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SGX Electricity Market Report

Date 25/07/2016

SGX Electricity Futures (EF) traded 40 lots in the past two weeks, bringing the total volume since trading start to 1,972 lots (2,163 GWh). Open interest as at the end of last week was 764 lots (838 GWh). The forward prices remain between the mid $60/MWh and mid $80/MWh, with the front quarter settlement price coming down to the mid $60/MWh level after briefly elevated to the $70/MWh level on Friday, 15 July, in line with the jump in USEP that day.

World Federation Of Exchanges Publishes H1 2016 Market Highlights

Date 25/07/2016

The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, today published its H1 2016 Market Highlights. 

Third FSB Annual Report

Date 25/07/2016

This third annual report provides an update on the activities of the FSB and its annual accounts for the financial year April 2015-March 2016. During the course of the year the FSB has agreed the final components of the most important policy tools to fix the fault lines that led to the financial crisis. The report provides an update on the key activities, publications and decisions by the FSB during the course of the year.

Customer Manager - FICO System Will Now Be Rolled Out Across Entire Portfolio Of Revolving Credit Accounts

Date 25/07/2016

Analytics software firm FICO announced that Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance (CA CF), a leading player in consumer credit in Europe, has seen excellent results using FICO technology to manage customer credit decisions. CA CF deployed FICO® TRIAD® Customer Manager in May 2003 to automate collections and recovery decisions for its entire revolving credit portfolio, handling about 200,000 unpaid debts per month. FICO TRIAD Customer Manager had been used successfully at Sofinco, a commercial brand of CA CF in France, for many years, leading to a 30 percent increase in collections productivity.

Quayle Munro Advises Greentech Media On Its Sale To Verisk Analytics

Date 25/07/2016

Quayle Munro is pleased to announce that it has advised the shareholders of Greentech Media, Inc. (“Greentech Media”), on its sale to Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSK; “Verisk Analytics”). Greentech Media will become part of Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk Analytics business, and will enable Wood Mackenzie to provide its clients with market intelligence across several categories, including solar generation, energy storage, and smart grids that react dynamically to changes in supply and demand.

HKEX Successfully Launches Closing Auction Session For Its Securities Market

Date 25/07/2016

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) today (Monday) successfully introduced its Closing Auction Session (CAS) for securities after extensive preparations and testing conducted in conjunction with market participants.  There were 290 Exchange Participants that took part and 282 stocks were traded in the CAS on its first day, contributing 2.2 per cent of the full-day turnover (more trading statistics can be found in the table below).

FSB Round Table On Compensation Tools To Address Misconduct In Banks

Date 25/07/2016

This note provides a summary of discussion at a round table hosted by the FSB in May 2016 to share experiences and lessons on the use of compensation tools to address misconduct in banks. The round table considered the processes for governing and applying compensation and related risk management tools to help better identify, mitigate and reduce misconduct risk. 

Disruptive Technology Comes To UK Share Trading With First Commission Free Platform

Date 25/07/2016

Freetrade has announced today that it will be launching its disruptive new platform for trading stocks and shares, which brings proven commission-free trading technology and fractional share dealing to the UK for the first time.

ESMA Publishes Updated Q&A On CFDs And Other Speculative Products

Date 25/07/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an updated version of its question and answer document (Q&A) on the application of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) to the marketing and sale of financial contracts for difference (CFDs) and other speculative products to retail clients (such as binary options and rolling spot forex).

Bursa Malaysia Registers Profit After Tax And Minority Interest Of Rm99.4 Million For The First Half Of 2016

Date 25/07/2016