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Blake Grossman, Former BlackRock Vice Chairman And CEO Of Barclays Global Investors, Joins Board Of Directors At Axioma

Date 18/10/2017

Axioma, Inc. announced today the election of Blake Grossman to the company’s Board of Directors.

Derivatives Industry Joins Forces To Launch Futuresfundamentals.org Education Resource

Date 18/10/2017

Today at FIA Expo, the largest gathering of futures market participants in the world, futuresfundamentals.org was launched to provide information and curriculum for learners of all levels to understand the role that derivatives markets play in the global economy and our everyday lives. 

SWIFT To Streamline Standard Migration Process With New Message Translation Offering - New Offering Allows Institutions And Market Infrastructures To Translate Messages From Any Format To ISO 20022 Or MT

Date 18/10/2017

SWIFT is launching a message translation offering that will allow users to define and validate messages from any format to ISO 20022, streamlining the process of migrating to a new standard.

TASE Establishes A Nominee Company

Date 18/10/2017

• Digital registration services are to be offered to public companies, for the first time in Israel
• ​The tariffs that the nominee company will charge public companies will be 30% lower than those currently being charged by the nominee companies owned by the banks
• The nominee company will offer its full range of operationsfrom january 2018

SWIFT Expands Name Screening To Support Small Firms And Emerging Markets In Preventing Financial Crime - Hosted Utility Service Enables Firms To Screen Entire Databases And Single Names Against Evolving Sanctions And PEP Lists

Date 18/10/2017

SWIFT has expanded its Name Screening service to enable smaller firms and institutions in emerging markets to screen customer databases against sanctions and Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) lists to prevent financial crime.

Al Mawared Flash Note - Insurance Sector

Date 18/10/2017

Click here to download Al Mawared Brokerage's latest Flash Note. The Report highlights the latest development in the Jordanian Insurance Sector.

Gator Trading Leverages Rival Systems For Options Trading Strategies - Trading Groups Operator Turns To Rival Trader After Success With Rival Risk

Date 18/10/2017

Rival Systems (Rival), an award-winning provider of trading and risk management software, announced that Gator Trading is leveraging its Rival Trader front-end for the firm’s options trading strategies.  Gator, an operator of trading groups specializing primarily in futures and options, migrated last year to the firm’s Rival Risk platform for all of its risk management needs.

World’s First Digital Cryptocurrency Vault DigiPulse Reaches $1Million In Token Sale

Date 18/10/2017

DigiPulse (https://www.digipulse.io/), the world’s first ‘digital cryptocurrency vault’ which provides an inheritance service for digital and crypto assets, has reached the $1million mark in a token sale which ends on 31 October 2017.

Luminex Sets Quarterly Record For Shares Traded And Becomes Leading ATS By Average Trade Size - Buy Side-Only Venue Sees Its Best Quarter To Date In Q3 2017, And Moves Into FINRA's Top Slot For Average Trade Size In August, The Most Recent Month For Which Data Is Available

Date 18/10/2017

Luminex Trading & Analytics LLC, a buy side-owned trading venue delivering efficient, low-cost block executions, today announced that it has completed its most successful quarter to date (July - September 2017), as measured by total shares traded within the venue. In addition, in the month of August 2017, Luminex led the alternative trading system (ATS) industry[1] for average trade size across all three block trading categories that FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) tracks. 

Nasdaq And SGX Establish Collaborative Listings Agreement

Date 18/10/2017

Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced the signing of a collaborative agreement in a move to leverage their strengths as two of the leading listings venues in the U.S. and Asia respectively. The new agreement seeks to enhance the channels available for companies to access capital market funding and enhance their corporate profile in both markets.