Category: Institutional

July 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC signs MoU with FCA on enhanced supervision of Cross-Border Regulated Entities

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) providing for consultation, cooperation and exchange of information in connection with the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate on a cross-border basis in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. The…

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July 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

OeKB extends usage of Quantifi for enterprise market risk

Quantifi, a provider of risk, analytics and trading solutions, today announced that Oesterreichische Kontrollbank Aktiengesellschaft (OeKB) has extended its usage of Quantifi for enterprise market risk. Established in 1946, OeKB is Austria's main provider of financial and information services to the export industry and capital markets. In 2015, OeKB selected Quantifi as its front-to-middle office…

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July 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Wall Street Horizon expands corporate event dataset with major European and Asian Index companies

Addition sees clients get Enchilada’s full 40+ corporate event datasets for FTSE 100, CAC 40, DAX30, Hang Seng 50, Nikkei 225, EAFE and Dow Jones STOXX 1000 constituent companies Wall Street Horizon, an alternative data provider specializing in corporate event intelligence, today announced the expansion of its global dataset to include nearly 1,000 new companies.…

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Bank of China (UK) Limited joins LCH’s SwapClear
July 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LCH’s CDSClear launches CDX high-yield clearing

LCH, a global clearing house, announced that has extended its CDSClear service to offer clearing for the CDX North American High Yield index. This latest addition to LCH’s credit derivatives clearing service follows the launch of clearing for the CDX North American Investment Grade index at LCH in 2016. LCH is the first European CCP…

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July 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BGC Partners to acquire 100% of Berkeley Point Financial LLC

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP), a global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Berkeley Point Financial LLC. Berkeley Point is a commercial real estate finance company focused on the origination and sale of multifamily and other commercial real estate loans through government-sponsored and government-funded…

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July 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

KCG Holdings releases June volumes, up 4% MoM

KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today released trade volumes for the month of June 2017. In Market Making, KCG averaged $28.7 billion dollar volume traded (up 3.6% from May's $27.7 billion), 9.1 billion shares traded, and 3.4 million trades per day in U.S. equities. In Global Execution Services: KCG Institutional Equities averaged 195.8 million U.S.…

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Malaysian SC announces relief measures for capital market licensed entities
July 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Malaysia pushes the sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) development

Malaysia, widely acknowledged as being in the forefront of Islamic finance, announced that is taking the lead in promoting the sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) proposition based on its shared values with Islamic finance. As part of initiatives to generate greater awareness on responsible investing, Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and Bursa Malaysia co-hosted the Responsible…

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NSD and Interfax launch Single Disclosure Window product
July 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NSD settles first transactions using Instruction Prioritization and Linked Transactions

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announced that has successfully settled the first transactions using its two new services – Linked Transactions and Instruction Prioritization. ATON and Alfa-Capital Management Company have become the first companies to use these services. Both services were launched in spring 2017, and are intended to facilitate more efficient…

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