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SET Successfully Hosts “SET In The City Bangkok 2017" Investment Expo

Date 28/03/2017

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)’s annual flagship investment exhibition in Bangkok during March 23-26 attracted near 120,000 visitors generating almost 16,000 financial transactions during the event.

LCH SA Offering Repo Clearing On German Debt

Date 28/03/2017

• Extended service offers greater choice and more netting opportunities for RepoClear’s members
• Members of LCH SA can offset trades on German debt with eligible European repo transactions cleared at LCH SA, through T2S
• Settlement available via Clearstream Frankfurt, Euroclear Bank or Euroclear France
• LCH Ltd continues to offer clearing of German bunds and related repo transactions

UK Parliament Commons Select Committee :Clarity Needed On UK Access To Digital Single Market Post-Brexit

Date 28/03/2017

The UK's access to the EU Digital Single Market (DSM) will be affected by Brexit but there is a lack of clarity about how specific issues will be affected, the European Scrutiny Committee has concluded in its weekly report, which provides an overview of the many strands in the complex DSM proposals as well as the stage in the legislative process which each initiative has reached.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Amendment To The Letters Exchanged With The Financial Regulatory Commission Of Mongolia

Date 28/03/2017

On March 28th, 2017, the Financial Regulatory Commission of Mongolia (FRC) and the Financial Services Agency (FSA) agreed to amend the letters exchanged between them, concerning sharing of experience and expertise.

Margrethe Vestager, EU Commissioner For Competition, To Hold Press Conference On Wednesday, 29th March - LSEG/Deutsche Boerse Merger Verdict Expected

Date 28/03/2017

Margrethe Vestager, EU Commissioner for competition, will hold a press conference on Wednesday, 29th March, 2017, where she is expected to announce a decision on the London Stock Exchange Group, Deutsche Beoerse merger case.

UK Parliament Lords Select Committee: Committees Disappointed By Government Response To Brexit: The Options For Trade Report

Date 28/03/2017

Baroness Verma and Lord Whitty, Chairmen of the EU External Affairs and Internal Market Sub-Committees, have sent a letter to Lord Bridges of Headley MBE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Exiting the EU, and Lord Price CVO, Minister of State for Trade Policy, Department for International Trade, requesting clarification and further information on their responses to their report's conclusions and recommendations.

ThinkMarkets Cuts Latency On ThinkTrader Mobile App With Neumob Solution

Date 28/03/2017

ThinkMarkets a leading financial services provider of forex, CFDs and financial spread betting has enhanced its ThinkTrader mobile trading app through the implementation of Neumob’s SDK, an app acceleration framework, to significantly reduce latency for global forex and CFD traders.

Singapore's Financial Industry Career Advisory Centre Partners Industry Players To Help Build Up Talent Pipeline Of Financial Sector Professionals - New Professional Conversion Programme Launched To Address Demand For Various Financial Services Skillsets

Date 28/03/2017

Launch of Financial Services Week

1.     FiCAC (Financial Industry Career Advisory Centre), which was set up in April 2016 by the Financial Sector Tripartite Committee (FSTC), is collaborating with industry players to help financial sector professionals move into key job opportunities in the financial sector, while the sector undergoes transformation in operating models and composition of jobs.

ASIC And The Takeovers Panel Announce Updated Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 28/03/2017

The Takeovers Panel’s Director Allan Bulman and ASIC Commissioner John Price have announced the release of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Panel Executive and ASIC.

Global Spend On Financial Market Data & News Topped $27 Billion In 2016 According To Latest Burton-Taylor Report - Bloomberg Revenue Grew, But Terminal Users Shrank For Second Time In History - S&P Global Companies Dominated Performance - Data Feed Products Led Growth; Risk & Compliance Users Provided Strongest Demand

Date 28/03/2017

Spend on market data, analysis and news has topped USD$27 billion for the first time according to Burton-Taylor International Consulting’s latest report published today. The findings show a 3.45% increase in global spend for financial information last year, reaching USD$27.48 billion.