Category: Financial Services

finra
February 25, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FINRA fines Barclays $350K for market access controls failures

As result, Barclays the routed 19,500 orders for 2,500,000 contracts to the market unchecked. Of those 9,500 orders for 1,125,000 contracts were executed. Additionally, the firm did not prevent the entry of erroneous orders of a total of $11.8 million, rather than the intended $118,000. The company has accepted FINRA’s monetary penalty but has not…

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HKEX
February 24, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HKEX sees HK$12.54 billion annual profits in 2021

Nicolas Aguzin, Chief Executive Officer said: HKEX had a strong year in 2021, despite a turbulent macro backdrop and the ongoing pandemic. Revenue and other income, and profit both reached record highs. Turnover on our Cash Market and volumes on both Stock Connect and Bond Connect achieved new highs, helping to offset the impact of…

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Admirals
February 23, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Estoninan regulator slaps Admiral Markets with €20,000 fine for reporting errors

Many companies in the retail industry use the services of third-party firm for these reporting tasks. Admiral Markets AS also uses assistance of qualified and professional service providers for reporting. Admiral Markets stated: The company has made every effort to properly comply with its reporting obligations and to correct any errors identified in cooperation with…

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Eurex
February 21, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Eurex expands offering with MSCI derivatives

Eurex and MSCI partnered in 2008 and since then over 100 million contracts have been traded. At the start of 2022, the exchange hit record numbers as it traded 290,810 MSCI options in January. Eurex stated: Two additional ESG indices will be covered with futures: MSCI Europe ESG screened and MSCI EMU ESG screened. Those…

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TMX
February 21, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

TMX Group invests in ETFLogic

ETFLogic's flagship product, LOGICLY was founded in 2017. It integrates multi-asset research such as ETFs, mutual funds, and stocks, AI-powered portfolio analysis, optimization, and trading analytics into a web-based portfolio management trading platform. Through the tools LOGICLY offers, wealth advisors can better screen and compare products for their clients, analyze a fund's risk and exposure,…

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SGX
February 14, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SGX sees strong performance in January

SGX said: There was reduced volatility in the renminbi (RMB) ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, with the traded volume of SGX USD/CNH Futures declining in tandem. However, month-end open interest of the contract gained 12% m-o-m to more than US$11 billion, signaling its growing adoption as a hedging tool. The SGX contract is…

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Euronext
February 11, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Euronext reports 46.9% jump in revenue in 2021

The company’s EBITA for 2021 was €752.8 million, registering a 44.8% increase compared to the previous year with a margin of 58.0%. The Group saw net income of €413.3 million, up 31% compared to 2020. The adjusted earnings per share were €5.47, increased by 17.2%. Stéphane Boujnah, Euronext’s CEO and Chair, commented: Euronext delivered a…

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February 09, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group operating income rises 22.5% in Q4 2021

Clearing and transaction fees revenue for the final quarter came in at $949 million. Market data revenue for the same period was $142 million. The revenue for the full year in turn, was $4.7 billion. Operating income reached $2.6 billion, while net income stood at $2.6 billion, with diluted EPS at $7.29. The adjusted net…

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February 09, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Pico launches Corvil Electronic Trading Data Warehouse

The new solution also offers full trade traceability from issuer to market to isolate degraded decision and transmission latencies, transaction completeness monitoring and reconciliation across inter and intra-plant to detect lost messages and discrepancies in real-time. Clients can also benefit from live order state monitoring to track open position, close open orders and reconcile client/market…

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