Category: Exchanges

CME Group
November 03, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group reports a 32% jump in overall ADV in October

Regarding micro products ADV, Micro E-mini futures and options registered ADV of 2.1 million, accounting for 38.8% of overall Equity Index ADV. Micro WTI Crude Oil futures were 2.5% of overall Energy ADV and Micro Bitcoin futures accounted for 0.5% of overall Equity Index ADV. CME Group noted that ADV outside the US grew 36%…

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Moscow Exchange
October 29, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

MOEX reports 18% rise in operating income in third quarter of 2021

Operating income was increased 18.2% YoY and F&C income accounted for a record 75% of operating income. Yury Denisov, Chief Executive Officer of Moscow Exchange, said: MOEX has delivered fee and commission income growth significantly ahead of our strategic targets. Key drivers of this growth include the roll-out of new products and instruments, the expansion…

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LSEG, London Stock Exchange
October 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

LSEG reports 7.1% rise in revenue in Q3 2021

LSEG also reported an increase demand for data analytics and post-trade services. Data & Analytics revenue grew 6% and post trade revenue jumped 11.5%. The post trade income reached 218 million for the third quarter, 2.3% higher than the same period the previous year. David Schwimmer, CEO said: The Group has delivered a strong Q3…

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Moscow Exchange
October 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Moscow Exchange extends the trading hours of Equity Market

Earlier this year, Moscow Exchange has been extending trading hours for market participants. Since March, MOEX’s FX, Precious Metals and Derivatives Markets opened at 7am and closed at 23:50 Moscow time. The exchange made available after-hours trading on Bond Market in September. Clients of the exchange are able to test the morning hours on their…

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CME Group
October 05, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

CME Group sees overall ADV rise 14% in Q3

In September, demand elsewhere decreased, with agriculture, equities, and metal derivatives ADV falling both in the month and the quarter. However, CME revealed that interest rate ADV helped to push its overall demand higher. September saw interest rate ADV increase 58% to 7.66 million contracts, with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) hitting a record…

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Moscow Exchange
October 01, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

MOEX executive board chairman re-elected

Denisov has been in the role of Chairman of the Executive Board at MOEX since May 16, 2019.  Chairman of the Moscow Exchange Supervisory Board, Oleg Viyugin, commented: In accordance with best corporate governance practices, the Supervisory Board of Moscow Exchange considered re-electing the head of the Exchange well in advance of the expiry of…

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Singapore Exchange launches ESG derivatives
September 10, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

SGX Sees Investor Demand Increase Due to ‘Uneven’ Economic Recovery

Elsewhere, SGX said its commodity derivatives were the standout performer due to price swings and supply chain issues continuing to impact physical markets. The entire commodity derivative volume, including iron ore (which SGX says is a macroeconomic proxy for China), climbed 10% year-over-year to 2.6 million contracts. In addition, forward Freight agreements (FFA) volume surged…

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Blockchain
August 23, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

XREX Raises $17m To Expand Fiat Portfolio and Partnerships

Other investors include SBI Investment, a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, Global Founders Capital, ThreeD Capital, E.Sun Venture Capital, New Economy Ventures, Systex Corporation, AppWorks, Black Marble, Metaplanet Holdings, and Seraph Group. XREX’s seed round closed in 2019, raising $7 million from investors such as AppWorks (who were the lead), Metaplanet Holdings, Black Marble, Skype’s late…

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Moscow Exchange
August 20, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

MOEX announces net profit growth of 2.1% in Q2 2021

Operating income was increased 9.7% YoY and F&C income accounted for more than 75% of operating income. EBITDA added 3.9% and the adjusted EBITDA margin stood at 72.4%. Yury Denisov, Chief Executive Officer of Moscow Exchange, said: We see interest from clients to trade global markets strategies using derivatives. For that reason, we recently launched…

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CME Group
August 19, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group dismisses $16 billion Cboe takeover rumours

When approached by the Financial Times, Cboe, who also owns stock exchange operator BATS Global Markets, said it "does not comment on market rumours or speculation." Despite the denials, any deal would mean two of the most important names in financial market derivatives coming together.  CME Group (Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, New…

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