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TMB Asset Management Selects FTSE Thailand Mid/Small Cap Minimum Variance Index

Date 20/09/2016

• TMB Asset Management, one of Thailand’s largest fund houses, has chosen the FTSE Thailand Mid/Small Cap Minimum Variance Index for their first index fund
• Reinforces FTSE Russell’s innovative indexing expertise to support growing investor needs and risk diversification

TMX Enriches Information Processor Performance With Vela’s Managed Market Data Platform - Refresh Supports Latest Canadian Regulator Best-Price Obligations

Date 20/09/2016

Vela Trading Technologies, a global industry leader in high performance trading and market data technology, is pleased to announce that its fully managed low-latency market data platform is now live at TMX, Canada’s largest integrated multi-asset class exchange group. Vela’s managed services platform has enabled TMX to launch new services for the protected markets to comply with Canadian regulatory requirements.

Eris And Cassini Systems Partner To Offer Margin Savings Analysis - Identify Margin Savings By Replacing OTC Swaps With Eris Swap Futures

Date 20/09/2016

Eris Exchange, LLC (Eris) and Cassini Systems Limited (Cassini) announced today that Eris will offer analytical tools powered by Cassini that show end-users how to generate dramatic initial margin savings by replacing OTC Swaps with Eris Swap Futures, while retaining the risk exposure of the portfolio. Eris is a U.S.-based futures exchange offering cash-settled swap futures as the leading alternative to traditional OTC swaps. Cassini offers a pre-trade platform for OTC trading that combines risk, limits, fees, margin and collateral in a set of decision support analytics. This set of tools allows for what-if scenarios yielding the lowest margin, as well as other portfolio cost analytics.

PEGAS And GRTgaz Extend Coupling Interventions To Weekends

Date 20/09/2016

The pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS and the French natural gas transmission system operator GRTgaz announced the extension of the operating hours of the coupling mechanism between France’s PEG Nord and TRS delivery zones. From 24 September onwards, the coupling will be operational also on weekends and bank holidays. This development follows the need of market participants and the request of the French regulator Commission de Regulation de l’Energie (CRE).

The General Court Of The European Union Confirms The Commission’s Decision To Accept The Commitments Of Thomson Reuters Intended To Remedy Its Abuse Of A Dominant Position In The Market For Consolidated Real-Time Datafeeds

Date 20/09/2016

Consolidated real-time datafeeds’ provide banks and financial institutions with market data from a variety of sources. Banks and financial institutions use the data in numerous IT applications and programs for transaction and monitoring purposes.

CISI Scotland Branch Raises Over £1,500 For Action For Children At Awards Dinne

Date 20/09/2016

Top performing CISI exam achievers were recognised at the Scotland branch’s principle social occasion of the year, which also raised £1,543.75 for Action for Children.

United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: Data On UK Firms Using Passports For business In Europe

Date 20/09/2016

The Treasury Committee publishes correspondence from Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, regarding the numbers of financial services firms in the UK holding passports to conduct business in other EEA member states and the number of EEA firms holding passports to conduct business in the UK.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Issues Restriction Notice To A Broker To Stop Two Clients From Withdrawing Shares And Transferring Money Connected With Suspected Insider Dealing

Date 20/09/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a Restriction Notice to BOCI Securities Limited (BOCI) prohibiting it from processing shares and/or money held in two client accounts that hold the proceeds of suspected insider dealing.

Special Address By The Guest Of Honour Ybhg Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ranjit Ajit Singh, Chairman Of Securities Commission Malaysia, The Malaysian Private Equity Forum 2016, “The Impetus For Growth And Innovation”, 20 September 2016, The Majestic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Date 20/09/2016

Ladies and gentlemen,

A very good morning to everyone. It is a great pleasure for me to be here today at the Malaysian Private Equity Forum, and I would like to thank KWAP for having kindly extended their invitation for me to speak. I believe that this is the 4^th time this forum is being held, with organization rotating between key institutional investors such as KWAP, EPF and Ekuinas. This is a highly commendable effort that brings together professionals, investors and stakeholders of the private equity sector, serving as not only a constructive platform for the sharing of thought leadership on the present issues of the day, but also for promoting greater awareness of private equity and the opportunities it can offer. 

Five Additional Central Securities Depositories Go Live On T2S Using SWIFT - Euroclear’s ESES CSDs, VP SECURITIES And VP LUX Complete Successful Migration To T2S Using SWIFT’s Value Added Network Solution

Date 20/09/2016

SWIFT announces the successful migration of Euroclear’s ESES CSDs, VP SECURITIES and VP LUX and their respective communities to live operations on T2S using its Value Added Network (VAN) Solution for T2S.