Category: Financial Services

SGX
February 07, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

SGX’s Asian FX futures volume rises as FX industry moves toward the final stages of regulatory reforms

Singapore Exchange (SGX) keeps reporting record volumes, as international investors seek trading opportunities in Asia. The heightened activity is not that unexpected, as the FX industry moves toward the final stages of regulatory reforms for uncleared OTC derivatives. Interest in SGX’s suite of Asian currencies continues to grow, with record US$1.3 trillion changing hands in…

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February 07, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

United States and Singapore issue a joint statement on financial services data connectivity

US Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Brent McIntosh and Monetary Authority of Singapore Deputy Managing Director Jacqueline Loh met n Singapore for a discussion on the importance of data connectivity in financial services. Both countries recognize managing data across borders is crucial to the development of the financial sector. The new technological developments in…

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Regulation
February 07, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ESMA outlines its strategy on sustainable finance

The EU Markets regulator, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), announced its Strategy on Sustainable Finance. The strategy reveals sustainability as the main goal for ESMA and sets out a plan to implement Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in its work. The strategy reveals that the fundamental priorities of ESMA include transparency obligations, risk…

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Cboe Global Markets
February 06, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe trading volumes rise in January 2020

Exchange holding company Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe) released report on its turnover for January 2020. ADV in total options trading at C2 Options Exchange (C2) reached a monthly record with more than 934,900 contracts, up by 25% from January 2019. EDGX Options Exchange (EDGX) also set a monthly trading record with ADV of more…

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Integral volumes
February 06, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Integral’s ADV down 2% MoM in January 2020

Fintech company Integral released its volumes report for the first month of 2020. Average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totalled $35.5 billion in January. This represents an increase of 2.3% compared to the same period last year. However, the numbers were slightly down from December’s $36.3 billion, minus 2.2% MoM. Banks, brokers, and asset managers now…

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fca warning
February 05, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA continues adding unauthorised companies to its warning list

UK regulator FCA has put out the details of several unregulated companies, as well as few clone firms this week. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are the companies Quidd Finance UK, Legit-Loan Company, Winton Finance, ABSL Umbrella Fund, ATFXHK International Limited, Best Loan Solution Ltd. According to the regulator,…

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cysec cif license
February 05, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC withdraws Whotrades Ltd’s CIF licence

The Cyprus regulator CySEC announced today that it has decided to withdraw the CIF licence of a company named Whotrades Ltd. The regulator is withdrawing the Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation with Number 073/06 of Whotrades Ltd. due to the company’s decision to expressly renounce it. The Cyprus watch dog has recently announced that it has…

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moex moscow exchange
February 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Moscow Exchange reports trading volumes for January 2020

The Russian market operator Moscow Exchange Group (MOEX) announced RUB 57.9 trillion market turnover for January 2020 (RUB 58.9 trillion for previous year). Equity markets have registered the most growth with 102.9%, followed by bond market with 42.8% and derivatives market of 27.4 %. Equity & Bonds Market The total turnover for equity and bonds…

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