Capital Market Regulators launch ASEAN Green Bond Standards to drive sustainable investments LeapRate

November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Capital Market Regulators launch ASEAN Green Bond Standards to drive sustainable investments

The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) today held its inaugural ASEAN Capital Market Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Themed “Strengthening ASEAN Capital Market Connectivity”, the conference saw over 300 participants from the region, representing issuers, investors, intermediaries, regulators and experts from institutions like the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the International Capital…

November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS Group average daily traded volume down 8% MoM in October

CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market today published its operating metrics for the month of October 2017. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.616 trillion down 7.6 percent from USD1.749 trillion in September 2017. October 2016 September 2017 October 2017 Average daily…

November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Flow Traders enters FX Market with MarketFactory

Flow Traders, a global technology-enabled liquidity provider specializing in exchange traded products (ETPs), and MarketFactory, a FX technology platform, announced today a partnership that will enable investors to trade FX directly with Flow Traders on FX trading venues across the globe. Flow Traders has a long history of trading FX as part of its hedging…

November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Avelacom expands connectivity services to access Australia’s capital markets

Avelacom, a global provider of connectivity and IT infrastructure solutions, announced that it has launched a new point of presence (PoP) in the Australian Security Exchange’s (ASX) Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), Australia’s only data centre dedicated to the financial markets community. The initiative is designed to meet the rising needs of proprietary trading desks and…

November 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe reports Q3 2017, Net Revenue up 10% YoY

Just two days after releasing its October volumes report, Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2017. Q3 2017 highlights include: Revenue Less Cost of Revenue of $269.7 Million, up 98 Percent, Reflects the Bats Acquisition Net Revenue up 10 Percent Compared to 3Q16 Adjusted Combined…

November 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Virtu Financial posts Q3 loss of $40 million burdened by KCG acquisition costs

Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT), a technology-enabled market maker and liquidity provider to the global financial markets, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017. Highlights include: Reported results include KCG from July 20 through September 30, 2017 Net loss of $40.0 million, burdened by costs associated with the KCG acquisition and…

November 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Weaker demand for large law firm services pushes Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Index lower

The large law firm market slowed again in the third quarter, as declining demand more than offset higher rates, according to the Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) Peer Monitor Index (PMI). The PMI, which measures the relative health of the U.S. large law firm market, fell one point to 49. Demand for the large law firm market…

November 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FOREX.com adds US and UK equity CFDs for UK and EU clients

Enhancements include an expanded set of global FX and CFD markets, the introduction of equity CFD trading, upgraded trading platform & mobile apps and reduced pricing on FX and Indices FOREX.com, the retail forex brand of GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), today announced a significant upgrade of its FCA-regulated service in the U.K., featuring…

Monex teams up with Shizuoka Bank to launch financial instruments intermediary services

November 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Monex Group’s Global DARTs up 3% MoM in October

Monex Group, Inc. (TSE 8698, Oki Matsumoto, Representative Executive Officer and CEO) today reported the following monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in October 2017. Global DARTs (DARTs stand for Daily Average Revenue Trades meaning the number of trades and transactions per day which generate revenue) were up 3.16% MoM. Number of total accounts has…

November 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe reports October trading volume, CFE volume hits new annual high

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has reported October monthly trading volume and average revenue per contract (RPC)/net revenue capture data. The data sheet “Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report” contains an overview of October statistics. Data sheets are available on an as reported and combined basis for 2017 and 2016.…

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