Category: Exchanges

Integral volumes
October 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Avelacom extends ultra low latency connectivity to South African capital markets

Avelacom, the high-performance connectivity and IT infrastructure solutions provider for the financial services industry, has just announced that it has extended its connectivity offerings to South Africa, enabling trading firms to access the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in a fast and reliable way. Global banks, HFTs and hedge funds accessing the JSE can now obtain…

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LSEG to increase its majority shareholding in LCH Group
October 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

LSEG to increase its majority shareholding in LCH Group

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) has announced that it is in the process of acquiring further shares in LCH Group Holdings Limited (LCH), which will increase its majority ownership of this valuable strategic business. LSEG has entered into agreements with certain minority shareholders of LCH to acquire up to a further 15.1% of LCH’s…

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STOXX Low Carbon products licensed to Italian bank IMI
October 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

STOXX Global Fintech Index licensed to Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has licensed the STOXX Global Fintech Index to Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management as an underlying for an investment fund. The index is comprised of companies associated with financial technology (fintech). These businesses use technology to…

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First Republic Bank joins S&P 500 index, replaces Scana Corporation
October 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MPF selects FTSE Russell for new smart sustainability index

FTSE Russell, the global index, data and analytics provider, has announced plans to launch a climate and multi-factor index, the FTSE All-World Climate Balanced Comprehensive Factor Index in November 2018. Merseyside Pension Fund (MPF) has selected the index to support the implementation of its Climate Risk Strategy within the Fund’s listed equity portfolio. The objective…

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Nasdaq
October 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq Stockholm welcomes Moment Group to the main market

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has announced that Moment Group AB, a small cap company within the consumer services sector, will start trading of its shares on the main market of Nasdaq Stockholm. Moment Group was previously listed on Nasdaq First North Premier and is the 62nd company to list on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets in 2018. Moment…

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October 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange signs MoU with Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at promoting cooperation and strengthening the partnership between the exchanges. Moscow Exchange CEO Alexander Afanasiev and Shenzhen Stock Exchange Executive Vice President Mr. Peng Ming participated in the MoU signing ceremony. The MoU provides for joint marketing events for…

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Nasdaq
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CQG Desktop selected by Nasdaq Fixed Income as official front-end for U.S. treasury trading

CQG, a global provider of high-performance trading, market data, and technical analysis tools, has just announced a new partnership with Nasdaq Fixed Income (NFI). Under the agreement, NFI will provide the web-based CQG Desktop platform to NFI customers as the official front-end for trading NFI's U.S. Treasury Benchmark products. CQG announced earlier this year a…

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Nasdaq Copenhagen Improves Small Cap Market Access For Non-Nordic Trading Members
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq launches ESG futures in the Nordics

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has announced the launch of futures based on the recently launched OMXS30 ESG Responsible index (OMXS30ESG). The product is the first exchange listed and ESG compliant index future in the world. In recent years we have seen institutions increase efforts to integrate sustainability into their investment strategies, with the Nordic region being…

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CME Group
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group announces E-Mini Nasdaq-100 Futures all-time daily trading volume record

Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has announced E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures reached an all-time daily volume record of 1,150,475 contracts traded on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. This surpasses the previous single-day volume record of 1,149,387 contracts reached on Sept. 18, 2008. This milestone demonstrates how global investors are increasingly turning to CME Group's products to manage…

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Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange launches its new digital platform Sahmi
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange launches its new digital platform Sahmi

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the region's leading financial market, has just announced that it has launched its new integrated digital platform, ‘Sahmi’ which provides digital services for individual investors. The Platform was launched during the GITEX Technology Week 2018, which ADX is partaking in at the Abu Dhabi government pavilion. Sahmi aims to manage…

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