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FTSE Russell CEO Waqas Samad Rings Market-Opening Bell At Exchange - Nasdaq Dubai Launches Futures Trading On FTSE Russell Saudi Arabia Equity Index

Date 26/02/2019

• Investors have new route to gain exposure to Saudi stock price movements
• Launch comes ahead of Saudi Arabia’s inclusion in FTSE Russell’s Emerging Markets Index

International Women's Day: March 8 Is All About Female Investors - Lecture Programme For Women At The Frankfurt Stock Exchange / Worldwide Opening Bell At The Start Of Trading

Date 26/02/2019

Together with other Frankfurt-based institutions, Deutsche Börse is organising an extensive programme to promote financial literacy for women on International Women's Day (8 March).

Moscow Exchange: Settlement Codes For United Credit Systems Shares Restricted

Date 26/02/2019

On 26 February, Moscow Exchange restricted settlement codes available to trade United Credit Systems shares (ticker UCSS) in the Central Order Book T+. The security is available for repo transactions and negotiated trades, including negotiated trades with the CCP, without any restrictions.

Avelacom Selects Interxion As Irish Data Centre In Its Move Into The Irish Market

Date 26/02/2019

INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE:INXN),  a leading European provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that it has been selected by Avelacom, the high-performance global connectivity and IT solutions provider for the financial services industry, as its data centre partner of choice in Ireland.

CCP12 Publishes Incentives For Central Clearing And The Evolution Of OTC Derivatives - A CCP12 Report

Date 26/02/2019

CCP12 - the Global Association of Central Counterparties publishes “Incentives for Central Clearing and the Evolution of OTC Derivatives – A CCP12 Report”.

ASX To Sell Entire Investment In IRESS

Date 26/02/2019

ASX Limited (ASX) has entered into an underwriting agreement to sell its 18.6% shareholding in IRESS Limited (IRESS) (Sale). The Sale has been fully underwritten at a fixed price of $11.95 per share and is expected to realise gross proceeds of $385 million.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency: Joint Session Of The 41st General Meeting Of Financial System Council And The 29th Meeting Of Sectional Committee On Financial System

Date 26/02/2019

Joint session of the 41st general meeting of Financial System Council and the 29th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System will be held on March 4, 2019 as follows.The meeting is open to the public.

FTSE UK Index Series – Indicative Quarterly Review Changes March 2019

Date 25/02/2019

FTSE Russell, the global index provider, advises of the following indicative changes to the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 based on data as at Friday 22 February 2019.

The Management Of Amanet Management & Systems Opened Trading On The Occasion Of The 25th Anniversary Of Its Listing On TASE

Date 25/02/2019

The management of Amanet Management & Systems opened the trading this morning (February 20, 2019) on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its listing on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).

Commentary From Henry Price, CEO Of Red Deer, Following Andrew Bailey’s Keynote Speech On MiFID II At European Independent Research Providers Association

Date 25/02/2019

Ongoing client issues:

Where investment managers have implemented legacy or non-compliant systems, or attempted to solve a problem manually, there is now a significant push to use technology to solve these problems effectively and efficiently. Research managers and their teams are being asked for greater business intelligence to drive the decision-making process, but there’s a fine balance to achieve between front office effort and quality of data, and effort on an overloaded back-office. Managers are looking for an unobtrusive ‘Front-Office First’ approach.