Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced the launch of Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index (IBHY) futures on Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE). The $8.8 trillion U.S. corporate bond market includes robust cash and exchange-traded fund (ETF) markets, but Cboe IBHY is now the only exchange-listed futures product linked to U.S.…
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TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) has announced August 2018 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha) and Montréal Exchange (MX). TSX has welcomed six new issuers in August 2018, compared with seven in the previous month and three in August 2017. The new listings were six exchange…
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Deutsche Börse and 360T, Deutsche Börse Group’s FX unit, to serve FX markets with independent streaming swap market data Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services and Deutsche Börse foreign-exchange (FX) trading venue 360T have announced that they are launching a product offering covering FX spot market as well as FX swap market data. FX swap…
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Open interest in the RUONIA Futures Contract tripled in the first nine months of 2018 to over RUB 66 billion, reaching an all-time high since the launch of interest derivatives on MOEX in autumn 2016. Igor Marich, Managing Director of the Money and Derivatives Markets at Moscow Exchange, commented: We see rising interest in exchange-traded…
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MSCI Inc., a provider of indexes and portfolio construction and risk management tools and services for global investors, has announced the signing of an agreement with the Saudi Stock Exchange Co. (Tadawul), the largest stock exchange in the region in terms of market capitalization and turnover, to create a joint tradeable index that can serve…
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The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM) has announced that it has scheduled the listing of Technically Specified Rubber (TSR) futures contracts for October 9, 2018, pending regulatory approval from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. TSR is a class of natural rubber and, along with Ribbed…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group has just announced that Henry Hub Natural Gas futures open interest reached a record 1,617,589 contracts on Friday, August 31, surpassing the previous record of 1,606,874 contracts set on August 17, 2018. Open interest represents the total number of outstanding positions held by all participants in a given market. Nine of…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the month of August 2018. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 79.5 trln last month. Turnover grew on the Derivatives Market (+15.1%), Equity Market (+10.9%), Bond Market (+8.9%) and FX Market (+3.1%). Equity and Bond Market Total trading volumes on the Equity…
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STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Börse Group’s index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has just announced that it has licensed the iSTOXX Europe ESG Climate Awareness Select 50 Index to Morgan Stanley for the issuance of structured products. The new index combines sustainability criteria with a high dividend…
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SIX Swiss Exchange has held a 25% stake in SECB (Swiss Euro Clearing Bank GmbH) since 1999. The other shareholders are the Swiss banks UBS, Credit Suisse and PostFinance, each with a 25% holding. SIX, in its capacity as the core infrastructure service provider of the Swiss financial center, is SECB’s largest client. The purpose…
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