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Comment By Chris Payne, Managing Director, GWM Investment Management, On How The Next Italian Election Could Turn Into A Euro Membership Referendum

Date 29/05/2018

Commenting on how the next Italian election could turn into a referendum on membership of the euro, Chris Payne, Managing Director at GWM Investment Management, said: “We are seeing a European-wide sell-off and financials, in particular, have been under pressure on concerns that the next Italian election could turn into a referendum on membership of the euro. Even a weaker Euro and Pound have failed to provide some price stability, as is often the case, and the consensus appears to be that Cottarelli will struggle to gather support to pass a budget, resulting in snap-elections when both anti-establishment parties could return with a larger representation in parliament.
Update On SGX India Derivatives

Date 29/05/2018

On 21 May 2018, India Index Services and Products Limited (IISL), a subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), filed for and was granted an interim injunction against the launch of SGX’s new India derivatives products announced on 11 April 2018. SGX was not able to contest this injunction as it was not given notice by IISL of its application for the injunction.
ESMA Updates Its MiFID II / MiFIR Q&As On Transparency And Market Structures Topics

Date 29/05/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers regarding transparencyand market structures issues under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).
TORA Integrates Its OEMS With Trax For MiFID II Trade And Transaction Reporting

Date 29/05/2018

TORA, provider of the industry’s most advanced cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), today announced that it has partnered with Trax, the post-trade services and European market data division of MarketAxess, to help their mutual clients meet MiFID II trade and transaction reporting requirements. This development is the latest in a range of solutions that TORA offers to help clients satisfy MiFID II demands covering best execution, regulatory reporting and commission management.
Invesco Launches Low Cost ETFs On Floating Rate Notes

Date 29/05/2018

Invesco is launching three ETFs for investors wanting passive exposure to floating rate notes (FRNs), an asset class seeing increased demand from investors concerned about rising interest rates. In 2017, 20% of the flows into European fixed income ETFs went into FRN ETFs, and 55% in the first quarter of 2018.

HKEX: Forfeiture Of Unclaimed Final Dividend For 2011

Date 29/05/2018

Pursuant to the Articles of Association of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”), the unclaimed final dividend for 2011 is forfeited and reverts to HKEX.
Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands And Fines Noah Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited HK$5 Million For Regulatory Breaches

Date 29/05/2018

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has publicly reprimanded and fined Noah Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited (Noah HK) HK$5 million over Noah HK’s internal system and control failures in its sale and distribution of investment products.
National Stock Exchange Of India Statement - Petition Against SGX Launch Of SGX India Futures, SGX Options On SGX India Futures And SGX India Bank Futures

Date 29/05/2018

NSE's Index company filed a petition before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court against the Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) under Section 9 of the Arbitration Act seeking urgent interim reliefs against the marketing, promotion and launch of three new contracts called SGX India Futures, SGX Options on SGX India Futures and SGX India Bank Futures, in terms of its circular dated April 11 2018.
Risk Focus Adds New Head Of Partner Strategy

Date 29/05/2018

Risk Focus Inc., the leading provider of Financial Services and DevOps Solutions, today announced Randy Howie will be joining the company as Head of Partner Strategy. Randy has been in the technology industry for over three decades and he was the founder and CEO of Black Diamond Software, a Fortune 1000 companies’ trusted partner and leader in DevOps transformation.
Red Deer Selected By Close Brothers Asset Management To Support MiFID II Processes

Date 29/05/2018

Red Deer, a financial technology company dedicated to enhancing the performance of active investment managers, is pleased to announce that Close Brothers Asset Management, a leading wealth manager, has improved its MiFID II processes by implementing Red Deer’s Research Management solution to better manage its research budgets and enforce stricter controls around inducement across its investment business.