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OCC Clears New Annual Exchange-Listed Options Volume Record In October - October 2021 Total Volume Up 29.7 Percent Compared To October 2020, Highest October Ever

Date 02/11/2021

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that October 2021 total cleared contract volume was 825,572,627 contracts, and total cleared contract volume to date in 2021 reached 8,128,660,661, surpassing the U.S. exchange-listed annual options volume record of 7.52 billion contracts set in 2020.

Boerse Stuttgart Records October Turnover Of Around EUR 7,4 Billion - Bonds And Exchange-Traded Products Show Increase In Trading Volume Compared To October 2020

Date 02/11/2021

Based on the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 7,4 billion in October 2021. Securitised derivatives made up the largest share of the turnover. The trading volume in this asset class was over EUR 3,2 billion. Leverage products generated turnover of around EUR 2,4 billion. Investment products contributed over EUR 825 million to the total turnover.

Drivers Of Change In The Financial Services Industry And How We Are Responding - Speech By Jessica Rusu, UK Financial Conduct Authority Chief Data, Information And Intelligence Officer, At The CDO Exchange For Financial Services

Date 02/11/2021

Highlights

• The threat landscape has shifted for consumers, with fraudsters and scammers benefitting from new technologies and new consumers being drawn to high risk markets and products, motivated by competition with friends, family, acquaintances and the influence of social media.
• To tackle the challenges faced by consumers and industry, we must make the best use of our own resources – connecting the dots in terms of intelligence across the organisation, drawing on strategies and approaches from data science, and leveraging data to create new tools and techniques which allow us to detect harm and intervene more quickly.
• We have a vital role in enabling the fintech sector to achieve its potential and position the UK at the forefront of technological growth.

MayStreet Further Enhances Cloud-Based Market Data Lake With The Addition Of The High Performance Query (HPQ) API - Unique New Solution Allows Clients To Efficiently Stream Near Real-Time And Historical Complete Order Book Data And Pull Down Pre-Configured Analytics On-Demand

Date 02/11/2021

MayStreet, the industry’s leading market data technology and content provider, today announced the launch of the High Performance Query (HPQ) API. The new API complements the web-based Analytics Workbench and the firm’s existing APIs as an additional access method for tapping into MayStreet’s Market Data Lake, a cloud-based repository of ultra-high-quality global, cross-asset exchange data.

BIS: The Natural Rate Of Interest Through A Hall Of Mirrors

Date 02/11/2021

Summary

Focus

Why have global real interest rates fallen so much? A common explanation is that factors such as shifting demographics and falling potential growth depress the natural interest rate, or r-star. This view has striking policy implications: central banks have no choice but to lower interest rates to keep their economies in balance. After all, they cannot control the natural interest rate. Extraordinary monetary policy and recent policy framework reviews can be seen as part of the strategy to combat the decline in r-star.

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CME Group To Launch Micro Ether Futures On December 6

Date 02/11/2021

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will expand its crypto derivatives offerings with the introduction of Micro Ether futures on December 6, pending regulatory review.

LSEG And JPX To Develop Net Zero Climate Indices Covering Japan’s Equity Market

Date 02/11/2021

• Climate transition benchmarks are becoming an important tool for investors to manage climate risk
• The new LSEG and JPX indices will enable investors to reallocate capital based on the climate credentials and carbon performance of the constituent companies in the index
• The FTSE/JPX Net Zero Index Series will achieve alignment to net zero by 2050
• The indices will incorporate multiple dimensions of climate exposure including carbon emissions, carbon reserves, green revenues, and climate governance

Bitfinex Derivatives To Launch Solana, Bitcoin (SOLF0:BTCF0), Avalanche, Bitcoin (AVAXF0:BTCF0), Cosmos (ATOF0:USTF0) Perpetual Swaps

Date 02/11/2021

Bitfinex Derivatives* offers a derivatives platform accessible through Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform. Bitfinex Derivatives has today announced the launch of perpetual contracts for Solana, bitcoin (SOLF0:BTCF0), Avalanche, bitcoin (AVAXF0:BTCF0) and Cosmos (ATOF0:USTF0).

Setting Regulatory And Supervisory Expectations For Asset Managers Is Fundamental To Address Greenwashing Concerns, Says IOSCO

Date 02/11/2021

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published today a set of recommendations about sustainability-related practices, policies, procedures and disclosures in the asset management industry.

Two New Directors Appointed To CISI Board

Date 02/11/2021

The CISI membership has elected Amyr Rocha Lima CFPTM Chartered FCSI and Peter Moores, Chartered FCSI to its Board of Directors.