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ESMA Provides FAQ on Common Definitions for European Money Market Funds Under UCITS
As part of the revised Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Directive in Europe, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Q&A document that details its guidelines for regulators regarding common definitions for the supervision of money market funds. The paper is aimed at getting European regulators in synch with...
Talend Appoints Peter Gyenes to its Board of Directors
Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced that Peter Gyenes has joined its Board of Directors. With more than four decades of enterprise software and systems experience, Gyenes brings to Talend much relevant experience in scaling technology companies successfully. “Peter brings deep expertise in data integration and a distinguished career in operational leadership,...
Fast-Paced Futures
Whether you are trading Eurodollars in Chicago, FTSE 100 futures in London or Nikkei contracts in Tokyo, there is little to distinguish the style of listed futures and options trading or the regulatory requirements involved. From the trader’s perspective, the hundreds of thousands of instruments and the multitude of exchanges on which they trade are...
Virginie’s Blog – Opinions on Xtrakter’s AII Ambitions
Last week, the trade matching and regulatory reporting solution vendor arm of Euroclear Xtrakter marked the official launch of its Alternative Instrument Identifier (AII) compliant transaction reporting solution and indicated that it is hoping to net a significant share of the market (see our coverage of which. However, given initial reader response to the news,...
IMS Responds to Government’s Money Laundering Consultation
The IMS Group (IMS), the compliance and regulation consultant, has today responded to the Government’s consultation on reviewing Money Laundering Regulations 2007. The consultation period closes on 30 August 2011. The Government’s proposals are intended to give businesses greater confidence to focus compliance on their highest risk areas and to discourage the tick-box approach taken...
EDI Open a New Branch in Montreal and Appoints David Mallette
Exchange Data International (EDI) the specialist provider of global Reference and Corporate Actions Data has opened a new branch in Montreal to service its existing and growing Canadian clientele. At the same time, EDI has appointed David Mallette to advise on the Canadian Equity and Fixed Income market. Prior to his appointment at EDI, David...
George Handjinicolaou Rejoins ISDA as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Europe
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that George Handjinicolaou will return to ISDA as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of ISDA Europe, effective immediately. Mr. Handjinicolaou will be based in ISDA’s European headquarters in London. “It is my pleasure to welcome George back to the Association. His leadership and experience...
CPSS and IOSCO Trade Repositories Paper Promotes Global LEI and International Product Classification System
The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) joint working group last week produced a consultative report on the means via which OTC derivatives data should be collected, stored and disseminated by trade repositories across the globe. The report notes the information gaps that currently exist in...
US Client Goes Live with BI-SAM in Under Four Months
BI-SAM, the leading provider of performance, attribution and reporting software solutions for the global asset management industry, today announces that its B-One solution has been successfully implemented in one of its US clients. This USD27bn AuM US group selected B-One in July 2010 not only for the quality of its data management, calculations accuracy and...
BDO M&A Survey 2011 – Strong M&A Demand Hampered By “Valuation Gap”
BDO, the accountancy and business advisory firm, today released its annual M&A Survey, polling the views of CEOs and Financial Directors of mid-market companies1. Key findings included: 55% of companies that sought to make a transaction in the last 12 months failed to do so. On average one transaction has been completed for every eight...