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Record Number Of Listings Reached At Nasdaq Nordic Markets

Date 19/10/2017

• Nasdaq Stockholm Main Market reached an all-time high in terms of number of listed companies (319)
• Nasdaq First North reached 300 listed companies across Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland

Sweden's Finansinspektionen: Delayed Publication Of Short-Selling Notification

Date 19/10/2017

Finansinspektionen was late with its publication of a short-selling notification from Coatue Management.

Torstone Technology Strengthens Its Presence In Japan - Goes Live With Leading Asian Capital Markets And Investment Group, CLSA

Date 19/10/2017

Torstone Technology, a leading global provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announced that CLSA, a leading Asian capital markets and investment group, has signed a multi-year deal to use Inferno and is now live with the solution, which will bring greater efficiencies to its post-trade processes.

Opus Helps Companies Respond To May 2018 Regulatory Deadline With New GDPR Solution - Opus Launches Third Party GDPR Compliance Solution To Prepare For May 2018 Deadline, Facilitating Easy, Effective Management Of Third-Party Risk.

Date 19/10/2017

Opus, the leading provider of global compliance and risk management solutions, today announced the launch of its new Third Party GDPR Compliance solution, developed specifically to identify and manage General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) risk in third-party relationships.

Kx Technology Selected To Power E-Commerce AI Platform For Scientific Revenue

Date 19/10/2017

• Kx selected as Scientific Revenue’s real-time analytics platform for online dynamic pricing -
• Using Machine Learning and Applied Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Revenue’s platform analyses the behaviour of millions of users and applies machine learning techniques to increase revenue for its mobile gaming customers –
• Kx will assist Scientific Revenue’s growth as it scales from mobile gaming into additional vertical markets including loyalty programmes and broadcast content 

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In Smart Beta Equity ETFs/ETPs Listed Globally Have Increased 21.9% In 2017 To Reach A New Record Of US$644 Billion At The End Of September

Date 19/10/2017

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in Smart Beta equity ETFs/ETPs listed globally have increase 21.9% in the first 9 months of the year to reach a new record of US$644 Bn at the end of September, according to ETFGI’s September 2017 global smart beta equity ETF and ETP industry insights monthly report which is part of an annual paid for research subscription service (click here to see the chart of Active ETFs/ETPs asset growth).

GuavaTech Colocates Services At ASX's Data Centre

Date 19/10/2017

GuavaTech, a provider of global multi-asset trading infrastructure and managed services, will expand its service offerings to include colocation and connectivity services at the Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), ASX’s state-of-the-art data centre.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority And The Australian Securities And Investments Commission Confirm Trans-Tasman Collaborative Approach To FinTech

Date 19/10/2017

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have re-affirmed their commitment to collaboration and cooperation on the expanding opportunities in fintech and innovation.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Deals With 116 Cases Of Unusual Transaction In Q3

Date 19/10/2017

In order to deepen the implementation of the general requirements of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for “law-based, comprehensive and strict regulation” in market regulation, maintain the “open, fair and equitable” order of the market and effectively fulfill DCE’s responsibility for front-line regulation, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) continued to strictly crack down on all kinds of violations in the third quarter of this year. The violations that were investigated and dealt with included 17 cases of violating position limits for hedging during trading, and 116 cases of unusual transaction, including 61 cases of self-trade, 52 cases of frequently placing and cancelling orders and 3 cases of the related accounts under common control violating position limits, with 22 clients banned temporarily from opening positions. A total of 34 violation clues were handled. In addition, DCE stepped up the inspection of the related accounts under common control.

Financial Innovation: A World In Transition - Federal Reserve Governor Jerome H. Powell At The 41st Annual Central Banking Seminar, Sponsored By The Federal Reserve Bank Of New York, New York, New York

Date 18/10/2017

We live in a world defined by the rapid pace of technological change. Four of the five largest U.S. companies by market capitalization are classified as "technology companies," where the term describes the products that these companies sell and how they operate. Thanks to decades of investment in information technology, especially in electronic communication networks, consumers now expect services to be available instantly at their fingertips. This statement is true for almost every industry and every aspect of daily life, including financial transactions.