Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and settling charges against The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) for attempted manipulation of the ISDAFIX benchmark and requiring RBS to pay an $85 million civil monetary penalty. The CFTC Order finds that over a five-year period, beginning in January 2007 and continuing…
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Heightened global political uncertainty marked the start of 2017. Event risks around Brexit, the new US administration and economic challenges in Europe require efficient and innovative hedging tools. In addition, market participants anticipate increasing interest rate dynamics in combination with higher inflation expectation. This prompts strong demand for Eurex Fixed Income (FI) products. In January,…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Practical Guide to national rules across the European Economic Area (EEA) on major holdings notifications under the Transparency Directive to help market participants navigate the different requirements. The Transparency Directive requires investors to notify issuers when they acquire or dispose of shares admitted to trading…
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GMO Click Holdings, Inc. (TYO:7177), the parent of Japanese online trading giant GMO Click Securities, has released its monthly preliminary report of its subsidiaries for January 2017. Equity Trading Value was ¥1,674,281 in January 2017, made a slight decrease of 13.2% MoM. The number of Executed Equity Trades was also lower than December 2016 -…
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Markets have priced in Article 50.
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), just announced that with effect from 10 February 2017 (Friday), 58 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 12 existing designated securities will be removed from the list. The total number of designated securities for…
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EBS BrokerTec, a unit of NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG) (formerly known as ICAP plc), just shared its Electronic Market Volumes for the month of January 2017. EBS Volumes were up 12.6% MoM to $93.2 billion ADV. US Treasury was also up 17% MoM, though it dropped a bit compared to the same period last year…
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Swissquote Bank is launching a new virtual reality trading application, especially designed for use with virtual helmets. The new app will enable the user to access the financial information that matters most to them in real time, through the medium of VR. Once the trader enters the virtual trading platform, they are surrounded by a…
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