The AMF announced that is publishing its report on the main risks to markets, savings, collective investments and financing of the economy. Released at the mid-point of the year, the mapping highlights the risks of a swift increase in interest rates, asset repricing and weakening of international coordination in financial market regulation. The AMF has…
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Order book turnover on Deutsche Börse cash markets totalled €127.4 billion in June (June 2016: €134.9 billion). Of the €127.4 billion, €116.9 billion were attributable to Xetra (June 2016: €123.9 billion). A turnover of €3.7 billion was attributable to Börse Frankfurt (June 2016: €4.2 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange totalled approximately €6.9 billion…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued an opinion with interim transparency calculations for non-equity instruments in relation to the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive/Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFID II). These calculations specify the transparency regime applicable to trading in secondary markets from 3 January 2018, when MiFID II…
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At its meeting on 30 June 2017 Moscow Exchange's Supervisory Board has recommended that the company pay an interim dividend for the first half of 2017. The final decision on the payment, including the amount to be paid, will be made by shareholders at an EGM in early September. The date of the EGM will…
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Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today reported June volume and highlights for Bats LIS, its new block trading platform powered by BIDS technology, which saw more than €2 billion in notional value traded during the month, setting a new monthly record. Bats, which completed the…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced that it will commence trading of Daily Leverage Certificates (DLCs) on Asian indices starting from July 17, 2017. SGX is Asia’s first venue to offer trading in DLCs, allowing Specified Investment Products (SIP)-qualified investors to gain fixed leveraged exposure to key Asian indices. DLCs come without implied price volatility, time decay…
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Australia financial regulator ASIC has released a consultation paper proposing guidance on managing conflicts of interest and handling material, non-public information by Australian financial services (AFS) licensees that provide sell-side research. Sell-side research is general financial advice prepared and distributed by a financial institution to investors to help them make decisions about financial products. The…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Right Choice Insurance Brokers. 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…
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ASIC announced that has extended Class Order [CO 12/749] Relief from the Shorter PDS regime for one year. The class order relief was due to expire on 30 June 2017. The class order provides interim relief, until 30 June 2018, to exclude multifunds, superannuation platforms and hedge funds from the disclosure requirements of the shorter…
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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 Prolinet Ventures Limited. Prolinet Ventures Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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