Exchange holding company Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has said that trading volume in options on the Cboe Volatility Index® (VIX®) reached a new all-time high on Friday, December 1. In VIX options at Cboe Options Exchange, a reported 3.1 million contracts traded on Friday, far surpassing the previous single-day record of 2.6 million…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Chesterfield International Partners. Chesterfield International Partners is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited ('MLEA') has paid a total penalty of $140,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel ('the MDP'), ASIC announced earlier today. The MDP found that between July 2014 and April 2016, MLEA: executed orders contrary to wholesale clients' instructions to opt out of…
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Wine, forests, photovoltaic panels, works of art or diamonds: intermediation in miscellaneous assets may cover several sectors. Since July 2017, the French regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has been providing a list of unauthorized diamond investments platforms: this list is now including other miscellaneous assets proposals. Law No. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency,…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Hume Capital Management. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…
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Increase of 24 per cent YoY With a turnover of €154.2 billion in November, Deutsche Börse cash markets achieved the highest turnover since March 2015 (November 2016: €124.7 billion). Of the €154.2 billion, €138.0 billion were attributable to Xetra (November 2016: €113.3 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra was thus €6.3 billion. Order book…
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Time for the Spanish Stock Market Bolsa de Madrid (BME) to release its November trading volume report. The highlights include: In the first eleven months of the year trading volume totaled €603.7 billion The number of equity trades to November totaled 47.6 million The trading volume in Financial Derivatives in the first eleven months of…
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In the month of November, Singapore Exchange (SGX) listed Structured Warrants, Daily Leverage Certificates (DLCs) and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) generated a combined daily average turnover of S$97 million with Structured Warrants contributing S$74 million (+163% YoY) of the total. More highlights include: DLCs generate a total turnover of S$282 million in November and a…
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that it expands its presence in Asia with the opening of the Singapore office of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) and the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), wholly-owned subsidiaries of HKEX. The Belt and Road Initiative and fintech (financial technology) present tremendous growth…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today published a consultation paper proposing a framework to strengthen the process of determining Singapore Government Securities (SGS) and MAS Bills end-of-day prices (Closing Prices). This is in line with MAS’ broader efforts to enhance the integrity of the processes for setting financial benchmarks. As of end October 2017,…
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