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Blockchain For Wall Street Presents A Brains Trust Of Experts On Blockchain And Cryptoassets In The Financial Markets - Annual Education Day Will Provide Answers To Pressing Blockchain, Smart Contracts, Cryptoasset And ICO Questions And Concerns

Date 07/11/2017

The 2nd Annual Blockchain for Wall Street education day will take place on Tuesday, November 14th at the New York Law School and will present a Blockchain Brains Trust” faculty providing expert insights into a range of topics that are top of the agenda for Wall Street firms.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Yeung Leung Yuen For Three Years

Date 07/11/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Yeung Leung Yuen, a former relationship manager of Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited (Citibank), from re-entering the industry for three years for conducting unauthorized transactions in a client’s securities account.

SGX Reports Market Statistics For October 2017

Date 07/11/2017

Securities

• Total Securities market turnover value was at S$24.0 billion, up 10% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 22% year-on-year (y-o-y), over 21 trading days. There were 20 trading days in September 2017 and 21 in October 2016.
• Securities daily average value (SDAV) was S$1.1 billion, up 5% m-o-m and up 22% y-o-y.
• Market turnover value of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) was S$162 million, down 4% m-o-m and down 58% y-o-y.
• Market turnover value of structured warrants was S$1.6 billion, down 15% m-o-m and up 161% y-o-y.
• There were 59 new bond listings, raising S$23.4 billion.
• Total market capitalisation value of 749 listed companies stood at S$1.1 trillion as at end-October 2017.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Update On Progress Toward Further Efficiency And Transparency In The Screening Procedures For Licensing And Registration Of Financial Businesses

Date 07/11/2017

In the 2016-2017 Strategic Directions and Priorities published in October 2016, the FSA indicated its policy direction to “execute proper progress management for registration/licensing procedure by list method for greater efficiency and transparency of financial regulation.”

BayernLB Goes Live With SmartTrade Technologies’ FX Platform

Date 07/11/2017

smartTrade Technologies, a multi-asset electronic trading solutions pioneer, announces today that BayernLB, a publicly regulated bank based in Munich – Germany, is now live with smartTrade’s LiquidityFX platform.

SET Market Report For October 2017

Date 07/11/2017

• SET Index closed at 1,721.37 points, up 11.6 pct from end-2016
• Average daily securities trading value up slightly to USD 1.9 bln,
• Market cap at THB 17.4 trillion (USD 512 billion), a 12 pct rise from end-2016
• Average derivatives trading rose to 449,542 contracts/ day.

Ebury Continues Growth Expansion With New Office In Toronto Canada

Date 07/11/2017

Ebury, one of the fastest growing fintechs for corporate global transaction services, today announced their first office opening outside of Europe in Toronto Canada, to be led by Matthew Acton-Davis as Country Manager. 

NEX Report: The Future Of European Bond Markets

Date 07/11/2017

The ECB and other Central Banks took extraordinary actions to reduce the impact of the recent financial crisis. However 10 years on, in a paper sponsored by NEX, Professor Avinash D. Persaud, Emeritus Professor, Gresham College argues compellingly that the architecture of European financial markets needs to be modernised and monetary support for Eurozone government bond markets must end. Now. He argues, “The seeds of the next crisis are sown in moments like these when the authorities have been bold, they have done the job, but no one wants to run the risk of exiting from the policy ‘early’.”

Torstone Technology Appoints Payal Raina As Global Head Of Marketing - Newly Created Role To Build Torstone Technology’s Global Brand And Footprint

Date 07/11/2017

Torstone Technology, the leading global provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announced the appointment of Payal Raina to the newly created position of Global Head of Marketing, with immediate effect.

DFM Welcomes Delegation From Indonesia Stock Exchange

Date 07/11/2017

• The visit underlines Indonesia’s enthusiasm to learn from Dubai’s successes in developing Islamic capital markets
• HE/ Essa Kazim: “Dubai has succeeded in positioning itself as the capital of Islamic Economy shortly after the launch of its initiative in 2013”