MSCI Inc., a provider of indexes and portfolio construction and risk management tools and services for global investors, has announced the signing of an agreement with the Saudi Stock Exchange Co. (Tadawul), the largest stock exchange in the region in terms of market capitalization and turnover, to create a joint tradeable index that can serve…
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The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM) has announced that it has scheduled the listing of Technically Specified Rubber (TSR) futures contracts for October 9, 2018, pending regulatory approval from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. TSR is a class of natural rubber and, along with Ribbed…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group has just announced that Henry Hub Natural Gas futures open interest reached a record 1,617,589 contracts on Friday, August 31, surpassing the previous record of 1,606,874 contracts set on August 17, 2018. Open interest represents the total number of outstanding positions held by all participants in a given market. Nine of…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the month of August 2018. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 79.5 trln last month. Turnover grew on the Derivatives Market (+15.1%), Equity Market (+10.9%), Bond Market (+8.9%) and FX Market (+3.1%). Equity and Bond Market Total trading volumes on the Equity…
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STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Börse Group’s index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has just announced that it has licensed the iSTOXX Europe ESG Climate Awareness Select 50 Index to Morgan Stanley for the issuance of structured products. The new index combines sustainability criteria with a high dividend…
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SIX Swiss Exchange has held a 25% stake in SECB (Swiss Euro Clearing Bank GmbH) since 1999. The other shareholders are the Swiss banks UBS, Credit Suisse and PostFinance, each with a 25% holding. SIX, in its capacity as the core infrastructure service provider of the Swiss financial center, is SECB’s largest client. The purpose…
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In August, Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that it has seen strong demand for its products. Traded European interest rate contracts increased by 27 percent to 46.6 million, from 36.7 million in August 2017. Demand was particularly high for European equity derivatives (+56 percent) with 21.9 million…
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Aquis Exchange PLC (AQX.L), the exchange services group, which operates the pan-European cash equities trading MTF, Aquis Exchange, has just announced that it has achieved a record market share of 3.17% for continuous trading for the month of August, up from 2.66% the previous month. On 23 August, market share hit an all-time high of…
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Trading volume 11.8 percent higher year-on-year Deutsche Börse cash markets achieved a turnover of €130 billion in August (2017: €116.2 billion). This corresponds to a year-on-year increase of 11.8 percent. Of the €130 billion, €117.9 billion were attributable to Xetra (August 2017: €105.9 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra was thus €5.1 billion. Order…
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In an update to its organisational set-up, Eurex, derivatives market and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that it enhances its asset class focus by combining the sales and product design functions for equity index and for fixed income derivatives, respectively. The new organisational set-up supports the implementation of Deutsche Börse’s growth agenda “Roadmap…
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