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ACER Publishes The First Of A Series Of Guidance Notes On Types Of Practices Which Could Constitute Market Manipulation Under REMIT

Date 20/06/2017

The Agency publishes today the first Guidance Note on types of practices which could constitute market manipulation under REMIT. In this case the practice covered is wash trades, defined by ACER as the act of a market participant entering into arrangements for the sale or purchase of a wholesale energy product, where there is no change in beneficial interests or market risk or where the beneficial interest or market risk is transferred between parties who are acting in concert or collusion.

Statement Of CFTC Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo Before The Market Risk Advisory Committee Meeting

Date 20/06/2017

I apologize in advance that I have to leave at 11:15am today for previously scheduled meetings on Capitol Hill. I therefore will give a short opening statement.

CME Group And BarclayHedge Honor Managed Futures Leaders At Sixth Annual Managed Futures Pinnacle Awards

Date 20/06/2017

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and BarclayHedge, recognized top managed futures industry leaders at the sixth annual Managed Futures Pinnacle Awards last night.

IPC Launches Unigy 360 - Market Leading Solution To Combine Benefits Of Unigy® Platform With The Flexibility And Scalability Of The Cloud

Date 20/06/2017

IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, today announced the launch of Unigy 360, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution performance engineered to deliver innovation, economics and powerful new capabilities for global financial market participants. Unigy 360 offers the advantages of IPC’s industry-leading Unigy® platform for unified communications and applications along with the simplicity and scalability of a cloud-based solution. The initial offering will target the small to medium buy-side and energy market customers as IPC expands its product portfolio to address the needs of the one million regulated users within the financial markets. The solution also includes the Unigy 360 application which provides reliable, secure and “anytime, anywhere, any device” access to counterparties, liquidity, and trade lifecycle services.  

Axioma Partners With Omega Point To Enable ‘Quantamental’ Approach In Fundamental Investing - Turnkey Access To Axioma’s Suite Of Factor Models Enables Managers To Boost Portfolio Performance With Easy-To-Use Factor Analysis Tools

Date 20/06/2017

Axioma, a global provider of innovative risk and portfolio management solutions, today announced a new partnership with Omega Point, a portfolio intelligence tool for fundamental-style managers. Through this licensing agreement, Omega Point clients can now access Axioma’s suite of factor models via their existing workflow. This will enable closer alignment of modelling assumptions and risk factors across the front and middle office to achieve a shared view on the drivers of performance and risk that will ultimately lead to more informed investment decisions.

Lysis And iMeta Announce Joint Strategy Paper For On-boarding And Client Lifecycle Management

Date 20/06/2017

Lysis and iMeta are pleased to announce a new joint Strategy Paper – “Effective On-Boarding and Client Lifecycle Management - the stakes just got higher”. The paper was presented at the official launch of the joint Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) Managed Service, held at London's Royal Exchange on Thursday 15th June 2017. PJ di Giammarino was the guest speaker and the event was attended by senior executives from a number of financial institutions.

Broadridge Launches Trade Reporting Solution For SFTR Regulatory Change

Date 20/06/2017

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced the launch of its trade reporting solution for the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) forthcoming Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR). Broadridge's new offering will enable market participants of all types to achieve a seamless implementation and meet the projected regulatory deadlines in 2018.

Japan Exchange Group Extraordinary Report

Date 20/06/2017

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. submits this extraordinary report in accordance with the provisions of Article 24-5, Paragraph 4 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and Article 19, Paragraph 2, Item 9-2 of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure of Corporate Affairs, etc. due to resolutions made on matters to be resolved at the 16 th Annual General Shareholders Meeting held on June 16, 2017.

European Association Of Clearing Houses (EACH) Responds To European Commission Consultation On Fintech

Date 20/06/2017

In response to a European Commission consultation on Fintech, European clearing houses stress that regulation should foster innovation and progression. EACH supports the move towards Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) to be driven by industry and business needs. Also with regard to DLT, EACH believes that time should be spent on performing proof of concepts and testing the capabilities of the technologies. This will help to gain a better view on the impact on the current value chain of market infrastructures. 

Japan's Financial Services Agency: The Third Meeting Of The Payments Council On Financial Innovation

Date 20/06/2017

The payments Council on Financial Innovation will hold its third meeting on June 21st, 2017 as follows.

The meeting is open to the public. Please note that the seats for the public are limited. We appreciate your understanding.

The materials and minutes are to be publicized on the FSA Homepage after the meeting.