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Global Emerging Market Regulators Accelerate Efforts Towards Development Of Sustainable Finance And Strengthening Of Cyber Resilience

Date 21/09/2017

Leading emerging market regulators met this week in Colombo, Sri Lanka, at the annual meeting and conference of the IOSCO Growth and Emerging Markets (GEM) Committee, chaired by the Chairman of Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), Tan Sri Ranjit Ajit Singh, who is also Vice Chair of the IOSCO Board. The GEM Committee annual meeting and conference were preceded by the meeting of the IOSCO Asia-Pacific Regional Committee, which were hosted by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka.

CEGH Czech Gas Market To Join PEGAS Platform In December

Date 21/09/2017

Paris based Powernext SA, the Austrian Central European Gas Hub AG (CEGH) and Power Exchange Central Europe (PXE) have today finalised their plans for the launch of the PEGAS CEGH Czech Gas Market. All spot products and futures contracts currently available on the PXE gas market will be opened on PEGAS on the 8th December 2017. 

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Findings From The Ageing Population Project

Date 21/09/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published an Occasional Paperoutlining the findings from a project that explored how the ageing population would impact the Financial Services industry.

Moscow Exchange: The MICEX10 Index Revised

Date 21/09/2017

Amendments to the MICEX10 Index following its quarterly review include the following:

VTB Bank, Magnit and Aeroflot ords will be added to the index, while FGC UES, NLMK ords and Surgutneftegas prefs will be excluded.

Financial Regulators Of Japan And Abu Dhabi Global Market Cooperate On FinTech

Date 21/09/2017

The Financial Services Agency of Japan (‘FSA’) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (‘FSRA’) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (‘ADGM’) today announced the completion of a framework for co-operation to promote innovation in financial services in Japan and ADGM.

Landmark Final Wave Sees Four More CSDs Go Live On T2S Using SWIFT - In The Final Migration Wave, CSDs In Spain, Estonia, Latvia And Lithuania Successfully Migrate To T2S Using SWIFT’s Value Added Network Solution

Date 21/09/2017

SWIFT announces the successful migration of Iberclear (Spain) and the Baltic CSDs of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and their respective communities to live operations on T2S using its Value Added Network (VAN) solution for T2S.

5.2 Million Spaniards Own Share - BME Report On The Share Ownership Structure In Spain

Date 21/09/2017

• The participation of non-residents in the stock market hits a record high, at 43.1% of the total
• Spanish households remain the second main owner group
• Spanish Banks and Savings Banks hit an all-time low as owners of listed shares, at 3% of the total
• Non-financial Institutions exceed 20%, a record high they had not reached for the last three years

CME Group Launches CME FX Link - Connects Over-the-Counter Spot FX And FX Futures Markets By Creating Spot FX Basis Spreads

Date 21/09/2017

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch spot foreign exchange (FX) basis spreads called 'CME FX Link' on CME Globex, CME Group's electronic trading platform. This will create the first ever central limit order book between the over-the-counter (OTC) spot FX and CME Group FX futures markets. It is expected to launch in Q1 2018 and will provide OTC FX market participants with a more efficient way to access and use FX futures as part of their overall trading activity.  

QuantHouse Signs Asset Purchase Agreement With Victory Networks To Further Benefit From Increasing Trend For High Growth Across US Markets - Purchase Is Designed To Expand The Reach Of QuantHouse’s QuantLINK Global Proprietary Network, Reinforce Position On US Equities And Equity Options As Well As Increase Scale And Synergies To Drive Revenue Growth

Date 21/09/2017

QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end high-performance market data and trading through API based technologies, today announced that the company has entered into a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement with Victory Networks inc, the provider of high-speed networks.

Financial Regulators Of Japan And Abu Dhabi Global Market Cooperate On FinTech

Date 21/09/2017

The Financial Services Agency of Japan (‘FSA’) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (‘FSRA’) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (‘ADGM’) today announced the completion of a framework for co-operation to promote innovation in financial services in Japan and ADGM.