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Nasdaq To Acquire eVestment - The Preeminent Data, Content And Analytics Platform To The Global Institutional Investment Industry - A Subscription-Based Saas Recurring Revenue Model That Has Delivered Double-Digit Organic Revenue Growth - Acquisition Expected To Provide Attractive Returns On Capital

Date 05/09/2017

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that it will acquire eVestment, an industry leading content and analytics provider used by asset managers, investment consultants and asset owners to help facilitate institutional investment decisions. The acquisition is expected to deliver attractive shareholder returns with a combination of recurring, predictable revenue, a strong track record of growth and attractive cash flow dynamics.

London Stock Exchange Group Identifies 1000 Most Dynamic SMEs In Europe

Date 05/09/2017

• LSEG launches ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Europe 2017’
• Report demonstrates critical importance of high-growth private small and medium sized companies (SMEs) to future European economic growth, innovation and job creation
• Most dynamic SMEs boast compound annual growth rate of over 100%, up from 71% last year and 2-year job creation rate of 43%
• 150 companies included in the report two consecutive years   
• European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis highlights significance of Capital Markets Union (CMU) in mobilising capital across the continent to back EU high-growth businesses
• Report is part of broader LSEG support for European high growth companies, including business support and capital raising programme ELITE and the leading international growth market AIM

Deutsche Börse Venture Network And High-Tech Gründerfonds Enter Into Cooperation

Date 05/09/2017

Deutsche Börse Venture Network and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) have formalised their existing collaboration by signing a cooperation agreement. The aim of the partnership is to continue linking existing programmes with each other to closely support start-ups throughout their entire funding and growth phase.

Understanding The Disconnect Between Employment And Inflation With A Low Neutral Rate, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard, At The Economic Club Of New York New York, New York

Date 05/09/2017

Overall, the U.S. economy remains on solid footing, against the backdrop of the first synchronized global economic growth we have seen in many years and accommodative financial conditions. This benign outlook is clouded somewhat by uncertainty about government funding and the fiscal outlook, and geostrategic risk has risen. While the heartbreaking human toll exacted by Hurricane Harvey is already all too clear, it will take some time to assess the macroeconomic impact.

CME Group Reached Average Daily Volume Of 16 Million Contracts In August 2017, Up 16 Percent From August 2016

Date 05/09/2017

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that August 2017 average daily volume (ADV) reached 16 million contracts, up 16 percent compared with August 2016. CME Group August 2017 options volume averaged 3.1 million contracts per day, up 30 percent versus August 2016, with electronic options averaging 2.2 million contracts per day, up 51 percent over the same period last year. Open interest at the end of August was 119 million contracts, up 13 percent from the end of August 2016.

FSB: Key Standards For Sound Financial Systems

Date 05/09/2017

The Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (Key Attributes) has been added by the FSB to its list of Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems. The Key Attributes is the international standard for resolution regimes, and forms part of the set of policy measures to address systemically important financial institutions that was endorsed by the G20 in November 2011. The inclusion now of the Key Attributes in the list of FSB Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems follows the approval of a methodology in October 2016 for assessing jurisdictions’ compliance of their bank resolution framework with the Key Attributes. In July 2017, the Key Attributes was also included in the list of standards for which assessments are carried out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank of their member countries under the Standards and Codes Initiative.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Issues Statement On Initial Coin Offerings

Date 05/09/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a statement on existing regulations which could be applicable to initial coin offerings (ICOs).

HKEX: Scrip Dividend Scheme In Relation To The Interim Dividend For The Year Ending 31 December 2017 Calculation Of Market Value

Date 05/09/2017

On 9 August 2017, the Board declared the Interim Dividend to the Shareholders, which will be payable in cash with a scrip alternative to the Shareholders whose names appeared on HKEX’s register of members on the Record Date.  Pursuant to the Scrip Dividend Scheme and subject to the terms set out in the Circular, the eligible Shareholders have the right to elect to receive the Interim Dividend in New Shares instead of in cash, or partly in New Shares and partly in cash. 

PEGAS Starts New Spot Market Index And Harmonises Use Of Existing Futures Indices

Date 05/09/2017

PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, announces the introduction of the European Gas Spot Market Index (EGSI)on 5 September responding to the market participants’ needs. The index will cover all liquid gas spot markets operated by PEGAS. Along with the launch of EGSI, PEGAS will also harmonise the use of existing indices for the futures market.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Statement On Initial Coin Offerings

Date 05/09/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has noticed an increase in the use of initial coin offerings (ICOs) to raise funds in Hong Kong and elsewhere. This statement serves to explain that, depending on the facts and circumstances of an ICO, digital tokens that are offered or sold may be “securities” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO), and subject to the securities laws of Hong Kong.