Nasdaq announces mid-month open short interest positions in Nasdaq stocks LeapRate

December 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq announces mid-month open short interest positions in Nasdaq stocks

At the end of the settlement date of December 15, 2017, short interest in 2,344 Nasdaq Global Market SM securities totaled 7,459,908,298 shares compared with 7,455,601,576 shares in 2,348 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of November 30, 2017. The mid-December short interest represents 4.37 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share…

December 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Global Investor Confidence declines in December by 1.5 points to 95

State Street Global Exchange has today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for December 2017. The Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 94.8, down 1.5 points from November’s revised reading of 96.3. The fall in sentiment was driven by a 6.2 point drop in the North American ICI to 94.9…

December 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Amman Stock Exchange launches ASE News app on mobile devices

Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) announced that it will launch the new official application ASE News today on the devices that use (IOS) and (Android) operating systems. This application aims to enable investors and those who are interested in securities to follow up all news, circulars and disclosures of listed companies issued by the ASE. The…

December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Global Markets recognized as designated listing exchange in Japan for U.S. Equities

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced the Japanese Financial Services Authority (JFSA) has added Cboe Global Markets – U.S. Equities to the regulator's list of Designated Foreign Financial Instrument Exchanges. Cboe's recognition by the JFSA eases regulations related to disclosures for retail investors and certain discretionary accounts, a change that is expected to…

Euronext buys Irish Stock Exchange (ISE)

December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mexican telecommunications company AXTEL lists $500m notes on GEM

Mexican telecommunications company, AXTEL, lists for the first time on the Global Exchange Market (GEM) of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) with issuance of US$500m notes. The notes, with a 6.375% interest rate, have a maturity date of November 2024. AXTEL offers both Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions to corporate, mid to large-sized businesses,…

December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX obtains temporary status as an "Equivalent Third-Country Trading Venue"

The EU Commission informed that it has decided to recognize the equivalence of the Swiss legal and supervisory framework for trading venues with that of the EU for a temporary period of one year. The decision allows European securities traders access to the Swiss market even after the new European financial market rules enter into…

TSE establishes an advisory group to review the TSE cash equity market structure

December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tokyo Stock Exchange launches new platform for green and social bonds

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced that it will be launching a dedicated platform on its official website for both Green and Social bonds. The platform will be available from January 22, 2018 as part of TSE's professional-oriented bond market, TOKYO PRO-BOND Market. The platform will allow issuers to post information about Green and Social…

December 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NZX to implement changes to pricing structure in 2018

NZX announced it will implement changes to its trading and clearing pricing structure in the second half of 2018 as it responds to feedback from market participants and to encourage more on-market liquidity. This supports the exchange’s commitment to secondary market development, as outlined in its recently released strategy. NZX will migrate to a trading…

December 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Clearstream sees successful year 2017

In 2017, the post-trade industry has seen a major infrastructure evolution. With completion of the European Central Bank’s TARGET2-Securities (T2S) project and preparations for the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSD-R), some fundamental changes have been kicked off in the European post-trade market. 2017 was about reshaping and harmonizing Europe’s fragmented post-trade landscape to create a…

December 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX Exchange Regulation reprimands Bellevue Group AG

SIX Exchange Regulation announced that it has reprimanded Bellevue Group AG for several errors in its 2016 annual financial statements. Bellevue Group AG is sanctioned for the incorrect recognition of the foreign currency translation, the inadequate liquidity risk disclosures as well as the insufficient fair value disclosures with regard to a liability from a contingent…

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