The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) just released a presentation by HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li and Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Kennedy on 2016 Final Results Announcement. Here are the highlights: Political and economic uncertainties continue to impact investment sentiment Increase in futures volumes and strict cost control lessened impact of fall…
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Traiana, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which monitors pre-trade risk and automates post-trade processing of financial transactions, announces today that it has launched Swaps Centre, a suite of services which enable swaps providers to electronically manage payments and confirmations in equity swaps. By sending confirmations and uploading payment instructions in normalized formats to their entire…
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Envision Training Centre and the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX), a DMCC entity, announced the launch of Trading Campus, a new initiative designed to educate financial market professionals. The DGCX and Envision collaboration will provide a combination of practical workshops and lectures which aim to equip students with the knowledge and expertise needed to…
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London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSEG) said its $13 billion tie-up with Deutsche Boerse AG is unlikely to proceed after a new regulatory hurdle signaled a potential end to the companies’ efforts to create a champion European exchange, according to Bloomberg. European Union officials had requested that LSE divest MTS, an electronic trading platform for…
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China's FX regulator just announced that it will strengthen supervision of the foreign exchange market in 2017, while improving policy transparency and promoting the further opening of financial markets, as reported by Reuters. Chinese authorities are working recently on supporting the weakening yuan currency, while trying to attract more foreign investment. Pan Gonsheng, head of the…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) just announced that, on 21st December 2016, the Company Providing Administrative Services Olies Corporate Services Ltd, waived its authorization pursuant to section 16(1) of the Law Regulating Companies Providing Administrative Services and Related Matters of 2012, as in force. Therefore, the authorization with Number 145/196 lapsed as from…
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Commodity-related sectors led European shares lower for a third straight session on Friday while the dollar was poised for a weekly losses as the "Trumpflation trade" lost momentum, Reuters reported. World stocks have hit record highs, emerging markets have come back in favor and the dollar has climbed to a 14-year peak in recent weeks…
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BNP Paribas Investment Partners announced the appointment of Guillermo Felices as Senior Market Strategist within its Multi Asset Solutions team. He will be based in London and will report to Colin Graham, CIO for Multi Asset Solutions and Head of Active Asset Allocation. In this newly-created role, Felices will be responsible for generating emerging market…
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The Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Thursday issued guidance explaining how supervisors should examine for compliance with the swap margin rule, which established margin requirements for swaps not cleared through a clearinghouse. The guidance explains that the Board and the OCC expect swap entities covered by…
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CQG, a global provider of high-performance trade routing, reliable market data, and advanced technical analysis tools, just announced that it will launch connectivity to the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) for futures trading. Through the new connection, CQG customers will have access to the WIG20 contract as well as equity, FX, WIBOR, and T-bond futures contracts.…
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