Category: Exchanges

February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Envision Training Centre and DGCX launch first UAE Trading Campus

Envision Training Centre and the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX), a DMCC entity, announced the launch of Trading Campus, a new initiative designed to educate financial market professionals. The DGCX and Envision collaboration will provide a combination of practical workshops and lectures which aim to equip students with the knowledge and expertise needed to…

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February 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CQG connects to Warsaw Stock Exchange for futures trading

CQG, a global provider of high-performance trade routing, reliable market data, and advanced technical analysis tools, just announced that it will launch connectivity to the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) for futures trading. Through the new connection, CQG customers will have access to the WIG20 contract as well as equity, FX, WIBOR, and T-bond futures contracts.…

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February 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BSX launches Investor Education Programme

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) announced the launch of its new Investor Education Programme ‘Own your share of Bermuda’. In making the announcement BSX President & CEO Greg Wojciechowski noted: As part of the Exchange’s ongoing commitment to the continued development of the domestic capital market the BSX has, in conjunction with other investment industry…

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WFE launches new website & members’ portal
February 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

World Federation of Exchanges publishes report into SME financing & equity markets

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, published a report into exchanged-based financing of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), aimed at identifying globally-consistent barriers and opportunities for enhancing SME access to equity finance. As significant employers and potential contributors to global economic development, the…

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STOXX Low Carbon products licensed to Italian bank IMI
February 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Boerse STOXX expands fixed income offering

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today introduced the EURO STOXX 50 Corporate Bond Sector, Rating and Maturity Bucket Sub-Indices. They expand the EURO STOXX 50 Corporate Bond Index, which was launched in April and is the fixed income equivalent of…

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February 22, 2017 BY admin

XTX Markets joins Aquis Exchange as a member firm

XTX Markets, a leading electronic trading firm providing liquidity in the FX/Commodity/Equity/Derivatives markets, today stated that it has become a member of Aquis Exchange. Aquis Exchange is authorized and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the operator of a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF). Commenting on the membership Andonis Sakatis, Head of Business…

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February 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext launches Europe's first index dedicated to family businesses

Euronext, the pan-European exchange, announced the launch of Euronext Family Business, the first European index dedicated to family businesses, designed to highlight the performance of 90 family companies listed in the four countries covered by Euronext. Components of the Euronext® Family Business Index are selected from listed companies in compartments A, B and C of…

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February 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tokyo Financial Exchange renames “Margin Contracts” as “Daily Futures Contracts”

Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) announced that in order to clarify its market as a listed derivatives market and avoid a misunderstanding as OTC products, the exchange has renamed its products from “Margin Contracts” to “Daily Futures Contracts”. There is no change on contract specifications. The products' names have been changed as follows: Present Rename Exchange…

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February 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX Swiss Exchange welcomes new clearing provider EuroCCP

SIX Swiss Exchange announced that is enlarging its choice for Clearing Services and welcomes EuroCCP as third Central Counterparty (CCP) for the Swiss market. With the go-live of EuroCCP, the Swiss exchange strengthens its interoperability and caters even better to the needs of its clients. Both existing and potential trading participants benefit from an new…

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