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FESE Response To The ESMA Consultation On The MIFIR Review – Rts 2 Transparency For Bonds, SFP And EUA

Date 27/08/2024

FESE welcomes the MiFIR objective to “enhance and improve pre- and post-trade transparency in non-equity markets” by improving, simplifying and further harmonizing transparency in capital markets.

• FESE would like to stress that it fully supports ESMA’s approach in making sure that around 90% of total volumes and number of transactions would fall under the definition of liquid bonds. We believe that this is a significant improvement with respect to the previous regime.
• As a general comment, we doubt whether static liquidity thresholds will reflect the reality of the market as securities do not have constant liquidity and it changes based on market tendencies in various Member States over the years. Nevertheless, FESE appreciates that the new system should not be overly complicated and that it needs to reflect the new wording from the Level 1 text.
• FESE believes that ESMA should extend the definition of CLOB to other execution channels that are integral parts of the same system as the CLOB and thus, form a hybrid trading system of the exchange. The assessment of whether such other execution channels are integral parts of the same system as the CLOB should be based on a holistic basis.

ICE Collaborates With Space Intelligence To Launch ICE’s Commodity Traceability Service - Supporting Commercial Trade Compliance With EU Deforestation Regulation

Date 27/08/2024

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) is collaborating with Space Intelligence, a provider of high accuracy nature mapping data, to launch the ICE Commodity Traceability Service (ICE CoT).

EEX And EPEX SPOT Extend Future-To-Spot Service To Nordic Power Markets

Date 27/08/2024

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and the European Power Exchange (EPEX SPOT) will extend their Future-to-Spot service (FTS) to the 12 Nordic power market areas from October 2024. Market participants admitted to both power markets will be able to enter bids in the respective Day-Ahead auctions of EPEX SPOT according to their corresponding position in EEX Nordic Zonal Futures, thus generating savings as well as cross-margining benefits.
 

UK Financial Conduct Authority: Upper Tribunal Ruling On Thomas Llewellyn Kalaris

Date 27/08/2024

On 27 August 2024, the Upper Tribunal ruled in the FCA’s favour on the refusal to allow Thomas Llewellyn Kalaris to perform senior manager functions.

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In Crypto ETFs And ETPs Listed Globally Reached A New Record High Of 91.69 Billion US Dollars At The End Of July

Date 27/08/2024

ETFGI, a prominent independent research and consultancy firm specializing in providing subscription research on trends in the global ETFs industry, reported today that assets invested in Crypto ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a new record high of US$91.69 billion at the end of July.  During July Crypto ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$13.65 billion, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$59.25 billion, according to ETFGI’s July 2024 ETF and ETP Crypto industry landscape insights report, the monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service.  (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Nasdaq Launches The Nasdaq Stockholm IPO Pulse: Tripled IPO Activity Since Recent Low

Date 27/08/2024

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announces the launch of the Nasdaq Stockholm IPO Pulse, a new leading indicator of IPO activity in Sweden. This new indicator blends six fundamental drivers into an index that reliably leads the turns in the Swedish IPO cycle quarterly.

ETFGI Reports The ETFs Industry In Japan Gathered Net Inflows Of 268.53 Million US Dollars In July

Date 27/08/2024

ETFGI, a prominent independent research and consultancy firm specializing in providing subscription research on trends in the global ETFs industry, reported today that ETFGI reports the ETFs industry in Japan gathered net inflows of US$268.53 million in July, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$6.04 billion, according to ETFGI's July 2024 Japanese ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

HKEX Names Head Of Global Issuer Services

Date 27/08/2024

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is today (Tuesday) pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Johnson Chui as Managing Director, Head of Global Issuer Services. Mr Chui will join the Group on 2 September 2024, reporting jointly to Wilfred Yiu and Glenda So in their capacity as HKEX Co-Heads of Markets.

HKEX: Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

Date 27/08/2024

The market share and turnover data shown in the report includes all Exchange Participants which had transactions during the period reported but excludes Southbound trading of Special Participants via Stock Connect.

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In The ETFs Industry In Asia Pacific (Ex-Japan) Reached A New Record Of 979.28 Billion US Dollars At The End Of July

Date 27/08/2024

ETFGI, a prominent independent research and consultancy firm specializing in providing subscription research on trends in the global ETFs industry, reports assets invested in the ETFs industry in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) reached a new record of US$979.28 billion at the end of July. The ETFs industry in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) region gathered net inflows of US$48.96 billion during July, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$191.13 billion, according to ETFGI's July 2024 Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, the monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)