The ICC Banking Commission, the rule-making body for the world’s banking industry, through its regional representatives, has announced a partnership with Global Trade Development Week (GTDW), which will be held in Dubai from 27-29 October.

ICC RBC MENA, which is represented by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will participate in GTDW, which is organised in partnership with UAE Ministry of Economy.

GTDW is an annual gathering of 1000 high-level representatives from government and the private sector, coming to Dubai from over 100 countries.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that Jim Turley, Co-Head of Group Technology and Operations (GTO) for Deutsche Bank, has been elected to its Board of Directors.

 Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that First Trust will list one new exchange-traded fund (ETF), the First Trust Nasdaq CEA Cybersecurity ETF (Symbol: CIBR), today, July 7, 2015 on The Nasdaq Stock Market^®. The ETF, which is based off of the Nasdaq CEA Cybersecurity Index^SM, is designed to track the performance of companies engaged in the cybersecurity segment of the technology and industrials sectors.

On 16^th June, Lombard Risk Management plc (Lombard Risk), a leading provider of integrated regulatory reporting and compliance and collateral management solutions for the financial services industry, hosted its 2^nd Annual Regulatory Update Conference.  Held at the Andaz Hotel in London, the conference attracted double last year’s audience with 300 registered delegates from 170 firms.

The Valuation Center of the National Securities Market Association (the NSMA Valuation Center) became accessible to a wide circle of users via a network of local and global information distributors unifying the information channels of the Moscow Exchange, National Settlement Depository (NSD) and a number of news agencies – Interfax, Cbonds and Thomson Reuters.

As a long serving employee in the City and a former member of the London Stock Exchange I have been watching the many changes that has forged todays Stock Markets. I can not say in all honesty that todays stock markets are better or offer listed companies, investors or society what is expected. The name Casino has been levied at todays Stock Exchanges and having given it some deep thought I have to concur.

 Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading next-generation security and compliance company, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Proofpoint in the leader’s quadrant of its “Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways”⁽¹⁾ for the seventh consecutive year. Proofpoint was positioned farthest and highest respectively on the “completeness of vision” and “ability to execute” axes.

Visa Europe Collab and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants are opening a digital innovation hub in Berlin-Kreuzberg in Autumn 2015.

The Broadridge Mobile solution will enable Cetera Financial Institutions to rapidly deploy a distinctively branded, unified advisor and client experience while leveraging a proven enterprise mobile technology platform. It is designed to increase collaboration, optimize data management and deliver an integrated experience to financial advisors and investors on a single global platform.