The volume of listed corporate bonds on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets grew to another all-time high during 2017. At the end of the year, the total value of listed corporate bonds on the Nasdaq Nordic main markets was 74 billion EUR, representing an increase of 9,6% compared to 2016. We are excited to note a continued,…
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Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Exchange, today announced a series of significant measures to improve market access and efficiency, enhance liquidity, bolster investor security, mitigate risk and further align market practices with global best practices. Newly announced measures include: Updating the Independent Custody Model (ICM) to enhance Qualified Foreign Investor access to the market by providing…
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There were 705 new listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE) during 2017. This represents an increase of 203 (40%) on the previous year and took the total number of listed securities on the Exchange to 2,511 at the end of December. Growth areas for new listings last year included debt products, such as high…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the month of December. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange`s markets in December was RUB 71.5 trln - number goes up from November's RUB 70.4 trln. The number of trading days in December 2017 was 21 (versus 22 trading days in December 2016). In 2017,…
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Nasdaq Dubai informed that it will launch single stock futures on GFH Financial Group (GFH) starting 16th January 2018, to enable investors to take positions on movements in the share price of the Bahrain-based company. GFH is the first non-UAE company on which the exchange is offering futures. GFH has a secondary listing on Dubai…
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On January 8th, a high-level conference was held in Beijing between Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and China Railway Corporation, where both parties entered into a strategic cooperation agreement. Wu Lijun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Administrative Committee of SZSE, and Lu Dongfu, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of…
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Hong Kong’s securities and derivatives markets informed that it has set several new records in 2017 after an active and busy year, according to full year market statistics released today (Tuesday) by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX). The market capitalisation of the securities market reached $33,998.8 billion on the last trading day of…
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Recently, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced that it has granted permission to the public issuance of the Belt and Road Cooperate Bond of Puluosi Luohua China Overseas Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (Puluosi Belt and Road Bond) following the pre-approval of the issuance by Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), marking the launch of the first…
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Trading activity 17 percent higher than in 2016 Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s market share in structured products in Germany increased again in 2017, the Deutsche Börse announced earlier today. Its share was slightly higher than the previous year's level both in terms of turnover (36.0 percent) and on the basis of executed trades (45.5 percent). Overall,…
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TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) announced December 2017 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha) and Montréal Exchange (MX). MX achieved two new volume records for the S&P/TSX 60 Index Standard Futures (SXF) – a monthly record of 959,682 contracts traded, as well as a daily record…
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