The exchange also reported a jump in FTSE China A50 Index Futures DAV and FTSE Taiwan Index Futures DAV with 485,141 contracts and 104,415 contracts in February, respectively. SGX also registered a surge in its commodities business. Forward freight agreement (FFA) traded volume surged 80% YoY with 150,601 contracts. Petrochemical derivatives and Paraxylene traded volumes…
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Daniel Chambers, BidFX Global Head of Data and Analytics commented: The ability to efficiently harness, normalise and analyse FX data has become increasingly vital for refining execution strategies and evaluating counterparties. The launch of this product arms our clients with tools to provide valuable insights in real time. Today, having a secure platform is not…
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Executed over several days in the first week of February this year in order to limit market slippage, Tesla made a $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase which has now been revealed by Block to have been brokered by the cryptocurrency platform, Coinbase. Up until this announcement it had been unclear who had facilitated the significant purchase,…
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SGX has listed more than 6,600 securities by over 1,600 issuers from 66 countries with total of US$2.2 trillion in issued amounts in 26 currencies. Orchid bond structure allows market participants to use SGX as a one-stop issuance, listing and distribution platform for regional issuance. Stephan Pouyat, Global Head of Capital Markets and Funds Services…
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Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) filed criminal complaint on Thusrday against one of its employees for suspected insider trading in payments company Wirecard. BaFin said that the employee of the securities supervision department sold structured products based on Wirecard on 17 June 2020. The date is one day before Wirecard’s auditor EY found that 1.9…
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The SGX FIRST (Future in Reshaping Sustainability Together) initiative was announced in December. It is a multi-pronged expansion of the exchange’s sustainability capabilities and supports the introduction of new ESG-focused products, services and platforms. Michael Syn, Head of Equities at SGX, commented: Our leadership in developing a pan-Asia shelf of benchmark equity derivatives has placed…
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Global digital asset exchange, Gate.io announced its partnership with crypto-friendly hotel booking platform Travala.com to integrate GateToken (GT) on the travel website’s platform. Users of the website can book more than 2.2 million hotels across 230 countries. Travala.com will accept crypto assets including GateToken, Bitcoin, Ethereum and AVA (Travala’s native cryptocurrency for bookings). Digital wealth manager…
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Much of the AUM is currently captured by asset managers based in the US and the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. However, Asia is well-positioned to raise its share of this global AUM. The Asian fiat-crypto trading pairs now account for 43% of total global spot volumes. In the past four years GX…
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GF Securities will partner with SGX through its wealth management and asset management businesses so together can engage institutional investors in both Chinese and Singapore markets. Loh Boon Chye, CEO of SGX, commented: We look forward to deepening our cooperation and relationship with GF Securities, whom we have worked closely with in the past decade.…
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Global equities hit a record high on Wednesday as the recovery seen since the collapse in February continues apace. The FTSE All World index climbed 0.9% to 384.9 points, ahead of a high set in February, as technology giants which have propelled US markets higher now lift the global index to a new peak. Huobi…
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