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Dubai Financial Market Achieves Strong Growth In 2024 With Net Profit (Pre-Tax) Of AED 409.3 Million

Date 30/01/2025

• DFMGI achieved decade-high performance with 27.1% index growth at the end of December 2024.
• Market capitalization surged by 32% to AED 907 billion.
• DFM onboarded 138,262 new investors, 85% of whom were foreign nationals.
• DFM raised AED 10.48 billion through three successful IPOs in 2024.
• Board of Directors proposed cash dividend of AED 256 million, representing 97% of the total retained earnings available for distribution.

SEC Acting Chairman Mark T. Uyeda Names Natalia Díez Riggin As Senior Advisor And Acting Director Of Legislative And Intergovernmental Affairs

Date 30/01/2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced Acting Chairman Mark T. Uyeda has named Natalia Díez Riggin as Senior Advisor and Acting Director of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs.  

CME Group To Launch Micro-Sized Grains And Oilseed Futures On February 24

Date 30/01/2025

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch a suite of micro grain and oilseed futures contracts on February 24, 2025, pending regulatory review. These contracts will be cash-settled and one-tenth the size of the company's Corn, Wheat, Soybean, Soybean Oil and Soybean Meal futures.

Accountancy And Fintech Thrive, Banking Falters: UK Finance Jobs Report 2025 - Morgan McKinley And Vacancysoft Report Highlights Key UK Finance Sector Trends For 2025

Date 30/01/2025

• Fintech Boom: The fintech sector experienced a 44% surge in job vacancies, driven by venture capital investment and AI
• Accountancy Resurgence: accountancy rebounded with a 29% increase in vacancies, fueled by a focus on green services and AI
• Banking Challenges: Banking vacancies declined by 11%, reflecting restructuring and regulatory pressures
• Regional Disparities Persist: London experienced a 7% increase in finance sector vacancies, while the rest of the UK faced a 4% decline

Deutsche Börse: Xetra ETF & ETP Statistics 2024: Assets Under Management And Product Diversity Continue To Grow

Date 30/01/2025

• Assets under management in the segment reach a new all-time high of €1.83 trillion
• Trading turnover in ETFs and ETPs rises significantly by 28 per cent to €230.8 billion
• Deutsche Börse records highest listing activity since the launch of the segment
• Active ETFs establish themselves with high growth rates

BlockFills Collaborates With Coindesk Indices To Bring Institutional-Grade Options Market Liquidity To The CoinDesk 20 Index

Date 30/01/2025

BlockFills, a leading digital assets technology and trading firm for institutions and professional traders, today announced a collaboration with CoinDesk Indices to introduce the BlockFills CoinDesk 20 Options Market and bring professional liquidity to the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20). CoinDesk 20 measures the performance of leading digital assets and applies a capped market capitalization weighted methodology to ensure portfolio diversification. Trading on the BlockFills CoinDesk 20 Options Market began this month with the first transaction initiated by Hyperion Decimus, a prominent digital asset manager and multi-strategy crypto hedge fund.

European Central Bank: Monetary Policy Decisions

Date 30/01/2025

The Governing Council today decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points. In particular, the decision to lower the deposit facility rate – the rate through which the Governing Council steers the monetary policy stance – is based on its updated assessment of the inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation and the strength of monetary policy transmission.

European Capital Markets Forum

Date 30/01/2025

The first edition of the European Capital Markets Forum took place on 29 January 2025. This unique event, held during the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, brought together economists, industry leaders, and policy makers to discuss the key challenges and opportunities facing the European financial market. KDPW and KDPW_CCP were the co-organisers of the event alongside the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) and the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE).

Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Summary

Date 30/01/2025

The average daily trading volume for the period 26/01 – 30/01 reached JD (5.2) million compared to JD (4.9) million for the last week, a increase of (6.2%). The total trading volume during the week reached JD(26.1) million compared to JD (24.6) million during the last week. Trading a total of (13.5) million shares through (9945) transactions.

Nasdaq Dubai Welcomes The Middle East’s First USD 100 Million Blue Bond Listing By DP World

Date 30/01/2025

• With this landmark listing, Nasdaq Dubai's total debt market value currently stands at USD 137 billion, including USD 29 billion in ESG-linked instruments.