Category: Exchanges

January 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

DFM welcomes the listing of Bahrain’s Ithmaar Holding

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced the listing of Bahrain’s Ithmaar Holding B.S.C. (Ithmaar), an investment institution in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as trading commenced on the bank’s shares under the trading symbol (ITHMR), which appears on DFM screens, trading system and publications within the Banking Sector. This listing further strengthens the prominent position of DFM…

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eurex
January 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex simplifies its corporate structure

Over the last two years, the regulatory framework and market structure changed significantly. Eurex, the derivatives marketplace, informed that it adapts its global structure to the new reality. To best serve its clients, reduce complexity and improve agility, the exchange will change its set-up in Switzerland and strengthen its offering in Asia. Eurex has decided…

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Euronext buys Irish Stock Exchange (ISE)
January 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Irish Stock Exchange receives GLEIF accreditation for LEI services

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) announced that it has been accredited by Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) as a provider for Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) services. The ISE operates its LEI services through ISEdirect, its online services website. Accreditation from GLEIF is a globally recognised designation of an organisation’s commitment to LEI data quality…

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January 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Global Markets recognized in Hong Kong as approved stock exchange

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) has included Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. in its List of Approved Stock Exchanges. The recognition of Cboe’s BZX Exchange should help further facilitate investment in the region in Cboe-listed securities by allowing funds to be eligible to be approved…

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January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX sets launch date for new securities trading system

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that it will introduce its new securities trading system for the Hong Kong market, the Orion Trading Platform - Securities Market (OTP-C), on Monday, 5 February 2018, replacing the current AMS/3.8 system, an upgraded version of the AMS/3 system rolled out in 2000. The rollout of OTP-C…

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Shenzhen Stock Exchange publicly denounces Changsheng Bio-technology
January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Shenzhen Stock Exchange improves the risk management system

SZSE attaches much importance to risk management and informed that it has been actively exploring a perfect mode of risk management. By now, SZSE has formed an overall risk management system based on evaluation and prevention beforehand, control and handling of risks at their occurrence, and summary and improvement afterward at different stages of risk…

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January 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TAIFEX adds GBP and AUD futures to FX product portfolio

The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) announced that it has just launched two new FX futures contracts – GBP/USD Futures and AUD/USD Futures. The addition of the two new futures contracts is the next step in TAIFEX’ strategy to rapidly expand its FX product line, which it began building in 2015 with the introduction of RMB…

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WFE World Federation of Exchanges
January 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

WFE publishes best practice guidelines for cyber security compliance

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, has today published a set of best practice guidelines for market infrastructures designed to engender a staff culture of cyber security compliance. The paper takes a behavioural approach to the issue, as evidence shows that moving away…

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