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MarketInvoice Extends Invoice Finance To Over 400,000 UK Businesses

Date 17/08/2017

• Strategic alliance with Veritas allows smaller businesses access to a confidential invoice discounting facility
• Veritas credit management integration means businesses with annual turnovers of £300k can now use the MarketInvoice Pro invoice finance facility
• Smaller businesses to benefit from this collaboration to access a confidential funding service, whereas previously they would have likely only been offered a disclosed factoring option
• MarketInvoice is the first UK fintech business to create an alliance with Veritas

Liquidnet Announces Strategic Tech Hire To Support Growth Of Virtual High Touch™ MiFID II Solutions - Patrick Strobel To Head Up Liquidnet’s Technology Team In Europe

Date 17/08/2017

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Patrick Strobel as Head of Technology for EMEA. In this newly formed role, Patrick will be responsible for building out Liquidnet’s strategic IT architecture in EMEA with an emphasis on the region’s Virtual High Touch MiFID II solutions. He brings over sixteen years’ experience delivering IT solutions for investment banks such as Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan.

ASX Limited Full-Year Results To 30 June 2017 (Fy17) - Continued Earnings Growth – NPAT Up 1.9% To $434.1m - Macro Factors Plus Business Initiatives Driving Growth

Date 17/08/2017

Mr Dominic Stevens, ASX Managing Director and CEO, said: “ASX has built on its strong first half results with a solid performance forthe full 2017 financial year. Activity and revenue levels were higher across most major areas of the business, and our strategic initiatives – both new and existing – progressed well over the period. A combination of macro-economic drivers and ASX’s own investments provide the company with growth opportunities for the future."

Not All Bonds Are Equal – New Zealand Financial Markets Authority Survey

Date 17/08/2017

Over 1 million New Zealanders have more than $15 billion invested in conservative or default KiwiSaver funds, mostly invested in fixed-interest assets, including bonds. However, only four in ten KiwiSaver members surveyed by the FMA knew that most funds invest in bonds.

Whitebox Advisors Chooses Broadridge In Transformative Move To Best-In-Suite Technology Platform

Date 17/08/2017

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.(NYSE:BR) announced that Whitebox Advisors, a global, multi-strategy, multi-billion-dollar hedge fund, has chosen Broadridge’s best-in-suite solution to transform Whitebox’s technology platform to a new paradigm of fully integrated, hedge fund operations hosted by Broadridge.  In particular, Broadridge will provide a comprehensive, fully hosted and integrated platform of trading, portfolio management, reference data, reconciliation and data warehouse solutions to manage Whitebox’s front, middle and back-office operations. This move to Broadridge’s hosted platform will enhance Whitebox’s ability to quickly respond to new growth opportunities.

TMX Group Remembers Stan Deudney, Founder And Former President Of CDS

Date 16/08/2017

TMX Group today offers sincere condolences on the passing of Stan Deudney, the founder and first President of the Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS).

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 16/08/2017

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

ISDA: SwapsInfo Second Quarter 2017 Review

Date 16/08/2017

The ISDA SwapsInfo Quarterly Review provides analysis of interest rate derivatives (IRD) and index credit default swaps (CDS) trading activity. The report provides a breakdown of publicly available data to analyze the impact of regulatory change on swap execution facility (SEF) and bilateral trading volumes, as well as cleared and non-cleared activity.

SEC Uncovers Wide-Reaching Insider Trading Scheme

Date 16/08/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against seven individuals who generated millions in profits by trading on confidential information about dozens of impending mergers and acquisitions.  Data analysis allowed the SEC’s enforcement staff to uncover the illicit trading despite the traders’ alleged use of shell companies, code words, and an encrypted, self-destructing messaging application to evade detection.

Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee, July 25-26, 2017

Date 16/08/2017

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on July 25-26, 2017.