SGX stated: FX market participants bolstered portfolio hedging on key Emerging Asia currencies. SGX INR/USD Futures traded volume rose 14% y-o-y in October to 1.3 million contracts as India’s energy and raw-material costs continued to climb, adding to inflationary concerns. China’s regulatory scrutiny of its technology industry showed signs of easing even as challenges in…
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Boris Blokhin, Head of the MOEX Equity Market, said: We are continually expanding the instrument offering and have enabled investors to trade in the currency of their choice. The number of available securities will exceed 500 this year, with even faster growth planned for next year, plus the addition of new jurisdictions. We are delighted…
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Post-trade revenue also registered growth with 86.2% increase to €83.1 million, attributed to the consolidation of the Italian CSD, Monte Titoli, and of the clearing activities of the Italian CCP, CC&G. Custody and settlement revenue in the Nordic CSDs also registered some growth, reflecting normalised levels of retail activity. Revenue from clearing increased to EUR…
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Trading volume in RDRs, shares, and investment fund units increased by 7.21% MoM to RUB 3,019.6 billion (Septeber 2021: RUB 2,816.4 billion). ADTV went up by 12.34 % MoM to RUB 143.8 billion (September 2021: RUB 128 billion). 86 new bond issues with a total value of RUB 811.3 billion (of which overnight bonds accounted…
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Regarding micro products ADV, Micro E-mini futures and options registered ADV of 2.1 million, accounting for 38.8% of overall Equity Index ADV. Micro WTI Crude Oil futures were 2.5% of overall Energy ADV and Micro Bitcoin futures accounted for 0.5% of overall Equity Index ADV. CME Group noted that ADV outside the US grew 36%…
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Viafintech’s customers use their solutions for bill payments and credit pay-outs, as well as for online shopping in general. Millions of consumers in the region who don’t have bank accounts, or who simply prefer the heightened security, use eCash to pay online. Udo Müller, CEO of Paysafe’s eCash division, commented: This is a very exciting…
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Hans Dellenbach, Partner and Chief Financial Officer at Emerald Technology Ventures, said: We are pleased to have worked with Northern Trust and Broadridge on development of the Private Market Hub, using blockchain technology to deliver a full private equity ecosystem. Through the use of the Private Market Hub, we now can directly interact in real-time…
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Operating income was increased 18.2% YoY and F&C income accounted for a record 75% of operating income. Yury Denisov, Chief Executive Officer of Moscow Exchange, said: MOEX has delivered fee and commission income growth significantly ahead of our strategic targets. Key drivers of this growth include the roll-out of new products and instruments, the expansion…
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The regulators noted that Rege and SwapStar used part of the money to trade commodity interests through accounts they owned. Some of the client funds were used to pay bogus gains to some clients, to return original investments amounts to others and to pay for some of Rage's personal expenses. Additionally, Rage failed to disclose…
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Broadridge’s user community, which includes global and local custodian banks, brokers, wealth managers and central securities depositories (CSDs), is now able to enhance the services they provide to Swiss market investors. The new service achieves that by enabling early receipt of issuer-verified event announcements, improved deadlines for submitting votes, confirmation of votes received by the…
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