The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) has announced today that average daily volume for July 2016 was 122,163 contracts, up 5.9% month over month. TOCOM’s major contracts had mostly higher volume; Gold Standard increased 13.5% to 47,217 contracts and Platinum Standard rose 25.1% to 14,159 contracts. This outweighed decreases in a few contracts such as Dubai…
Read moreThe Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) reported volume metrics today for July with the exchange reported it has crossed over 11 million contracts this year already, growing 49% from last year. The overall volumes in July 2016 touched 1,674,268 contracts, registering a massive year-on-year (YoY) increase of 47%, driven largely by elevated trade volumes…
Read moreGMO Click Securities, a subsidiary of GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), has just published its key operating metrics for July 2016, with volumes clocking back to back monthly gains in its FX Neo OTC margin trading platform. With the yen continuing to build strength, trading volumes have bounced back now in consecutive months to hold back above ¥1…
Read moreSingapore Exchange (SGX) has welcomed China Jinjiang Environment to Mainboard under the stock code BWM. Jinjiang Environment is the first private waste-to-energy (WTE) operator in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), with the largest treatment capacity. Its business primarily focuses on the planning, development, construction, operation and management of waste-to-energy facilities. Jinjiang Environment provides energy management…
Read moreAfter launching the MFX Vector order management system, alongside with redesigning its website this year, MahiFX has announced that it is about time to create role for Head of Retail Sales, designed with the aim of managing and developing MahiFX's retail division. Nick Mortimer joins their team to lead the Head of Retail Sales position. The newly created…
Read moreMarkets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services ICAP plc (LON:IAP) has just published its electronic markets metrics for July 2016. EBS volumes are down 15% MoM, US Treasury has dropped to 153.8 for the same period of time. US Repo is steady at 211.3 this month, European Repo (in EUR billions) - 169.4. See…
Read moreReal-rime payments, authentication and risk mitigation company Early Warning Services, LLC and Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) have announced a strategic alliance to extend the availability of real-time person-to-person (P2P) payments. The combination of the two companies will broaden consumer access to compelling, secure, real-time P2P payment capabilities. The P2P payments landscape is competitive and highly…
Read moreThe Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) has placed China Forestry Holdings Co. Ltd. into the third delisting stage today. If no viable resumption proposal is received by the end of the third delisting stage (i.e. February 2, 2017), the company's listing will be cancelled. By July 8, 2015 HKEx was of the view that…
Read moreMoscow Exchange (MOEX) has announced that new bonds will be accepted to margin trading starting from August 3, 2016. From this date on, the following risk parameters will be applied: The following risk parameters for the security PHOR will also be changed: Interest rate risk decrease rate - SECΔ_1. (Y0/Y1)
Read moreAfter expanding with an office in Australia last month, the industry pioneer in broker-neutral algorithmic trading platforms for equities, foreign exchange and listed derivatives, FlexTrade Systems (@FlexTrade), has announced that it has recently opened an office in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Frankfurt is the heart of the German financial sector and is right at the centre of…
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