SIX Swiss Exchange just announced that March was the strongest month so far this year in terms of both trading turnover and the number of transactions. However, in January there were two and in February three fewer trading days than in March. But even when this factor is taken into account, the two figures are…
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Turnover on Deutsche Börse's cash markets totalled €135.7 billion in March, a significant increase on the €120.9 billion seen in the same month of 2016. This increase was largely driven by the daily auctions in Xetra trading, which are held at opening, midday and end of trading. Order book turnover in auctions provided 52% of…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that on 24 March 2017, the Index Committee of Moscow Exchange decided to recommend that the Exchange set the following free float coefficients: Ticker Issuer Free float DSKY Detsky mir, ordinary shares 34% EPLN Europlan, ordinary shares 35% FTRE FG FUTURE, ordinary shares 20% The Committee also proposed to consider…
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The European Trade Repository REGIS-TR has been formally recognized by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA on 1 April 2017, Deutsche Börse announced. REGIS-TR is now officially a foreign trade repository in Switzerland, enabling market participants to meet their transaction reporting obligations under the Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA). Under the terms of the…
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The National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa – CONSOB) just reported that the company Investing Group Trading is not authorised to offer out-of-the-office, or promote or place through remote communication techniques in Italy, investment services or business in any way, and, therefore, neither through the…
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Smart beta ETFs issued by Fidelity International are tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt as of today, constituting Fidelity's first ETF offering in Europe. The new ETFs enable investors to invest in global and US quality companies with high dividend yields, as well as stable profits and cash flow. The ETFs are aimed at generating…
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Mr Steven Robert Noske, of Subiaco, Western Australia has today been found guilty and convicted on one count of insider trading brought by ASIC after a two week trial in the Western Australian Supreme Court. The charge related to the acquisition of 750,000 WestSide Corporation Limited shares between 6 and 10 February 2012 via a…
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Following a request of Banco de Portugal, acting as the national resolution authority of Portugal, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has requested the suspension of the financial instruments issued by Novo Banco S.A. and NB Finance Ltd. These financial instruments are to be suspended from trading on the regulated market of the…
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The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has affirmed ASIC’s decision to ban Mr Ryan Batros from providing financial services for five years. The banning follows an ASIC investigation into Mr Batros’ conduct on 25 and 26 August 2014 in placing 'execution only' orders on the ASX that he had received from clients to sell shares and…
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Like GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), the Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) just announced its March volumes and, considering the low start of the year, numbers are finally going up for them. The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 266,249 (+175.5% MoM / +4.7% YoY) and…
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