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EEX To Launch Baltic-Finnish Gas Markets On 27 May 2025

Date 15/10/2024

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will add natural gas products for Baltic-Finnish markets to its platform, currently operated by GET Baltic within EEX Group, from 27 May 2025. The product portfolio will comprise products for the gas spot (Within-Day, Day, Weekend) and derivatives (Month, Quarter, Season, Year) products for Lithuania, common market area of Latvia-Estonia and Finland. In addition, EEX will enable location spread trading between these markets and selected European gas markets, which are already available at EEX. EEX will also extend its objective and transaction-based indices to the new market areas, such as EEX EGSI and EEX EOD. GET Baltic’s products for this region will not be available for trading from this date onwards. 

ACER: No Need For More Power Purchase Agreement Templates

Date 15/10/2024

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) concludes that there is no need to develop new voluntary Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) templates in the EU energy market.

Iceland’s Elma Power Exchange Joins Europex As Full Member

Date 15/10/2024

Elma Power Exchange, Iceland’s new spot electricity exchange, has joined Europex as a full member as of today.

Mercuryo’s Big Time Summit 2024 Returns To Cyprus Showcasing The Latest Trends In Web3

Date 15/10/2024

Global payments infrastructure platform Mercuryo is excited to announce the Big Time Summit 2024, an exclusive gathering of thought leaders and trailblazers in the digital token space for a day of networking, innovation and insight into the future of finance and technology. 

Malaysian Association Of Certified Fraud Examiners And Securities Industry Development Corporation Join Forces To Boost Fraud Awareness And Education In Malaysia

Date 15/10/2024

The Malaysian Association of Certified Fraud Examiners(“MACFE”), the local chapter of the world’s largest anti-fraud organisation and premier provider of antifraud education, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (“ACFE”), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Securities Industry Development Corporation (“SIDC”) to advance fraud awareness and education within Malaysia’s capital market. This partnership marks a pivotal step in fostering academic collaboration between MACFE and SIDC, with shared commitment to promoting fraud detection and prevention, enhancing professional excellence and raising investor education standards across the Malaysian capital market.

UK Government HM Treasury Policy Paper: Financial Services Policy Update

Date 15/10/2024

A written ministerial statement on the Bank of England’s consultation on MREL and its interaction with the Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill.

ING Appoints New Heads Of Wholesale Banking For EMEA And APAC

Date 15/10/2024

ING has appointed Eva Smolen as head of Wholesale Banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Uday Sareen as head of Wholesale Banking for Asia Pacific (APAC), both effective today. Eva and Uday will report to Andrew Bester, head of ING Wholesale Banking.

Broadridge Launches Enhanced Operational Resilience Solution And Services For International Post-Trade Processing

Date 15/10/2024

In response to the increased sophistication and prevalence of cyber threats, and board mandates on operational resilience, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) has launched a range of enhanced services and solution capabilities for international post-trade processing. These capabilities enable firms to comply with the European Union's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and other global regulations requiring a heightened level of operational resilience and are available to banks and brokers that currently use Broadridge's leading International Post-Trade processing solution, as well as to the wider industry to augment their inhouse or vendor systems and operational teams.

Adaptive Partnered With EDX Markets To Deliver Proprietary Institutional Cloud-Native Clearing And Settlement Platform

Date 15/10/2024

Adaptive, the experts in custom trading technology solutions, today announced it partnered with EDX Markets, a digital assets technology firm, to develop and deliver EDX Clearing (EDXC), EDX’s proprietary, cloud-native central clearinghouse.

Spectrum Markets - Data Reveals: European Retail Investors Focus On Crude Oil Amid Middle East Tensions

Date 15/10/2024

• Spectrum Markets’ monthly SERIX data reveals a bullish sentiment towards both major crude oil indices last month, with WTI at 111 and Brent at 108
• Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, along with supply concerns, have led to a steady increase in sentiment related to crude oil since June 2024
• Spectrum saw 36.9% of trades in September 2024 take place outside traditional European market hours, reflecting ongoing demand for 24/5 trading