Criterion Arbitrage & Trading B.V. becomes fourth new trading participant to join the Swiss stock exchange in 2018. Today, Criterion Arbitrage & Trading B.V. started as a trading participant on the Swiss stock exchange. Established in 2011 and located in Amsterdam, the company engages in market making and various arbitrage strategies in listed derivatives on…
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has just announced its intention to launch a new open-architecture, centralized industry platform to facilitate creation and redemption orders for exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This new platform, expected to begin operations in 2019, subject to regulatory approval,…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning against a scam company called Baihua Global. Baihua Global Website: www.bfmfx.com Email: [email protected] Reason for warning: It could be involved in a scam. The firm is misleadingly using the registration details of Booster Funds Management Limited (FSP555786), a licensed fund manager, with whom it has…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm The Co-operative Bank Plc. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the month of July 2018. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 75.2 trln in July 2018. The key growth drivers were the Bond Market (+28.1%), FX Market (+21.3%) and Equity Market (+9.6%). Equity and Bond Market Total trading volumes on the Equity…
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An assessment report published today concludes that Canada´s legal, regulatory and oversight frameworks for financial market infrastructures (FMIs) are generally complete and consistent with the Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMI), with some exceptions. The report on the Implementation monitoring of PFMI: Level 2 assessment report for Canada, published by the Committee on Payments and…
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The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has announced that it has authorized Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartościowych (KDPW, The Central Securities Depository of Poland) to provide transaction reporting services as an Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM). As an ARM, KDPW is authorised to provide transaction reporting services in the European Union. The ARM is a mechanism of…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Capricorn Finance. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and Thailand Productivity Institute, under the Ministry of Industry, have announced that they have jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance small and medium-sized listed companies’ knowledge in process innovation to create valuation and business opportunities toward sustainable growth. SET Senior Executive Vice President Krisada Sektrakul said…
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In July, Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that it has seen strong demand for its equity products. Traded equity contracts were up by 76 percent to 23,790,806 from 13,506,099 in July 2017. Demand was particularly high for Single Stock Dividend Futures (+87 percent) with 435,018 traded contracts.…
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