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Deutsche Börse Acquires Stake In Figo

Date 23/11/2016

DB1 Ventures, the Corporate Venture Capital arm of Deutsche Börse Group, has participated in a Series B financing round for the Hamburg-based FinTech company figo GmbH and is investing a seven-digit amount for a significant minority stake. Further investors are reputable business angels from Germany. figo raised around €6.8 million in total in the current financing round.

ADX Signs MOU With Al Ain University Of Science And Technology

Date 23/11/2016

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Al-Ain University of Science and Technology (AAU).  The MoU forms part of ADX's commitment to support educational initiatives and to encourage and promote professional investment skills across the UAE, to the very highest international standards.

Horizon And Neo & Partners Global Collaborate In Asia To Create Innovative Trading Environment

Date 23/11/2016

Horizon Software (Horizon), the leading global technology provider for electronic trading and investment management, today announced its collaboration with Neo & Partners Global (NPG), Asia’s and Singapore’s first provider of smart electronic trading ecosystems coined as The Trading-Atrium. The partnership, which will be officially announced during an event held on the 6th of December at NPG’s Trading-Atrium facility in Singapore, reinforces the island’s position as a leading international financial trading hub.

Clearstream Launches Cross-Border Settlement Solution

Date 23/11/2016

• ICSD to provide settlement agent services to DekaBank for equity and fixed income
• Domestic settlement of cleared trades in Belgium, France and the Netherlands

DFM Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With Dubai Courts To Streamline Connectivity Through Its Electronic Services Platform

Date 23/11/2016

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Courts to further reinforce cooperation between both sides as well as to streamline joint measures in terms of actions taken by Dubai Courts in regards to DFM’s participants. Under this MoU, Dubai Courts will be directly connected with DFM’s electronic services platform, which will be the official channel for applications related to any judicial actions relevant to market participants.

SET Rolls Out 2017 Plans Gearing Towards Thailand 4.0 With New Industry, Startup, Digitalization

Date 23/11/2016

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announces its strategic plan for 2017, driven by the vision “To Make the Capital Market ‘Work’ for Everyone.” To continue strengthening SET’s leading position in ASEAN, boosting market growth in term of both fund mobilization and investment activities and ensuring high quality standard in all operational platforms are core missions. Meanwhile, SET aims to expand its fund raising coverage to competitive s-curve industry, startup businesses, as well as strengthening Thai aging society in term of wealth creation, reinforcing SET mission toward inclusiveness and sustainable growth.

MNI China Business Sentiment Indicator: Chinese Business Sentiment Up In November - Weaker Yuan And Rise In Key Activity Measures Drive Confidence Up

Date 23/11/2016

Sentiment among executives at China’s largest companies ticked up slightly in November following October’s pullback, as gains in new orders and output fuelled optimism and the recent depreciation in the yuan also underpinned sentiment, according to the latest MNI China Business Sentiment Survey.

ASIC Consults On Repealing ASIC Class Orders About Holding Client Assets

Date 23/11/2016

ASIC has today released a consultation paper proposing to repeal three class orders due to expire ('sunset') in 2017. 

OneChicago: Announcing Fee Schedule To Delta1 Agreement Effective Date: March 1, 2017

Date 23/11/2016

OneChicago, LLC (“OneChicago”) is issuing this Notice to Members (“NTM”) 2016-33 to inform market participants that the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is making a change to the OneChicago OFRA File.  

STOXX Changes Composition Of Benchmark Indices

Date 22/11/2016

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced the new composition of STOXX Benchmarks and their sub and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX North America 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index.