American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct interbank lending and borrowing for American financial institutions, has just announced a record month of trading, with $11.75 billion traded across all products. The month of March had already seen a record day (with $735 million traded) and a record week (with $3.5 billion traded). AFX…
Read moreSingapore Exchange (SGX) has announced the appointment of Mark Leahy as Head of Fixed Income. In this role, Mark Leahy will be responsible for executing the strategy for SGX’s bond trading business, SGX Bond Pro, including driving institutional participation. He will also continue to strengthen SGX’s Asia leadership in bond listings, maintaining the growth momentum…
Read moreMoscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that it has successfully completed an annual assurance review of MOEX indices’ compliance with the Principles for Financial Benchmarks published by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The review was performed on MOEX’s equity and bond indices, benchmark fixings including the MOEX USD/RUB FX Fixing, pension fund indices as well…
Read moreDeutsche Börse has announced that its cash markets have achieved a turnover of €165.1 billion in March (2017: €135.7 billion). In the first quarter of 2018, the trading volume was €480.1 billion – an increase of around 33 percent compared with the first three months in 2017 with €361.5 billion. Of the €165.1 billion, €152.2…
Read moreBursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Malaysia or the Exchange) has announced that it has made enhancements to the regulatory framework for listed collective investment scheme (CIS) and business trust under the Main Market Listing Requirements (Main LR). The CIS includes the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Closed-End Funds (CEFs). The…
Read moreJapan Exchange Group has released the trading overview (preliminary estimates) for FY2017 & March 2018. Cash Equity Market In FY2017, daily average trading value for the TSE 1st Section (domestic common stocks) reached JPY 2.957 trillion, an all-time high. In the ETF market, trading value was JPY 46.799 trillion (daily average: JPY 191 billion), the…
Read moreOn March 29, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) held the signing ceremony of Agreements on the Listing of Securities (2018 Revision), signally the official start of work on signing the new agreements. This is another major move of SZSE to implement the newly amended Measures on the Administration of Stock Exchange (the “Measures”) for perfecting institutional…
Read moreTokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has just released its trading volumes report with mixed results for March 2018. The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 222,918 ( +80.1% MoM / -16.3% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 10,615. 項目 March 2018 Trading Volume Daily Average Change on Previous Month Year on Year…
Read moreIntercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has released its annual Corporate Responsibility Report. The report is a comprehensive, 59-page overview of the company’s efforts to support the communities in which it operates, invest in its people, promote principles of good governance, and uphold its…
Read moreFTSE Russell, the global index, data and analytics provider, informed that it has confirmed that Saudi Arabia will be promoted to Secondary Emerging market status following the March 2018 interim country classification review. FTSE Russell formally reviews country classifications within its FTSE Global Equity Index Series (FTSE GEIS) using a comprehensive, transparent and consistent methodology.…
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