HKEX introduces 5-year China Ministry of Finance Treasury Bond Futures LeapRate

March 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX introduces 5-year China Ministry of Finance Treasury Bond Futures

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that will introduce 5-year China Ministry of Finance Treasury Bond (MOF T-Bond) Futures on Monday, 10 April 2017. HKEX’s MOF T-Bond Futures will be the offshore markets’ first futures on domestic Chinese government bonds. HKEX is introducing the new futures to meet international investors’ growing demand for…

March 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext launches CAC 40 Governance Index with Vigeo Eiris

Euronext and Vigeo Eiris today launched the CAC 40® Governance Index, a thematic index that rates companies in the Paris market’s benchmark CAC 40 index on their corporate governance performance. The CAC 40® Governance Index takes the constituent stocks of the CAC 40 index and weights the components based on their corporate governance score, using…

March 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq Dubai: Trading begins in ENBD REIT following US$105 million IPO

Trading began today in shares of ENBD REIT following its 105 million US dollar initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq Dubai, the region’s international exchange. ENBD REIT is a Sharia’a-compliant Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) managed by Emirates NBD Asset Management and established in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Abdul Wahed Al Fahim, Chairman of…

Nasdaq Copenhagen Improves Small Cap Market Access For Non-Nordic Trading Members

March 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq Nordic and Baltic Exchanges launch voluntary ESG Reporting Guide

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that its Nordic and Baltic exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius have issued a voluntary support program on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure to support their listed companies. Many of the companies listed on the Nasdaq Nordic and Baltic exchanges are already global leaders in…

March 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

New market data feed to provide insight into entire Xetra order book

Effective June 2017, Deutsche Börse will be offering the new market data feed CEF® ultra+ Xetra Order by Order. The new feed will provide insight into the entire visible Xetra order book with unlimited order book depth. Market Data + Services designed the high-performance data feed for market participants requiring the highest data throughput possible…

March 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

GPW extends fee reductions for market makers

The Warsaw Stock Exchange announced that extends the fee reduction for Market Makers of WIG20 futures until 30 September 2017. Under the promotion the exchange has reduced fees between 27% and 41% with respect to volume threshold reached by eligible entity. Volume thresholds are as follows: from 15 000 up to 35 000 contracts –…

March 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Stock Exchange of Thailand to move to T+2 Settlement Cycle in March 2018

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announced the target implementation date for the two-day settlement cycle (T+2) on March 2, 2018. SET President Kesara Manchusree commented: The target date to move toward T+2 settlement cycle, from the current T+3, has been extensively consulted with all stakeholders namely The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bank of…

March 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TFX adds Packs and Bundles functions as trading strategies of Three-month Euroyen futures

The Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) announced that will add Packs and Bundles functions as trading strategies of Three-month Euroyen futures. While TFX currently offers a fee discount program for synthetic Packs and Bundles transactions executed via block trade facility (off-exchange), it will introduce another fee discount program Packs and Bundles executed on-exchange. Packs Strategy purchase…

March 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse to launch Sustainable Finance Initiative

Deutsche Börse announced that will be launching the Sustainable Finance Initiative in Frankfurt. The aim is to establish new interdisciplinary structures for sustainable entrepreneurship along with some 100 of the financial centre's key participants in order to explore new business areas. Banks, financial institutions, rating and ranking agencies, investors, insurance companies, data providers and representatives…

March 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

OTC Clear launches client clearing ahead of Hong Kong Clearing Mandate

OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited (OTC Clear), a subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) that provides clearing and settlement services for over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions, has launched a client clearing service following approval by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). Client clearing has been rolled out ahead of the effective date of…

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