Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone with nearly 1,300 listed issuers, has just announced its results for the full year 2017. Strong operating performance for the full year 2017 Increase in revenue to €532.3 million (+7.2%): Despite low volatility, cash trading revenues at €190.3m up 5.3% , thanks to strong market share at 64.4%…
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Instructure, Inc. (NYSE: INST), a software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology company, today announced the pricing of its registered underwritten public offering of 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $39.50 per share. In addition, Instructure has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 375,000 shares of common…
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ANZ Bank New Zealand today advised it has finalised the sale of its previously announced six retail and wealth businesses in Asia, allowing it to further focus on institutional and large corporate customers moving goods and capital across the region. Originally announced in October 2016, ANZ has now successfully transferred its retail and wealth businesses…
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The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and Bursa Malaysia Berhad (the Exchange) announced today that they have outlined the operational details of various new measures to further enhance the vibrancy and liquidity of the equity market. These measures were announced on 6 February 2018 by Prime Minister Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun…
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CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, today published its operating metrics for the month of January. The data shows a significant 15.6% spike in activity vs December, up 24% year on year. This demonstrates that, while we have seen an uptick in activity following the February…
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GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) has commented on recent market volatility while presenting at the Credit Suisse 19th Annual Financial Services Forum. Here's what Glenn Stevens, GAIN Capital's CEO, said at the Forum yesterday: It is encouraging to see active traders embrace recent market volatility, as uncertainty around the direction of the equities markets…
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INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc. ("the Company"), has entered into an agreement with offshore mutual fund distribution platform Allfunds Bank. The relationship further enhances the offerings of the Company's Correspondent Clearing Division, which is now the only U.S.-based clearing firm with access to the…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) just announced that it has hit a new record in FX trading volumes in January following the successful onboarding of its buy-side clients and liquidity providers onto its enhanced Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), post-MiFID II implementation. Average daily volumes (ADV) across Thomson Reuters FX platforms totaled $432.1 billion in January 2018,…
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Online multi-asset trading services company OANDA has introduced a new pricing model for several key indices that enables clients to access spreads as low as 0.5 when they trade the Australia 200, UK 100, Germany 30, US NAS 100 and the US Wall St 30. Designed to reduce the cost of trading indices, the new…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE) has reported its busiest week ever with several new trading records across Cboe’s exchanges and products. From Monday, February 5, through Friday, February 9, 2018, a record weekly high of 48.29 million contracts traded on Cboe Options Exchange, making it the busiest week in the exchange’s…
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