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UK Chancellor Announces London And Lima Stock Exchange Collaboration - London And Lima Stock Exchange Collaboration Announced By The Chancellor Of The Exchequer, George Osborne.

Date 12/10/2015

The Chancellor has recently (9 October 2015) announced that the London Stock Exchange Group and the Lima Stock Exchange, Bolsa de Valores de Lima, will work together to enhance liquidity in Peruvian financial markets.

Demand For Digital Solutions Drives 24% Growth In Misys Banking Business

Date 12/10/2015

Misys, the leading financial software company, is working with banks across Asia to meet increasing demand for its FusionBanking solutions – 24% growth in the past two years driven by core banking transformation projects, digital banking demand, and pan-regional processing initiatives by banks in trade finance and lending. It has also seen 70% growth in global demand for its FusionBanking Corporate software portfolio in the past 12 months, as banks have begun to formalise digitization strategies in corporate banking in particular.

Thomson Reuters Org ID Managed Service Achieves Milestone Of 10,000 KYC Records From Financial Institutions, Funds And Corporations - Latest Milestone Reflects Market Confidence In Thomson Reuters Org ID Service And Evidences Operational Credibility Accumulated By Delivering A Material Volume Of Complete, Validated, Fully Screened KYC Profiles On Client Entities, Supporting Customer Endeavours To Remain Globally Compliant

Date 12/10/2015

Thomson Reuters today announced that its Org ID KYC (Know Your Customer) managed service solution this month broke the 10,000 record barrier of complete KYC entity profile reports which have been fully validated and screened in accordance with a global policy.

LEI Update From Alacra – Lapse Rate Starting To Decrease

Date 12/10/2015

Alacra Inc., an Opus Global company, and the leading provider of compliance and reference data solutions for financial institutions, corporations and professional service firms, has issued Inside the LEI, issue VII, its regular update on Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs).

EEX: REMIT Reporting Service Launched

Date 12/10/2015

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has started the REMIT data reporting service. Being officially approved as Registered Reporting Mechanism, the service covers the provision of trading data for the organised market places EEX, Gaspoint Nordic and Powernext.

HKEx: Arrangements For Adjustment Of China Overseas Structured Products And Options

Date 12/10/2015

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the arrangements for the adjustment to China Overseas Land & Investment Limited (China Overseas) structured products and options to account for China Overseas' spin-off and separate listing issue.

SWIFT To Deliver A 57% Price Reduction By The End Of 2015 - New Five Year Plan Aims To Cut Messaging Prices By An Additional 30-45 % By End Of 2020.

Date 12/10/2015

SWIFT announces today that it expects to deliver a 57% price reduction on its messaging services by the end of 2015, exceeding the original target of a 50% price reduction set out by the company in 2010 as part of its SWIFT2015 strategy.

HKEx: Admission Of China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation Ltd To List Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 12/10/2015

 The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 19 October 2015 (Monday) China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation Ltd (Stock code: 3969) will be admitted to the list of designated securities eligible for short selling.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority: Views Sought To Radically Improve Access To Financial Advice

Date 12/10/2015

On Monday HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will launch a joint consultation exploring what can be done to improve customers’ access to financial advice.

FTSE Russell And Johannesburg Stock - Exchange Launch New ESG Indexes

Date 12/10/2015

• Launch of FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Benchmark and Top 30 Index
• New indexes are based on FTSE Russell’s next generation ESG model
• ESG partnership builds on the successful, long standing JSE relationship
• Replaces JSE’s SRI index