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Deutsche Börse Cash Market: Trading Start In Entry Standard For New Hörmann Finance Bond

Date 16/11/2016

A new bond issued by Hörmann Finance GmbH (ISIN: DE000A2AAZG8) has been tradable in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since today.

DFM Achieves 100% Compliance In UAE Companies’ Disclosure Of The Quarterly Results

Date 16/11/2016

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced today that its UAE listed companies have showed a 100% compliance to disclose their quarterly results within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the period. All the 47 UAE public joint stock companies listed on DFM successfully disclosed their Q3-2016 results.

CMB International Goes Live With Fidessa

Date 16/11/2016

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has today announced that CMB International Capital Corporation Limited ("CMBI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), has implemented Fidessa’s centralised order management and execution system as its Asian trading platform to support the expansion of its equities business across Asia. 

Exegy Opens Managed Services Office In London

Date 16/11/2016

Exegy Inc., a leading provider of managed services and technology for low-latency financial market data, announced today the opening of a new managed services office in the City of London. The senior technical team in the London office will enhance the breadth and quality of support and field engineering services during European market hours.  Exegy will continue to provide global managed services on a continuous basis from its primary operations center and service desk in the United States. While Exegy has had a long-standing presence in EMEA, the move is a response to the expansion of its business in the region and the global electronic currency markets. “As the scale of our deployments has grown, the scope and criticality of our managed services engagement with our clients has dramatically increased,” says Exegy chief executive officer James O’Donnell. “Our new services team and office in London is just one of the significant investments we are making in our managed services capabilities, which have always been a major point of differentiation of our solutions. We are delighted with the enthusiastic response that we are receiving from our current customers, and we expect this investment to position us well for future growth in the region,” adds Mr. O’Donnell.

Kuwait’s Ahli United Bank Rings Market Opening Bell To Celebrate Listing Of USD 200 Million Sukuk On Nasdaq Dubai

Date 16/11/2016

• Ceremony reflects strength of capital markets ties between Kuwait and UAE
• Listing reinforces Dubai’s leading position for Sukuk at USD 45.75 billion 
• AUB Kuwait’s Sukuk has been hailed as a great success and one that reaffirms its  position as a leading Islamic financial institution

IPC To Offer Connexus® Cloud Customers Secure, Seamless, Global Access To Equinix Cloud Exchange - Financial Market Participants Can Access SaaS Provider Eco-System Via A Unified Managed Solution Over A Private Network

Date 16/11/2016

IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, today announced the expansion of its relationship with Equinix. IPC has joined the Equinix Cloud Exchange™ (ECX) to provide direct, scalable and reliable access via its Connexus Cloud solution to cloud providers available in Equinix International Business Exchange ™ (IBX ®) data centers in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Customers can access the Equinix eco- system of more than 500 cloud service providers delivered via IPC’s Connexus Cloud, one of the world’s largest secure, private financial markets network with over 200,000 users across 6,000 market participant locations in 700 cities.

ICAP Plc Half Year Results To 30 September 2016 - Resilient Performance Despite Ongoing Market Headwinds

Date 16/11/2016

ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today its results for the six months ended 30 September 2016.

IPC Expands Financial Markets Network Including Connexus Platform In Russia - Solution To Enable Secure And Reliable Trading, Risk Management, Liquidity Sourcing And Best Execution In Russian Financial Markets

Date 16/11/2016

IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, today announced that it has enhanced its network capabilities in Russia. IPC's points-of-presence (PoPs) in Moscow have been enhanced to support all of IPC's channel solutions including the firm's flagship extranet service, latency sensitive managed Ethernet service and MPLS corporate WAN solution. The announcement was made at an exclusive client event attended by senior industry leaders at the prestigious Swissotel Krasnye Holmy hotel in Moscow and follows closely on the heels of IPC announcing that it has extended its Financial Markets Network service portfolio to its Connexus platform.

United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: Chair Comments On Nissan And Government's Brexit Objectives

Date 16/11/2016

Rt Hon. Andrew Tyrie MP, Chairman of the Treasury Committee, writes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ask for further information about the assurances offered by the Government to Nissan.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore, R3 And Financial Institutions Experimenting With Blockchain Technology

Date 16/11/2016

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that it is partnering R3, a Blockchain technology company, and a consortium of financial institutions on a proof-of-concept project to conduct inter-bank payments using Blockchain technology. This project could potentially avail a payment system for participants to transact in different global markets round-the-clock that are today limited by time zone differences and office hours.