Like GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), the Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) just announced its March volumes and, considering the low start of the year, numbers are finally going up for them. The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 266,249 (+175.5% MoM / +4.7% YoY) and…
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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), today launched the first of its director training webcasts entitled "Duties of directors and the role and functions of board committees". The first webcast, which followed from the Exchange's news release dated 9 December 2016 that said…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) has filed complaints with authorities in China against Wu Xinhua, Executive Chairman and CEO of SGX-listed China Fibretech Ltd. The complaint was made against Wu in relation to several alleged offences under the Chinese Penal Code. The complaint was filed through lawyers appointed in both Singapore and China who have been advising…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) and Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), aimed at expanding the cooperation between the two exchanges in terms of information sharing, high-level visits, training and exchange programmes for staff, and other areas of business cooperation. Li Zhengqiang, Chairman of DCE, said during the…
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At the end of the settlement date of March 15, 2017, short interest in 2,328 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,352,374,802 shares compared with 7,280,848,100 shares in 2,345 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of February 28, 2017, as announced by Nasdaq. The mid-March short interest represents 4.54 days average daily Nasdaq…
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Moscow Exchange announced that it has successfully undergone an annual assurance review of compliance of the MOEX indices with the IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks. Ernst & Young that had been engaged to complete the review affirmed that index management at Moscow Exchange met 19 IOSCO's principles, and provided reasonable assurance that the processes and…
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Aumann AG (ISIN: DE000A2DAM03) was listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today, Deutsche Börse just announced. The placement volume of the company was around €250 million. The initial listing price was €48.20; the issue price €42.00. Berenberg, Citigroup and Hauck & Aufhäuser led the IPO. Berenberg is also the designated sponsor…
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that will introduce 5-year China Ministry of Finance Treasury Bond (MOF T-Bond) Futures on Monday, 10 April 2017. HKEX’s MOF T-Bond Futures will be the offshore markets’ first futures on domestic Chinese government bonds. HKEX is introducing the new futures to meet international investors’ growing demand for…
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Euronext and Vigeo Eiris today launched the CAC 40® Governance Index, a thematic index that rates companies in the Paris market’s benchmark CAC 40 index on their corporate governance performance. The CAC 40® Governance Index takes the constituent stocks of the CAC 40 index and weights the components based on their corporate governance score, using…
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Trading began today in shares of ENBD REIT following its 105 million US dollar initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq Dubai, the region’s international exchange. ENBD REIT is a Sharia’a-compliant Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) managed by Emirates NBD Asset Management and established in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Abdul Wahed Al Fahim, Chairman of…
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