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Wall Street Horizon-Powered Markit Hub Horizon Goes Live

Date 01/03/2017

Wall Street Horizon today announced that IHS Markit’s new Hub Horizon corporate event data service, which is powered by Wall Street Horizon’s industry-leading event data, has officially launched.

Women In ETFs And Five Partner Organizations Ring The Bell For Gender Equality At 43 Stock Exchanges Globally

Date 01/03/2017

For the 3rd year, a global collaboration across 43 stock exchanges around the world plan to “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality,” to celebrate International Women’s Day 2017 (March 8th). The events are a partnership between Women in ETFs, UN Global Compact, UN Women, the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative, IFC, and the World Federation of Stock Exchanges, to raise awareness about the business case for women’s economic empowerment and the opportunities for the private sector to advance gender equality and sustainable development.

GreenKey Appoints Nader Shwayhat As CEO - Veteran FinTech Leader Has Track Record Of Driving Innovation, Building Businesses Based On Real-Time Communications, Trading Workflow

Date 01/03/2017

GreenKey<http://www.greenkeytech.com/>, creator of an award-winning voice platform for financial market participants, announced today the appointment of Nader Shwayhat, 39, as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Research Institutions In The U.S., France And Germany Top The Second Annual Reuters Top 25 Global Innovators Ranking Of Government Research Institutions

Date 01/03/2017

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission and Germany’s Fraunhofer Society top the Reuters Top 25 Global Innovators ranking of government research institutions, a list that identifies and ranks the publicly funded institutions doing the most to advance science and technology. The rankings were compiled in partnership with Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, and are based on proprietary data and analysis of indicators including patent filings and research paper citations.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Proposes To Standardise Rules For Prescribing Professional Investors

Date 01/03/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today launched a consultation on proposed amendments to the Securities and Futures (Professional Investor) Rules (PI Rules) to allow joint accounts with non-associates and assets held in investment vehicles owned by individuals to be counted in ascertaining whether individuals meet the monetary threshold to qualify as professional investors.

Bursa Malaysia Berhad Announces Appointment Of Directors To Its Subsidiaries

Date 01/03/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad announced the appointment of Puan Mazidah binti Abdul Malik as a Director to the Board of Directors of its subsidiaries, Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and its clearing house, Bursa Malaysia Securities Clearing Sdn Bhd, effective 1 March 2017.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange: SME Board Companies Deliver Satisfactory Results with Rapid Growth in 2016 Performance

Date 01/03/2017

Year 2016 was the outset of the “13th Five-year Plan”. During this year, the listed companies on SME Board, as representatives of China’s outstanding SMEs, have played significant roles in serving the real economy and the supply-side structural reform, supporting independent innovation, upgrade and transformation, stimulating industrial integration and optimizing structure. 

Channel Islands Securities Exchange: Board Changes Prepare Exchange For A New Era

Date 01/03/2017

The Channel Islands Securities Exchange Limited (CISE) has today announced two changes to the board of directors.  

Efficiency And Effectiveness: Our Approach To Primary Markets - Speech By Christopher Woolard, Executive Director Of Strategy And Competition At The UK Financial Conduct Authority, Delivered At Bloomberg.

Date 01/03/2017

Highlights:

• The wholesale financial sector plays a critical role in the lives of everyone in the UK. The industry must show itself to be clean, effective and competitive: central to this is a transparent and robust regulatory regime that can adapt to market developments and risks.
• Primary markets are vital in supporting the wider economy by bringing together investors, who seek investment opportunities, and issuers, who seek to access capital to finance their businesses. 
• It is our duty to ensure that the UK’s primary markets work well in meeting both these needs. We have recently published a consultation paper on the IPO process along with a discussion paper and consultation paper which seek to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the sector.
• We believe strong markets are firmly in the interests of UK consumers, and we will innovate and take action to ensure those markets remain open for business.

New Alliance To Enhance Professionalism In Financial Services

Date 01/03/2017

Three leading Chartered Professional Bodies have joined forces to enhance and sustain the level of professionalism and trust in the financial services sector.