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Japan's Financial Services Agency: The Second Meeting Of The Task Force On Fair Disclosure Rule Of The Financial System Council

Date 15/11/2016

The Task Force on Fair Disclosure Rule of the Financial System Council will hold its second meeting on November 21st, 2016 as follows.

The meeting is open to the public. Please note that the seats for the public are limited. We appreciate your understanding.

The materials and minutes are to be publicized on the FSA Homepage after the meeting.

SWIFT Goes Live With New eLearning Platform - SWIFTSmart Revolutionises Training Programme With Digital Courses And Social Learning Capabilities

Date 15/11/2016

SWIFT announces that its new eLearning platform, SWIFTSmart, is now live with more than 200 individual courses and videos, including customised training programmes for cyber security and financial crime compliance.

SIX Is New Partner Of ETH ZISC

Date 15/11/2016

Data protection and security are of utmost importance to SIX as the main infrastructure provider for the Swiss financial center. In the constantly and rapidly changing world of IT, security requirements must be geared to changing situations and to the future. In its latest venture, SIX plans to work more closely with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in order to be even nearer to the beating heart of research. A twelve-year research cooperation agreement with Zurich Information Security and Privacy Center (ZISC) at the ETH was sealed yesterday, making it an active cooperation partner for future projects and developments.

ThinkMarkets partners With LSESU Trading Society To Offer FX Trading Support To Students

Date 15/11/2016

ThinkMarkets, the global multi asset brokerage, has today announced its first educational partnership with one of the most historic and established educational institutions in the world, the London School of Economics’ Student Union Trading.

Another UK Broker Moves Back-Office System To Torstone’s Inferno

Date 15/11/2016

Liberum, a leading pan European investment bank signed a multi-year deal with Torstone Technology to use Inferno in July and went live last week, implementing a complete back office system within 4 months. Inferno will process Liberum’s post-trade flow, from trade capture through to settlement, accounting and reconciliation.

Shanghai Government Bonds Issued As Ministry Of Finance-Shanghai Stock Exchange Government Bonds Issuance System Launched

Date 15/11/2016

On November 11, 2016, the MOF-SSE Government Bonds Issuance System was launched, through which the 2nd batch of Shanghai Government General Bonds in 2016 was smoothly issued. Local government bonds now have a new issuance channel.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Global FinTech Hackcelerator Produces Innovative Solutions To Industry Problems

Date 15/11/2016

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that three FinTech companies will receive a cash prize of S$50,000 each for the technology solutions they presented at the Global FinTech Hackcelerator Demo Day. Organised as part of the inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival, the Hackcelerator saw 19 finalists using innovative technology solutions to solve problems submitted by the financial industry. The finalists presented a working demo of their solutions to 11 judges today. Please refer to Annex for the list of judges.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Court Of Final Appeal Dismissed Leave Application Of C.L. Management Services Limited And Its Sole Owner

Date 15/11/2016

The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has dismissed C.L. Management Services Limited (C.L. Management) and its sole owner and director Ms Clarea Au Suet Ming’s application for leave to appeal against their convictions for holding out to provide advisory services on corporate finance without a licence from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).

UBS Teams Up With Clearstream And Citi For Innovative T2S Strategic Solution

Date 15/11/2016

• Innovative model combines best of Central Securities Depository (CSD) and agent bank services
• Leading local market asset services and expertise
• UBS will be the first financial services firm to start onboarding from 2017

Mark Fawcett Appointed New Chairman Of EDHEC-Risk Institute’s International Advisory Board

Date 15/11/2016

EDHEC-Risk Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Fawcett as chairman of its international advisory board. He is Chief Investment Officer of NEST Corporation, the trustee body responsible for running NEST, the National Employment Savings Trust. NEST was set up specifically to support changes that meant UK employers now have to automatically enrol their workers into a workplace pension scheme. Since its creation in 2011 NEST has become one of the largest master trusts in the UK and currently has over 200,000 employers signed up, 3.7 million members and over £1.2 billion assets under management.