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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On January 19, Hongshi Holding Group Co., Ltd. announced that it has successfully issued the "Belt and Road" (B&R) construction corporate bond on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), which was also the first B&R construction corporate bond publicly offered by a domestic enterprise. The success in launching the corporate bond marked another move taken by…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) today confirmed that it is authorsied to issue Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) to Bermuda domiciled companies and has been doing so for several months. In making the announcement BSX Operations Manager Mr. Neville Caines noted: The BSX through its relationship with CUSIP Global Services, is now issuing LEIs to Bermuda…
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The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) said on Sunday it approved a plan to allow Israeli companies traded in Singapore, Hong Kong and Toronto to easily dual-list on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). The dual-listing arrangement that came into force in 2000 in response to worldwide globalization, allows companies whose securities are listed for trade…
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