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Solactive Co-Founds NZFSPA (‘Net Zero Financial Service Provider Alliance’), Supporting The UN’s Race To Zero

Date 01/10/2021

On Wednesday, 22 September 2021, Solactive became a founding member of the Net Zero Financial Service Provider Alliance (NZFSPA) to support the UN’s Race To Zero.

QuantHouse Announces Updated Leadership Team - Positions Firm To Continue To Capitalise On Growth Opportunities As Part Of Iress

Date 01/10/2021

QuantHouse, the global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data feeds and infrastructure services, and part of Iress (IRE.ASX), today announced senior leadership changes as the next step in its full integration into Iress.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore And Financial Industry To Use New Digital Platform To Fight Money Laundering

Date 01/10/2021

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it will introduce a digital platform and enabling regulatory framework for financial institutions (FIs) to share with one another relevant information on customers and transactions to prevent money laundering (ML), terrorism financing (TF) and proliferation financing (PF) 

Japan Exchange Group Trading Overview In September 2021 & First Half Of FY2021 (April To September)

Date 01/10/2021

Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview in September 2021 & First Half of FY2021 (April to September).

Tokyo Financial Exchange Trading Volume In Sep 2021

Date 01/10/2021

(1) FX Daily Futures contracts(Click 365)

The total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) was 2,167,043 ( +22.7% MoM / +3.9% YoY ) and its average daily trading volume was 98,504 

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Launches East Malaysia Crude Palm Oil Futures (FEPO) - FEPO Aims To Spur Growth Of Sabah And Sarawak Palm Oil Market

Date 01/10/2021

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia Derivatives”) will be launching the East Malaysia Crude Palm Oil Futures (“FEPO”) Contract to meet the evolving needs of the Sabah and Sarawak palm oil market players for greater price transparency and alternative risk management tool. 

JPX Enacts Measures To Cut GHG Emissions At The TSE And OSE buildings

Date 01/10/2021

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) is pleased to announce that from today, measures have been put in place to cut CO2 emissions at the Tokyo Stock Exchange Building and Osaka Securities Exchange Building, including switching electricity contracts. This is in line with JPX's target, announced in July, to achieve carbon neutrality by FY2024. We expect that these measures should cut JPX's greenhouse gas emissions, which were 13,500t-CO2 in FY2020, by approximately 27% (3,700t-CO2) on an annual basis.

LCH SwapClear Extending Operating Hours To Better Support Asia Pacific Market

Date 01/10/2021

LCH, a leading global clearing house, has announced that its SwapClear service is preparing to extend its traditional operating hours to 24 hours a day, five days a week in March 2022. This will better support market participants in the Asia Pacific region and will be implemented in two phases.

Nadex Refrains From Listing Certain Contracts

Date 01/10/2021

Due to activity in the underlying markets upon which the Nadex contracts are based and pursuant to the authority granted in Nadex Rule 12.1(i), Nadex took the following actions: 

CFTC Orders Cargill To Pay $750,000 For Swap Reporting Failures And Failure To Supervise

Date 01/10/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Cargill Inc., a provisionally registered swap dealer doing business through its Cargill Risk Management business unit, for failing to comply with its reporting obligations as a swap dealer and failing to supervise its reporting obligations adequately. The order requires Cargill to pay a $750,000 civil monetary penalty and to cease and desist from any further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act or CFTC regulations, as charged.