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Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

Date 23/04/2018

The Autorité des marchés financiers (“AMF”) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (“CDIC”) for co-operation and information exchange with respect to deposit insurance and resolution of domestic systemically important financial institutions (“D-SIFIs”).

Joint Forum Of Financial Market Regulators Holds Its Annual Meeting

Date 23/04/2018

The Joint Forum of Financial Market Regulators (Joint Forum) has concluded its Annual Meeting held in Montréal, Québec. The Joint Forum brings together members of the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR), the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (CAPSA) and representation from the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations (CISRO).

A Cooperative Approach To CCP Recovery And Resolution - Panel Intervention By Benoît Cœuré, Member Of The Executive Board Of The ECB, At The ILF Conference On “Resolution In Europe: The Unresolved Questions”, Frankfurt Am Main, 23 April 2018

Date 23/04/2018

The order of the topics at today’s conference on “resolution in Europe” was well planned.[1] The fact that we are discussing central counterparty (CCP) resolution after discussing bank resolution echoes the fact that CCP resolution is, by and large, an event that occurs only when all other safeguards, including bank resolution, have failed.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 23/04/2018

CCP NCC is setting the ban for short sells for security ENPL  starting from April 26, 2018.

Amazon's New Blockchain Service Competes With Similar Products From Oracle And IBM

Date 23/04/2018

Amazon Web Services announced Blockchain Templates late last week, a “blockchain-as-a-service” offering that competes with similar products from Oracle and IBM. The launch shows how eager the biggest enterprise players are to get ahead in the blockchain game, even if their customers are still trying to pinpoint exactly what blockchain can do for them (and some investors are starting to temper their initial excitement).

Busting The Blockchain Hype: How To Tell If Distributed Ledger Technology Is Right For You

Date 23/04/2018

ESMA Chair Maijoor Speech At ILF Conference 2018 On CCP Resolution

Date 23/04/2018

The Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Steven Maijoor, has today delivered a keynote speech at the Institute for Law and Finance (ILF) at the Goethe University Frankfurt.

Avelacom Wins 2018 Sell-Side Technology Award For Best Infrastructure Provider

Date 23/04/2018

We are proud to announce that Avelacom has won Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side at the 2018 WatersTechnology Sell-Side Technology Awards.

Clearstream Acquires Swisscanto Funds Centre Ltd. From Zürcher Kantonalbank

Date 23/04/2018

Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade services provider Clearstream is expanding its offering in the funds space by acquiring Swisscanto Funds Centre Ltd., London (SFCL), from Zürcher Kantonalbank. A purchase agreement was signed on 23 April 2018. The transaction for a high double-digit million euro amount is expected to close within the third quarter of 2018, subject to approval of relevant authorities. For Deutsche Börse Group, the investment will be accretive in the first year.

Long Finance: Launch Of Research Project "Timestamping Smart Ledgers - Accuracy Versus Precision"

Date 23/04/2018

Long Finance's Distributed Futures research programme has launched a research project entitled “Timestamping Smart Ledgers – Accuracy Versus Precision”.