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256 Institutional Investors Register In ADX During First Half Of 2017 - Total Number Of Investors In ADX Reaches 961 Thousand With 2276 Numbers Issued During First Half 2017

Date 18/07/2017

The total number of investors in Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) by the end of the first half of 2017 reached 961,000 investors. Furthermore, ADX has issued 2276 investor numbers during the first half of 2017.

Research Results: Using The GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework Improves The Quality Of ESG Disclosures - Joint Research From G&A Institute And Baruch College Shows

Date 18/07/2017

Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. is the exclusive data partner for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in the United States, United Kingdom, and The Republic of Ireland. In this role the Institute monitors, collects and analyzes every sustainability report published in these three countries. The results of this pro-bono work help to feed the GRI's "Sustainability Disclosure Database," the largest sustainability database in the world, with 41,734 sustainability reports as of June 30th, 2017.

ESAs Consult On Amendments To Technical Standards On The Mapping Of ECAIs

Date 18/07/2017

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) launched today a public consultation to amend the Implementing Regulations on the mapping of credit assessments of External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) for credit risk to reflect the recognition of five new credit rating agencies (CRAs) and the deregistration of one CRA. The Implementing Regulations are part of the EU Single Rulebook for banking and insurance aimed at creating a safe and sound regulatory framework consistently applicable across the European Union (EU). The consultation runs until 18/09/2017.

CPMI And IOSCO: Implementation Monitoring Of PFMI: Level 2 Assessment Report For Singapore

Date 18/07/2017

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have today published a report that finds that Singapore’s legal, regulatory and oversight framework for key payments and settlement systems complies with CPMI-IOSCO’s Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMI) with the one exception of Principle 24 regarding disclosure of market data by trade repositories (TRs).

SIX Simplifies Regulatory Data And Document Exchange With New Industry Platform

Date 18/07/2017

The platform developed by SIX, in close consultation with the industry, enables the electronic and efficient exchange of regulatory data and documentation between wealth managers, assets managers, banks and other market participants.

ULLINK And Enfusion Partner To Offer Allocation And Post-Trade Matching Service Via NYFIX - Partnership Extends Existing Relationship With FIX-Based Post-Trade Support For Enfusion's Buy-Side Customers

Date 18/07/2017

World Federation Of Exchanges Publishes Joint Report With Milken Institute On SME Exchanges

Date 18/07/2017

The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, today jointly published a report with the Milken Institute on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (“SMEs”) and SME exchanges. The report consolidates results from initial independent research from the WFE and the Milken Institute published earlier this year.

LCH’s CDSClear Launches CDX High-Yield Clearing

Date 18/07/2017

• Clearing of Markit CDX North American High Yield index now available  
• First European CCP to offer clearing of this index
• Further expands CDSClear’s North American index coverage
• LCH has broadest credit coverage of any CCP globally

CloudMargin And South Africa’s First Tri-Party Collateral Agent - Strate Collateral Management – Bring Unprecedented Automation, Efficiencies To South African OTC Derivatives Participants

Date 18/07/2017

South African market participants can now enjoy unprecedented automation and straight-through processing by leveraging newly available, integrated cloud-based technology to exchange tri-party SWIFT1 messaging for collateral instructions, settlement and confirmations. CloudMargin, the multi-award winning creator of the world’s first web-based collateral and margin management solution, and Strate, the South African Central Securities Depository (CSD) and South Africa’s first Tri-Party Collateral Management Agent, today announced that they have just integrated their platforms. The move makes tri-party messaging and collateral optimisation more accessible for both buy- and sell-side participants in the country.

Kx Announces ChartIQ Integration Into Real-Time Data Visualization And Analysis User Interface

Date 18/07/2017

Kx Systems (Kx), a division of First Derivatives plc (FD) and provider of the industry-leading kdb+ time series database, announces today that Dashboards for Kx now offers ChartIQ integration as an optional addition to its visualization capabilities.