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Cyber Security Vulnerabilities Of FTSE 100 Companies Exposed - Threat Intelligence Report From Anomali Pinpoints Significant Security Exposures In The UK’s 100 Largest Companies

Date 01/06/2016

Anomali, provider of market-leading threat intelligence platforms, has today revealed the prevalence of suspicious brand spoofing and mass compromised credential exposures of the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 (FTSE 100). Over the last three months, eighty one companies in the FTSE 100 had potentially malicious domain registrations against them, enabling cyber criminals to create dummy websites that can be used to trick users into supplying private data. The report also discovered that 5,275 employee email and clear text password combinations from FTSE 100 companies were found on a number of sites from which they can be stolen, publicly published or sold. This leaves the UK’s largest businesses open to cyber-attacks and puts critical business content and personal information at risk.

Thomson Reuters Launches 2pm WM/Reuters FX Benchmark For Corporates Valuing Cross-Border Transactions - Calculated On Available Primary Market Data, WM/Reuters Provides An Accurate And Robust FX Rate That Aligns With IOSCO Principles For Financial Benchmarks

Date 01/06/2016

Thomson Reuters today launches the WM/Reuters 2pm CET benchmark, a new FX benchmark service designed for corporates looking to value, hedge and settle cross-border transactions. The Thomson Reuters 2pm CET benchmark offers a reliable, transaction-oriented alternative to the European Central Bank (ECB) 2:15pm CET reference rates.

Driven By Demand For Independent Algorithmic Trading At SIX Swiss Exchange itarle AG Opens Algorithmic Trading Service Bureau In Zurich

Date 01/06/2016

itarle AG (itarle), a leading provider of multi asset algorithmic trading and analytics services for the sell-side, today announced it has established an algorithmic trading service bureau at the Equinix ZH4 data centre in Zurich.

SETL Launches Blockchain-Powered OpenCSD Platform - SETL OpenCSD Enables Market Participants To Run Permissioned Registry Service For Payments, Settlement And Clearing Of Cash And Other Financial Instruments

Date 01/06/2016

SETL, the institutional payment and settlement infrastructure based on blockchain technology, has today announced the launch of its blockchain-powered OpenCSD platform. The OpenCSD platform, SETL’s first commercial offering, enables any market participant to commission and run a permissioned registry service for payments, settlement and clearing of cash and other financial instruments. The platform is available today and powered by the SETL blockchain technology, which has been benchmarked to settle billions of transactions a day in real-time.

Cyprus Stock Exchange Bulletin For April 2016

Date 01/06/2016

On the last trading session of April 2016 the General Index reached 66,97 points, representinga relative decrease of 0,79% from the previous month. The value of shares traded exhibited a decrease of 95,6% compared to the previous month.

MNI China Car Purchase Indicator: Chinese Car Buying Sentiment Slips - Plans To Buy Bounce Back Despite Higher Expectations For Fuel Price

Date 01/06/2016

The continued recovery in oil prices and heightened uncertainty about the economy left Chinese consumer sentiment towards the car market lower in May, relinquishing all of the gains notched in the month before. The fall in sentiment didn’t deter potential buyers though with plans to buy a car rising to an 11 month high.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Dubai Crude Oil For May 2016 Contract

Date 01/06/2016

Final settlement price of Dubai Crude Oil for May 2016 contract is 30,380 yen.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Plastics Futures To Contribute To Structural Reform On Supply Side

Date 01/06/2016

On May 26, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) joined hands with China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) and China National Light Industry Council (CNLIC) to host the “China Plastics Industry Conference (CPIC) 2016” in Shenzhen. DCE vice president Wang Fenghai said in his speech that under the New Normal involving in current transformation and upgrading of the economy and deepening the industrial restructuring at present, the supply-side structural reform has posed new requirements for the development of the plastics industry, the plastics enterprises have shown stronger demand for risk management than ever before, and the futures market will play a more significant and positive role in advancement of the supply-side structural reform and business operation.

CalPERS Comments On Federal Sentencing Of Former CEO Fred Buenrostro

Date 31/05/2016

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today issued the following statements on the sentencing of its former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Fred Buenrostro, in federal court in San Francisco on bribery charges. Mr. Buenrostro served as CEO of CalPERS from 2002 to 2008.

SEC Halts Ponzi Scheme Aimed At Middle Class

Date 31/05/2016