Hauke Stars who has served two terms as a member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG will not be available for a third. Therefore, the Supervisory Board of the company decided last week to appoint Heike Eckert as full member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG, effective 1 July 2020. Eckert…
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Moscow Exchange’s Supervisory Board approved the purchase of a minority shareholding in BierbaumPro AG on 5 March. The Board also approved an agreement to acquire up to 100% of BierbaumPro equity over a period of three years. The final price for the Bierbaumpro’s equity will depend on the company’s operational and financial performance. BierbaumPro’s main…
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FXCM Group, LLC, international foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services provider, announced its expansion into equity trading with the launch of a commission-free trading service in collaboration with Interactive Brokers. Equity trading is one of the most popular investment securities for retail traders. FXCM will create a dedicated online and mobile trading…
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Cboe reported their February 2020 volumes, making great raises compared to February the previous year. Options ADV are up with 64%, Futures by 88%, U.S. Equities by 30% and Global FX by 20% YoY. Cboe’s four options exchanges together set a new monthly ADV record with more than 11 million contracts traded in February. A…
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The Russian market operator Moscow Exchange Group (MOEX) reported RUB 69.4 trillion in trading volumes, a 19.9% increase MoM (RUB 57.9 in January 2020). Compared to last year, there is a 11.5% rise (RUB 62.3 trillion for February 2019). Spot FX Market registered the most growth MoM with 60%, followed by Derivatives Market with 40%.…
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Increased volatility of financial markets in the last week of February lead to increased volumes compared to previous years on Deutsche Börse’s cash market platforms. February cash market turnover amounted to €183.0 billion (€116 billion for the previous year), marking a 60 % increase. 2.8 million orders were executed, achieving trading volume of €18.6 billion,…
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The new futures using MSCI ESG Screened Indexes was introduced to start trading in time for the next roll in March. The futures covering USA, World, EM, EAFE and Japan/Growth in MSCI index-based derivatives driven by buy-side demand. In the spirit of responsible investing, Eurex supports asset managers in switching to sustainable investment by expanding…
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Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has released its trading volumes report for the month of February 2020. You can see the highlights below: FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) The total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) was 2,449,177 ( +24.6% MoM / +27.5% YoY ) and its average daily trading volume was…
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Deutsche Börse has just released fresh news from its commodities sector. The assets under custody of Xetra-Gold exceeded the 10 billion Euro mark for the first time. The physical holdings of the Gold ETC are deposited in the central vault for German securities in Frankfurt and are currently 209.98 tonnes, up 6.39 tonnes since the…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) just announced that it has launched methanol futures and swap contracts to help methanol producers, traders and downstream users manage risk and improve price discovery amid rising demand. Both new features (SGX Platts Methanol CFR China Swap and the SGX Platts Methanol CFR China Futures) will be listed with 12 consecutive contract…
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