The European Energy Exchange (EEX) just announced that it has registered the first trade on Industrial Wood Pellets Futures on its platform on Monday, 15th January 2018. The trade for 10 lots in the Feb 18 delivery is equivalent to 1,000 tonnes and was brokered by Tradition on behalf of Vattenfall Energy Trading and Total…
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MEFF (Mercado Español de Futuros Financieros) announced that it is to launch new FX futures contracts this year, called FX Rolling Spot Future (xRolling™), thus expanding the range of assets it currently offers its members and investors. The product will be a "perpetual" Future on the main pairs of currencies and with extended trading hours…
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EEX Group continued to build upon its growth path in 2017, recording significant increases in trading volumes on the natural gas, emissions and agricultural markets. Volumes also increased on the power spot markets while the power derivatives markets showed a year-on year decrease. While the power market was driven by major regulatory uncertainty in 2017,…
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Metamako, the provider of intelligent, FPGA-enabled network platforms, announced that it is providing its technology to Deutsche Börse Group. The exchange is using the company’s network devices to increase the accuracy, speed and precision of data capture, network monitoring and timestamping of its co-location network. Every trade is now monitored by a Metamako device, making…
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Following the debut launch of Daily Leverage Certificates (DLCs) in July 2017, Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced that it will welcome an expanded suite of DLCs to be issued by Societe Generale with 7x leverage. The six new DLCs issued by Societe Generale offer seven times long or short exposure to the daily returns of the…
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With the permission from China Securities Regulatory Commission (CRSC), Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (CSDS) announced that they have amended the Measures on Stock Pledge and Repo Transactions and Registration and Clearing (a trial version revised in 2017, hereinafter referred to as the Measures), and released the amended…
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From 15 January 2018, Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that it will calculate and publish a new gauge of Money Market performance, the MOEXREPO GCC indicator, based on CCP-cleared repo transactions in general collateral certificates (GCC). The indicator measures the value of secured money as free of counterparty risk and characteristics of certain securities. It will…
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The volume of listed corporate bonds on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets grew to another all-time high during 2017. At the end of the year, the total value of listed corporate bonds on the Nasdaq Nordic main markets was 74 billion EUR, representing an increase of 9,6% compared to 2016. We are excited to note a continued,…
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Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Exchange, today announced a series of significant measures to improve market access and efficiency, enhance liquidity, bolster investor security, mitigate risk and further align market practices with global best practices. Newly announced measures include: Updating the Independent Custody Model (ICM) to enhance Qualified Foreign Investor access to the market by providing…
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There were 705 new listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE) during 2017. This represents an increase of 203 (40%) on the previous year and took the total number of listed securities on the Exchange to 2,511 at the end of December. Growth areas for new listings last year included debt products, such as high…
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