The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LoI) on strategic cooperation with Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). The LoI was signed by Alina Aldambergen, CEO of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, and Alexander Afanasiev, CEO of Moscow Exchange, at the annual Moscow Exchange Forum in Moscow. The agreement is designed to…
Read moreDeutsche Börse has announced that Godewind Immobilien AG (ISIN: DE000A2G8XX3) was just listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Its shares opened trading at €3.60 following an issue price of €4.00. A total of 93.75 million shares were admitted for trading, of which 15 million stemmed from current share capital. J.P. Morgan…
Read moreIn March, Eurex Clearing’s OTC Interest Rate Derivatives (IRD) segment saw record activity under the new Partnership Program. Volumes increased around elevenfold compared to March 2017 with a total of EUR 1.7 trillion notional cleared. The total notional outstanding reached EUR 4.7 trillion compared to EUR 1.2 trillion in March 2017. Eurex Clearing’s Partnership Program…
Read moreIntercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), a full-service stock exchange, including trading, data and corporate listings services. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter…
Read moreAmerican 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…
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