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Growth In Americas Helps Derivatives Market Offset Declines In EMEA & Asia-Pacific - New WFE Derivatives Report Out Today

Date 17/04/2018

The World Federation of Exchanges ("WFE"), the global industry group for exchanges and central counterparties (CCPs), published its annual WFE IOMA Derivatives Market Report today, which shows the total volume of derivatives traded in 2017 declined by 0.2%.
Seismic Foundry Portfolio Firms Join SEI Incubator Codify

Date 17/04/2018

Three of the portfolio firms that were invested in by the Seismic Foundry Capital Markets FinTech fund have joined the SEI supported incubator, Codify, based in their Alphabeta building in Finsbury Square, London. Kite Edge, Lodestar-Ecosystems and Waymark Tech joined the incubator this week for a 16-week period, while Enforcd have already benefitted from the programme last year.
AxiomSL Recognized As The Category Leader For “Data Integrity And Control Solutions In Financial Services” By Chartis Research For The Second Year

Date 17/04/2018

AxiomSL, the leading global provider of regulatory-reporting, risk and data-management solutions, today announced that Chartis Research, a provider of research and analysis on the global market for risk technology, has named AxiomSL a 2018 Category Leader in its FinTech Quadrant®, “Data Integrity and Control Solutions in Financial Services.” This is the second year Chartis has recognized the company as a Category Leader for this solution.
China’s Holly Futures Selects Horizon’s Market Making Platform

Date 17/04/2018

Horizon Software (Horizon), the leading global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, today announced that Holly Futures, one of the top futures companies in China, has selected Horizon’s Platform for market making for iron ore and corn futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).
Shanghai Stock Exchange Holds 8th General Assembly

Date 17/04/2018

The 8th General Assembly of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is held by way of regional explanation sessions and communication voting today. Members of the SSE leadership team will go to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chongqing and Beijing to have face-to-face talks with 116 members from today. The General Assembly will make illustration on the working report of the SSE Board of Governors, the working report made by SSE President, the working report of the SSE Board of Supervisors, the financial budget and final settlement reports, and the revision to the SSE Constitution to the members. And it will have face-to-face talks with attending members, solicit their opinions and suggestions, and jointly promote the reform, development and construction of the SSE.

Spotcap Opens Applications For Fintech Fellowship To Address Skills Gap - Industry Considers Attracting Qualified Talent As One Of Their Top Three Challenges

Date 17/04/2018

Online lender Spotcap today opened the Fintech Fellowship to applicants. The programme offers an £8k award to a postgraduate student studying a fintech related course at a UK university. Applications will be open for four months and close on the 1 August 2018.
Daily Quotas Of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Increase Fourfold

Date 17/04/2018

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CRSC) and the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) release a joint announcement today to increase the daily quota of Shanghai Stock Connect to RMB52 billion, and that of Hong Kong Stock Connect under Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect to RMB42 billion, which shall come into effect from May 1, 2018. To implement the arrangement in the joint announcement, the SSE releases the "Notice on Adjusting the Daily Quota of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect" and the "Notice of Adjusting the Daily Quota of Hong Kong Stock Connect under Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect" to market participants on the same day, and requires all the market participants to well arrange relevant adjustment work about the increase of daily quotas.
New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Consultation Opens On Dual Language Disclosure Documents

Date 17/04/2018

The FMA is seeking submissions on its proposal to enable companies offering investments to publish product disclosure statements (PDS) in both te reo Māori and English.
Unswervingly Promoting Capital Market's Openness, Guaranteeing Timely Preparation for Shanghai-London Stock Connect

Date 17/04/2018

The Annual Conference 2018 for the Bo'ao Forum for Asia announces the goal of launching the stock connect between the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) (the Shanghai-London Stock Connect for short) in 2018. As a key measure of promoting the opening-up of China's capital market, Shanghai-London Stock Connect has achieved staged results by the end of last year, and the Chinese Government and the British Government have agreed to make further research on the listing of local qualified listed companies in the counterpart market, thus realizing the connect of the two markets. To implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's achievements during his visit in Britain, the SSE has closely cooperated with the LSE in researching relevant business and technical issues since 2015 under the guiding by the relevant department. Currently, all the preparations have been underway, and the two exchanges have been promoting the settlement of relevant rules and operational arrangements. Next, they will arrange the communication with market institutions at proper time.
Uniting Forces And Planning Market Development - Shenzhen Stock Exchange Convenes 2018 Members’ General Meeting

Date 17/04/2018

The 2018 SZSE Members’ General Meeting was held offsite today, with an aim to forge consensus, join forces, and to mobilize attendees to study and implement the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and the guiding principles of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Economic Work Conference, and the National Financial Work Conference. The meeting was focused on pushing forward the three major tasks proposed in the financial work conference, and enhancing the CPC’s leadership. On the meeting, SZSE vowed to strengthen its responsibilities and those of members, actively fulfill its responsibilities, and unite and lead members to implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, and jointly build world-class investment banks, a leading stock exchange, and an internationally competitive capital market.