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Chi-X Australia Selects Solarflare To Enhance Electronic Trading Capabilities - Experiences Up To A 28% Improvement In Latency Reduction And Market Connectivity

Date 26/01/2016

Solarflare, the leader in application-intelligent networking solutions, announced today that it has been selected by Chi-X Australia, the second largest trading venue in the Australian market, to reduce latency and improve the performance of the company’s trading platform. Utilizing Solarflare’s Flareon Ultra™ 7122 Series 10GbE PCIe 3.0 server I/O adapters, Chi-X Australia will be able to offer market participants the ability to accelerate the speed and efficiency of their trading strategies by providing ultra-low latency connectivity and enhanced packet processing.
Thomson Reuters Annual Special Report On The State Of Regulatory Reform Reveals Potentially Diverging Transatlantic Positions On Regulation In 2016 - UK Rulemakers’ Stance May Be Easing, But Compliance Officers See Personal Liability Rising

Date 26/01/2016

Thomson Reuters has published its sixth annual State of Regulatory Reform special report which shows that despite differing local conditions, compliance officers are wondering when the regulatory tide will turn decisively after years of post-financial crisis rulemaking.
TheCityUK Responds To Appointment Of Andrew Bailey As New FCA Chief Executive

Date 26/01/2016

TheCityUK has responded to the news that Andrew Bailey has been appointed the new Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Douglas Diamond To Receive CME Group-MSRI Prize In Innovative Quantitative Applications - Distinguished Panel To Discuss Financial Crises Following Award Ceremony

Date 26/01/2016

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) announced Douglas Diamond, Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago, as the 2015 recipient of the CME Group-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications. A ceremony honoring Diamond will take place at CME Group Headquarters on Monday, Feb. 1, at 10:00 a.m. CT and will feature a dynamic discussion on the topic of non-bank runs and financial crises.
ESMA To Cooperate With Mexican And South African Regulators On CCPs

Date 26/01/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with the Mexican Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) and the South African Financial Servcies Board (FSB) respectively.

Refund Of Charges To Prolong For Delta Hedge Of Power Options / EEX To Delist EURO Coal Futures

Date 26/01/2016

To further support the positive market development of Power Options, EEX will prolong to waive any trading fees for future transactions which were concluded as “Delta Hedge” for Phelix-, French-, Italian-, Nordic- and Spanish-Base-Options.
Work Starts On Scotland’s Largest State-Of-The-Art Data Centre Campus

Date 26/01/2016

Work started this week in Fife Scotland on what will become the country’s largest and most energy efficient data centre campus namely Queensway Park. Contractors moved on to site this week to begin demolishing parts of the former Tullis Russell paper mill in preparation for the construction of a state of the art development with an estimated construction cost approaching £150 million over three phases. Over 300 construction jobs will be secured during the build process and up to 50 full time posts created on completion including technical and operational staff. The economic impact on a wider scale will be enormous and help balance the negative effect of recent job losses in the area.
EFSF Taps Two Bonds For Total Of €3 Billion

Date 26/01/2016

The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) completed a dual-tranche tap transaction today. The two bonds reopened were the EFSF 0.125% bond maturing in November 2019, and the EFSF 1.20% bond maturing in February 2045.
CEO Of Qatar Stock Exchange Participated In The WFE Board Meeting In Zurich

Date 26/01/2016

Mr. Rashid bin Ali Al-Mansoori, CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange, participated in the WFE Board Meeting in Zurich, Switzerland on the 18th of January 2016, at which the “2016 and beyond” strategy was discussed and agreed, including the WFE business and action plan.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange Holds “Shenzhen Corporate Day” Activity For Overseas Investors In Hong Kong

Date 26/01/2016

On January 18 and 19, 2016, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”) and Goldman Sachs & Co. jointly organized “Shenzhen Corporate Day” activity in Hong Kong. Over 300 representatives of major overseas investment institutions from the U.S., Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Hong Kong communicated with senior executives from 22 Shenzhen-listed companies during the activity.