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All Speedbumps Are Not Created Fair Or Equal, Warns TABB Group - New Research Discusses Whether Speedbump Markets Are A Viable Market Model Or A Passing Trend

Date 14/06/2016

Speedbumps are implemented to benefit liquidity providers by slowing down marketable orders to reduce the adverse selection risk of posting liquidity, as well as to dissuade fast traders who want to quickly post and cancel orders. To fully understand speedbumps, which have provoked tremendous debate, TABB Group believes you have to first understand speed, which is used primarily for capturing opportunity and managing risk.

TMX Equity Transfer Services Changes Name To TSX Trust

Date 14/06/2016

TMX Equity Transfer Services today announced it has changed its name to TSX Trust. TSX Trust provides transfer agency and corporate trust services to public and private companies and investors as well as the advisory community in Canada and around the world.

SAP And AxiomSL Partner To Provide Next Generation Financial Risk And Regulatory Data Management Infrastructure

Date 14/06/2016

SAP, a market leader in enterprise application software and AxiomSL, the global leader in regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, today announced the launch of a new high performance solution designed to improve data management infrastructure, enabling financial institutions to comply with global regulatory and risk reporting requirements, risk data aggregation and reporting (BCBS 239) and other financial and accounting standards. 

KU Leuven, Imperial College London And The University Of Cambridge Lead The Inaugural Reuters Top 100: Europe’s Most Innovative Universities Ranking Launched Today

Date 14/06/2016

The Reuters Top 100 aims to identify which institutions contribute the most to science and technology, and have the greatest impact on the global economy. The ranking uses proprietary data and analysis tools from the Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters to examine a series of patent and research-related metrics, and get to the essence of what it means to be truly innovative.

Bats Hotspot To Launch Outright Forwards For FX Market - Initiative Launch Planned For The Fall Of 2016

Date 14/06/2016

Bats Hotspot today announced plans to offer global trading of outright deliverable forwards contracts, with a launch planned for fall 2016.

CME Group's Terry Duffy To Testify At House Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing On Impact Of G-20 Clearing & Trading Execution Requirements

Date 14/06/2016

CME Group Executive Chairman and President Terry Duffy will appear before a hearing of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy & Credit today to testify about the global implementation of G-20 Clearing and Trading Execution Requirements and their impact on derivatives markets.

Abu Dhabi Global Market And Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Sign MoU On Bilateral Cooperation

Date 14/06/2016

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) putting in place a framework for mutual assistance and exchange of information to foster high standards of regulatory practice and compliance in both jurisdictions.  The agreement was signed on 9 June 2016 by Cindy Scotland, Managing Director of CIMA, and Richard Teng, CEO of FSRA, ADGM.

Accuity Recognized As A Category Leader In 2016 RiskTech Quadrant® For Watchlist Monitoring Solutions

Date 14/06/2016

Accuity, the leading global provider of risk and compliance, payments and know-your-customer (KYC) solutions, now incorporating FircoSoft, the leading global provider of watch list filtering solutions, announced today that it has been recognized as a category leader in the Watchlist Monitoring Solutions RiskTech Quadrant® of Chartis’ 2016 Financial Crime Risk Management report. Accuity acquired FircoSoft in 2014 and together they specialise in providing data, technology and services to assist in the prevention of money laundering, terrorism financing, and financial transaction tampering. This report reflects the integration of Accuity data and FircoSoft software.

CESC Index Report For May

Date 14/06/2016

Highlights

• CES 120 and CES Gaming Index generally outperformed Mainland and Hong Kong stocks. 
• A shares rallied on a new guideline on trade suspension and resumption, and inflow of foreign capital 
• MSCI Emerging Markets Index plunged 3.9 per cent 
• Stock Connect’s Southbound quota looks set to be exhausted in the third quarter 
• A shares continue to trade at a high premium to H shares

ASIC Reports On ASX's Listing Standards

Date 14/06/2016

ASIC has today released its assessment report on the listing standards of the Australian Securities Exchange Limited (ASX), which concludes that up to this point in time ASX has met its statutory obligations.