March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former Visa Europe VP Jon Downing joins BTL Group's Advisory Board

BTL Group Ltd. (CVE:BTL) just announced the addition of Jon Downing to BTL’s advisory board. Over the last 25 years, Jon Downing has successfully delivered innovation, business and technology services at some of the largest and most respected global companies, including Visa, J P Morgan, HP Enterprise Services & American Express. Over the last two years,…

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March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Siemens expands financial solutions for Asia-Australia Region

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) granted approval for Siemens Bank GmbH Singapore Branch to operate as a merchant bank in Singapore. The new branch will cover financing activities for the Asia-Australia region. In addition to its main pillar, the loan and guarantee business, the branch will also provide selected finance advisory services for the…

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March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

The Financial Stability Board publishes consultation on UTI Governance

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a consultation document on Proposed governance arrangements for the unique transaction identifier (UTI). The consultation sets out proposals for the governance arrangements for a global UTI, as a key harmonised identifier designed to facilitate effective aggregation of transaction reports about over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets. G20 Leaders agreed at the…

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March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tradeworks extends auto trading platform partnership with PT Monex Indonesia

Tradeworks, the Singapore and Copenhagen-based fintech developer of trade automation technology, just announced that it will be extending its partnership with P.T. Monex Investindo Futures (Monex), an online brokerage in Indonesia. The partnership will grant exclusive rights to Monex as sole distributor and reseller of the Tradeworks trade automation platform for Indonesia until Q2/2018. Tradeworks has…

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March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS February Forex settlement volume up 2.7% MoM

CLS Group (CLS), the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market today published its operating metrics for February 2017. The average daily volume submitted to CLS was US$1.5 trillion, up 2.7% MoM from US$1.46 trillion in January 2017. CLS also announced that is changing its reporting methodology to align with…

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March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bursa Malaysia introduces MD&A Guide

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad issued a Management Discussion & Analysis Disclosure Guide (MD&A), to guide and assists public listed companies in the preparation and presentation of their MD&A disclosures, in a clear and meaningful manner with emphasis on quality and relevant material information. Bursa Malaysia Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Tajuddin Atan said: The introduction…

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March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOU signed between Qatar Stock Exchange and Nairobi Securities Exchange

A delegation representing the Kenyan capital markets regulatory authority and the Nairobi Securities Exchange visited Qatar Stock Exchange and signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the Qatar Stock Exchange and Nairobi Securities Exchange. In the signing ceremony, Mr. Rashid bin Ali Al-Mansoori, CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange, stated that I am delighted to…

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March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Japan And Singapore establish FinTech Cooperation Framework

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the establishment of a Co-operation Framework to enhance FinTech linkages between both countries. The Framework enables FSA and MAS to refer FinTech companies in their countries to each other’s markets. It also outlines how the referred companies can initiate discussions…

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