Cboe Global Markets recognized in Hong Kong as approved stock exchange LeapRate

January 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Global Markets recognized in Hong Kong as approved stock exchange

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) has included Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. in its List of Approved Stock Exchanges. The recognition of Cboe’s BZX Exchange should help further facilitate investment in the region in Cboe-listed securities by allowing funds to be eligible to be approved…

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX sets launch date for new securities trading system

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that it will introduce its new securities trading system for the Hong Kong market, the Orion Trading Platform - Securities Market (OTP-C), on Monday, 5 February 2018, replacing the current AMS/3.8 system, an upgraded version of the AMS/3 system rolled out in 2000. The rollout of OTP-C…

Shenzhen Stock Exchange publicly denounces Changsheng Bio-technology

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Shenzhen Stock Exchange improves the risk management system

SZSE attaches much importance to risk management and informed that it has been actively exploring a perfect mode of risk management. By now, SZSE has formed an overall risk management system based on evaluation and prevention beforehand, control and handling of risks at their occurrence, and summary and improvement afterward at different stages of risk…

January 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TAIFEX adds GBP and AUD futures to FX product portfolio

The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) announced that it has just launched two new FX futures contracts – GBP/USD Futures and AUD/USD Futures. The addition of the two new futures contracts is the next step in TAIFEX’ strategy to rapidly expand its FX product line, which it began building in 2015 with the introduction of RMB…

January 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

WFE publishes best practice guidelines for cyber security compliance

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, has today published a set of best practice guidelines for market infrastructures designed to engender a staff culture of cyber security compliance. The paper takes a behavioural approach to the issue, as evidence shows that moving away…

January 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bermuda Stock Exchange issues Legal Entity Identifiers

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) today confirmed that it is authorsied to issue Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) to Bermuda domiciled companies and has been doing so for several months. In making the announcement BSX Operations Manager Mr. Neville Caines noted: The BSX through its relationship with CUSIP Global Services, is now issuing LEIs to Bermuda…

January 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange initiates dual listing arrangement with Singapore, Hong Kong, and Toronto Exchanges

The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) said on Sunday it approved a plan to allow Israeli companies traded in Singapore, Hong Kong and Toronto to easily dual-list on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). The dual-listing arrangement that came into force in 2000 in response to worldwide globalization, allows companies whose securities are listed for trade…

January 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Euronext's next acquisition: insider list management company InsiderLog

Very acquisitive financial markets operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) has made another acquisition, paying €5.8 million for 80% of Stockholm based insider list management company InsiderLog. The deal to buy InsiderLog comes on the heels of other recent Euronext acquisitions in the second half of 2017, including buying the Irish Stock Exchange plc for €137 million, and Forex…

January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

EEX registers the first trade on Industrial Wood Pellets Futures

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) just announced that it has registered the first trade on Industrial Wood Pellets Futures on its platform on Monday, 15th January 2018. The trade for 10 lots in the Feb 18 delivery is equivalent to 1,000 tonnes and was brokered by Tradition on behalf of Vattenfall Energy Trading and Total…

Spanish Stock Market BME Bolsa de Madrid

January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MEFF to launch new FX Rolling Spot futures

MEFF (Mercado Español de Futuros Financieros) announced that it is to launch new FX futures contracts this year, called FX Rolling Spot Future (xRolling™), thus expanding the range of assets it currently offers its members and investors. The product will be a "perpetual" Future on the main pairs of currencies and with extended trading hours…

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