in Chicago, R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, announced today a new offering from its private client division, RJO Futures.  RJO Echo Trading is a new program enabling individual futures traders to follow an experienced, leading trader by “echoing” their transactions through an automated RJO trading platform. 

Basel Committee And IOSCO Agree To One-Year Extension Of The Final Implementation Phase Of The Margin Requirements For Non Centrally Cleared Derivatives

Date 23/07/2019

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) acknowledge the progress that has been made to implement the framework for margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives. In the final phase of implementation, initial margin requirements are scheduled to apply to a large number of entities for the first time. In March 2019, the Basel Committee and IOSCO published a statement noting that the framework does not specify documentation, custodial or operational requirements if a covered entity’s bilateral initial margin amount does not exceed the framework’s €50 million initial margin threshold.

Sustainability Committee Formed To Streamline The Implementation Of The Strategy: DFM Launches Sustainability Strategic Plan 2025, In A First Of Its Kind Step Amongst Regional Markets

Date 23/07/2019

• H.E. Essa Kazim: “The Plan is a stepping-stone for DFM’s continuous efforts to drive change in the financial markets sector in line with Dubai’s Sustainability initiatives”

UK Financial Conduct Authority Fines Standard Life Assurance Limited 30 Million For Non-Advised Pension Sales Failures

Date 23/07/2019

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Standard Life Assurance Limited (SLAL) 30,792,500 for failures related to non-advised sales of annuities.

NIBC Deploys Torstone’s Inferno Cloud Platform To Automate Its Post-Trade Operations

Date 23/07/2019

Torstone Technology, a leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announces that Netherlands-based NIBC Bank has successfully completed a migration to Torstone’s award-winning post-trade processing platform, Inferno.  

Standard Chartered Goes Live With Digital Vega

Date 23/07/2019

Digital Vega, the leading FX Options e-trading platform and provider of FX Options trading solutions, today announced that Standard Chartered Bank has become a Liquidity Provider (LP) on its Medusa trading platform. 

UK Financial Conduct Authority Launches Consultation Guiding Firms On The Fair Treatment Of Vulnerable Customers

Date 23/07/2019

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a consultation on proposed guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers.