Cboe Global Markets
August 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Global Markets to list its common stock exclusively on Cboe

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced plans to transfer the primary listing of its common stock to Cboe BZX Equities Exchange (Cboe). Currently, Cboe shares are dual-listed on both Cboe and the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq). Cboe plans to delist from Nasdaq effective September 14, 2018, after the market close, and begin…

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August 02, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

How AI will bring cryptocurrency payments to online shopping

Artificial intelligence is poised to disrupt the cryptocurrency world, and vice versa. A company name Zwoop, which is in fact an AI-powered e-commerce platform, is specially created to disrupt the online shopping experience for customers around the world through cryptocurrency payments. The idea behind Zwoop is a very massive and ambitious one, yet practical. Zwoop…

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August 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

AcadiaSoft and Quaternion form risk services partnership

AcadiaSoft Inc., the industry provider of margin automation solutions worldwide, and Quaternion Risk Management Ltd., a  risk analytics firm, have announced the formation of a partnership to provide risk services for firms subject to initial margining requirements for non-centrally-cleared derivatives. The initiative couples AcadiaSoft's proven capabilities in automation with Quaternion's extensive quantitative expertise and will…

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IOSCO issues statement on liquidity risk management recommendations for investment funds
August 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IOSCO concludes that Canada has broadly implemented the PFMI

An assessment report published today concludes that Canada´s legal, regulatory and oversight frameworks for financial market infrastructures (FMIs) are generally complete and consistent with the Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMI), with some exceptions. The report on the Implementation monitoring of PFMI: Level 2 assessment report for Canada, published by the Committee on Payments and…

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DTCC Data Repository (Ireland) PLC registers with ESMA as a trade repository
August 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FSA authorizes the Central Securities Depository of Poland as ARM

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has announced that it has authorized Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartościowych (KDPW, The Central Securities Depository of Poland) to provide transaction reporting services as an Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM). As an ARM, KDPW is authorised to provide transaction reporting services in the European Union. The ARM is a mechanism of…

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fca warning clone firm
August 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Capricorn Finance clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Capricorn Finance. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

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Stock Exchange of Thailand SET
August 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SET signs MoU with Thailand Productivity Institute

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and Thailand Productivity Institute, under the Ministry of Industry, have announced that they have jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance small and medium-sized listed companies’ knowledge in process innovation to create valuation and business opportunities toward sustainable growth. SET Senior Executive Vice President Krisada Sektrakul said…

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Eurex volumes
August 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Strong July volumes for Eurex' Equity segment

In July, Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that it has seen strong demand for its equity products. Traded equity contracts were up by 76 percent to 23,790,806 from 13,506,099 in July 2017. Demand was particularly high for Single Stock Dividend Futures (+87 percent) with 435,018 traded contracts.…

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