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S&P Global Platts & Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) To Improve Natural Gas Price Transparency And Bolster North America Benchmarks

Date 21/11/2016

S&P Global Platts ("Platts"), the leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses, today announced they have entered into a strategic agreement to strengthen North America's natural gas benchmarks, streamline the reporting process, and further improve transparency in over-the-counter (OTC) pricing.

Deutsche Börse: New SME-Segment To Facilitate Access To Growth Capital For Enterprises - Launch Date Set For 1 March 2017 - Mandatory Research Reports And Verification By Capital Market Partners, Appointed By Deutsche Börse

Date 21/11/2016

On 1 March 2017, Deutsche Börse will launch a new exchange segment designed to enhance access to investors and growth capital for smaller and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As a segment of the exchange-regulated market, it will replace the Entry Standard for equities and corporate bonds. The General Standard and the Prime Standard will remain as Regulated Market segments.

Speech By Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, At "A Conversation With Stanley Fischer," Sponsored By The Council On Foreign Relations, New York, New York, November 21, 2016, Longer-Term Challenges For The U.S. Economy

Date 21/11/2016

Watch live: http://www.cfr.org/monetary-policy/conversation-stanley-fischer/p38477 

Notwithstanding a number of shocks over the past year, the U.S. economy is performing reasonably well. Job gains have been robust in recent years, and the unemployment rate has declined to 4.9 percent, likely close to its long-run sustainable level. After running at a subdued pace during the first half of the year, gross domestic product growth has picked up in the most recent data, and inflation has been firming toward the Federal Open Market Committee's 2 percent target.

Vela CEO Jennifer Nayar Wins Award For Excellence In Trading Technology - Women In Finance Honored At Markets Media Markets Choice Awards

Date 21/11/2016

Vela Trading Technologies, a global leader in high performance trading and market data technology, announced that its CEO Jennifer Nayar, has won Markets Media’s Markets Choice Women in Finance award for Excellence in Trading Technology. 

ICBC Singapore Adopts Thomson Reuters Electronic Trading

Date 21/11/2016

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) Singapore Branch has adopted Thomson Reuters FX e-commerce solution Electronic Trading to strengthen its presence in the foreign exchange market. ICBC is the first Chinese bank to adopt this next generation solution from Thomson Reuters.

LSEG To Acquire Mergent Inc.

Date 21/11/2016

• Mergent Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial information on public and private companies
• Acquisition supports FTSE Russell’s core index offering, especially in the creation of factor-based, passive investment products
• Adds to LSEG’s data and analytics capabilities
• Strong investor demand for underlying benchmark data and analysis tools

Eris And R.J. O'Brien Fixed Income Group Release Second Hedge Accounting Paper - Newest Case Study Illustrates How To Successfully Obtain Fair Value Hedge Accounting Treatment When Using Eris Swap Futures

Date 21/11/2016

Eris Exchange (Eris) and an institutional fixed income brokerage group at R.J. O'Brien & Associates(RJO), the nation's oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm, today released another third-party accounting case study outlining how Eris Interest Rate Swap Futures can receive the same favorable hedge accounting treatment as that applied to over-the-counter (OTC) swaps. Following up on the case study released last month addressing cash flow hedge treatment, the RJO Fixed Income Group commissioned the latest study, concluding that Eris Swap Futures may successfully receive fair value hedge accounting treatment and providing a concrete example of how to achieve hedge effectiveness.

Bank Of England Consultation On Restoring The Deposit Protection Limit To £85,000

Date 21/11/2016

The Bank of England is consulting on plans to restore the limit of protection provided by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to deposits with firms authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to £85,000. The protection limit is currently £75,000. It would be raised from 30 January 2017, but firms would have until 30 June 2017 to implement the necessary changes to systems and materials.

Thai Listed Firms’ Q3 Earnings Leap 252 Pct To THB 209 Billion

Date 21/11/2016

• Lower costs boosts gross profit margins up y-o-y to 23.7 pct
• Debt to equity ratio (excluding Financials industry) kept strong at 1.22 times at end of Q3/2016
• Nine-month net profits worth THB 681 billion, up 35 pct from same period of last year

THEAM Further Strengthens Indexing And ETF Team With Two Additional Hires

Date 21/11/2016

THEAM, BNP Paribas Investment Partners’ indexing, model-driven and capital-protected investment specialist, has further strengthened its indexing and ETF team with the appointments of Lorraine Sereyjol-Garros and Déborah Tempesta.