Eurex, part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced today that it will extend its pioneering role in ETF derivatives. Europe’s derivatives exchange will be the first to launch EUR-denominated fixed income ETF options on 9 December. The two underlying ETFs – iShares EUR High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (IHYG LN) and iShares Core EUR Corporate…
Read more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of another unregulated firm yesterday. The name of the latest addition to the regulator’s warning list is the company Claim Yours Limited. According to the regulator, this firm is not authorised by the FCA and is targeting people in the UK. Based upon information the…
Read more
It was not that long ago that the phrase “fintech” would have fallen on deaf ears, but in recent years, our lives have been re-ordered in a way by computer programs, apps, and technology that have taken our banking and financial services to new levels. The digital age has ignited a number of debates between…
Read more
On Friday, December 6th, in a prosecution hearing against a potential criminal cartel case involving Deutsche Bank AG and Citigroup INC, the former JPMorgan head of markets, Jeff Herbert-Smith, served as a prosecution witness claiming that the banks never colluded in the first place. The testimony actually served as a blow to the prosecution case…
Read more
CPT Markets UK, previously Citypoint Trading, the FX and CFD trading firm has just announced that it has become a member of the London Stock Exchange. Nick Lewis, the CEO of CPT Markets UK, commented on the news: Even though CPT Markets UK has been operating out of the UK for more than 10 years,…
Read more
Financial institutions and anyone providing online financial services – take note – your next wave of potential customers, labeled “Generation Z” for anyone born in 1995 and beyond, is very sensitive to the risks of cyber fraud, especially to electronic apps on their smart phones or tablets or even PCs. By 2020, this grouping of…
Read more
The economic tension between Washington and Beijing is soaring. The White House has currently refused to back up a World Bank loan program for China - a loan that is worth $1 billion per year. The funding plan which is for five years was discussed on December 5th, 2019. The program is known as the…
Read more
The fintech industry in Nigeria is becoming more popular and startups are capitalizing on the trend. Migo, a Nigerian fintech startup is a company that focuses on offering credit-as-a-service to big companies. Migo has recently raised a Series B round of $20 million - a round that was led by Valor Capital Group, a Brazil-focused…
Read more
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has announced its financial results for November 2019. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 62.6 trln last month, a decline of 10% from last year's RUB 69.7 trln. Equity Market helped the most, up 59.6%. The number of trading days in November 2019 was 20 (21 trading days same…
Read more
Deutsche Börse has announced earlier this week that its cash markets generated a turnover of €126.7 billion in November, a decrease of 10% YoY. €113.4 billion were attributable to Xetra (previous year: €129.0 billion), bringing the average daily Xetra trading volume to €5.4 billion. Trading volume on Börse Frankfurt was €2.7 billion (previous year: €2.8…
Read more