Category: Exchanges

Stock Exchange of Thailand SET
August 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SET signs MoU with Thailand Productivity Institute

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and Thailand Productivity Institute, under the Ministry of Industry, have announced that they have jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance small and medium-sized listed companies’ knowledge in process innovation to create valuation and business opportunities toward sustainable growth. SET Senior Executive Vice President Krisada Sektrakul said…

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Eurex volumes
August 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Strong July volumes for Eurex' Equity segment

In July, Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that it has seen strong demand for its equity products. Traded equity contracts were up by 76 percent to 23,790,806 from 13,506,099 in July 2017. Demand was particularly high for Single Stock Dividend Futures (+87 percent) with 435,018 traded contracts.…

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Nasdaq Dubai
August 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq Dubai launches equity futures on 12 Saudi companies

Nasdaq Dubai has announced the names of 12 Saudi Arabian companies on which the exchange will launch equity futures in September 2018. The 12 companies are some of the Middle East’s largest businesses, active in sectors from real estate and petrochemicals to banking and transport. Their combined market capitalisation is 859 billion Saudi riyals (229…

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Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE)
August 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Intercontinental Exchange to launch ICE one and three month SOFR futures

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has announced that subject to relevant regulatory approvals, ICE Futures Europe plans to launch one month and three month, cash-settled futures contracts based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) on October 1, 2018. ICE also intends…

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Clearstream establishes a link to Kazakhstan
August 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Clearstream establishes a link to Kazakhstan

Clearstream, the international central securities depository (ICSD) of Deutsche Börse Group, has just announced that it expands its international coverage by opening a new domestic link to Kazakhstan on 30 July 2018. The link will help foreign investors to access the local market and enables Clearstream to offer Kazakhstan government bonds and National Bank notes.…

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Forex volatilities at low ebb, but how can SME’s protect against a surge?
August 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

IOSCO issues 8 recommendations for trading venues to manage extreme volatility

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published eight recommendations to assist trading venues and regulatory authorities in the implementation of mechanisms to manage extreme volatility and preserve orderly trading. IOSCO is the leading international policy forum for securities regulators and is recognized as the global standard setter for securities regulation.…

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STOXX Low Carbon products licensed to Italian bank IMI
August 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

iSTOXX Developed Markets B.R.AI.N. Index licensed to Coincapital

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has just announced that it has licensed the iSTOXX Developed Markets B.R.AI.N. Index to the Canadian Coin Capital Investment Management Inc (Coincapital). The index uses FactSet Revere data to identify sectors likely to benefit from…

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tfx japan forex click365
August 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TFX-Click 365 volumes up 6% MoM in July

Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has just released its trading volumes report for the month of July. The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 110,841 ( + 38.0% MoM / - 25.6% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 5,278. 項目 July   2018 Trading Volume Daily Average Change on Previous Month Year on…

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Euronext
July 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

AudioValley just listed on Euronext Growth market

AudioValley, a pioneer in BtoB digital audio, has just been listed on the Euronext Growth market in Paris. Founded in 2003, AudioValley is a Belgian company with three business divisions, all in digital audio: Radionomy, a digital radio audience aggregation and monetisation solution; Storever, a one-stop shop in audio and video point-of-sale broadcasting solutions; and…

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