The month of July proved to be an eventful one for DGCX, the largest and the most diversified derivatives bourse in the region, as it inked pacts for greater collaboration with two leading Abu Dhabi based entities – the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The Exchange’s recent regulatory recognition…
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The Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE) is opening up a new dimension in electronic trading in Austrian and international stocks today. After having run the exchange for 17 years on the Xetra system, the Vienna Stock Exchange is now going live with the T7 trading system, next generation global trading technology. The system is provided by…
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Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, just announced that ICE Futures U.S. plans to launch a new London Silver Daily Futures contract on September 5, 2017, pending regulatory review. The contract offers physical delivery of unallocated silver held in a London Precious Metals…
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OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCMKTS: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, has today announced that Aerkomm Inc. (OTCQX: AKOM), a holding company whose operating subsidiary is developing in-flight connectivity and entertainment, or IFEC, solutions, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. Aerkomm upgraded to OTCQX from the OTCQB®…
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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has announced its Board of Directors declared an increased quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share of common stock for the third quarter of 2017, representing an 8 percent increase compared with the prior quarter’s dividend of $0.25 per share. The third-quarter dividend is payable on September 15, 2017, to…
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Along with the announcement of the launch of the Morningstar Eurozone 50 IndexSM and Morningstar Developed Markets Europe 100 IndexSM, Euronext has today released its results for the second quarter of 2017. Strong quarter, with improved cash and derivatives volumes: Revenues up +3.8% compared to Q2 2016, to €137.3 million (Q2 2016: €132.3 million) Cash…
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The Board of Directors of BME today agreed to distribute a gross €0.40 per share dividend on 8 September 17, its first interim dividend against 2017 earnings. This dividend represents the same amount as that paid in September 2016. The date on which the shareholders entitled to receive a dividend are determined will be 7…
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Euronext has announced the launch of the Morningstar Eurozone 50 IndexSM and Morningstar Developed Markets Europe 100 IndexSM on Euronext. The launch of the new European indices for blue chips follows the signing of a strategic agreement with Morningstar announced in March 2017 to develop a series of derivative products based on Morningstar indices. The…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) today reported FY2017 net profit of S$339.7 million (S$349.0 million), against revenues of S$800.8 million (S$818.1 million). Excluding a one-off loss of S$4.0 million from the disposal of its investment in the Bombay Stock Exchange and one-off acquisition costs of S$3.7 million for the Baltic Exchange, underlying net profit in FY2017 would…
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Bursa Malaysia Berhad just announced it has started using the Real-time Electronic Transfer of Funds and Securities System (RENTAS) for settlements of payments on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad (BMDC). The change to RENTAS will ensure greater efficiency and resilience of the settlements payments mechanism. With the adoption of RENTAS, BMDC can now use the…
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