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OCC Clears Record-Setting 7.52 Billion Total Contracts In 2020 - December Volume Highest Month In OCC’s History - Up 80.9 Percent Year-Over-Year

Date 05/01/2021

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that it set new annual cleared contract volume records for the U.S. exchange-listed options industry. In 2020, OCC cleared 7.52 billion total contracts and 7.47 billion options contracts. These numbers surpass the previous records, set in 2018, of 5.24 billion total contracts and 5.14 billion options contracts. Compared to 2019, OCC had a 51.2 percent increase in total contracts cleared and a 52.4 percent increase in options contracts cleared.

CoinDesk Acquires TradeBlock, The World's Leading Crypto Index Provider

Date 05/01/2021

• With TradeBlock, CoinDesk delivers the industry standard for the price of bitcoin and for other cryptocurrency reference rates and indexes, bringing transparency and data integrity to Wall Street and Main Street investors.
• Combining CoinDesk’s preeminent global media content with TradeBlock’s institutional-grade data makes CoinDesk the go-to source for media, events, research, pricing and data in this booming market.

Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer: Farmer Sentiment Rises As Income Prospects Improve, Concerns About Key Policy Issues Remain

Date 05/01/2021

There was a modest improvement in producer sentiment according to the December Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The barometer increased 7 points from November to a reading of 174. Both of the barometer's sub-indices, the Index of Current Conditions and the Index of Future Expectations, were also higher in December than in November. The Index of Current Conditions climbed 15 points to 202 and the Index of Future Expectations increased by 5 points to a reading of 161. The Ag Economy Barometer is calculated each month from 400 U.S. agricultural producers' responses to a telephone survey. This month's survey was conducted from December 7-11, 2020.

ACER Consults On The Definition Of Capacity Calculation Regions

Date 05/01/2021

The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) launches today a public consultation on its suggested amendments to all Transmission System Operators’ proposal defining the capacity calculation regions.

ICE Bonds Announces Record Notional Volume For Portfolio Trading - Over $1.9 Billion In Notional Activity Executed In Fourth Quarter Of 2020

Date 05/01/2021

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of mortgage technology, data and listings services, today announced record volumes for fixed income portfolio trading during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Refinitiv To Launch Production Term SONIA Benchmark On January 11, 2021

Date 05/01/2021

Today Refinitiv announced its plan to launch the Refinitiv Term SONIA benchmark on January 11, 2021. This follows the previous announcement in July 2020 that Refinitiv would launch the prototype version of the same rate.

Crypto Markets Trade Record Volumes As Bitcoin And Ethereum Surge

Date 05/01/2021

On January 3rd, which also marks the 12th birthday of Bitcoin’s Genesis block, the cryptocurrency hit a new all-time high of $34,789 according to CryptoCompare’s Bitcoin Price Index. The following day bitcoin corrected by 20% as the overheated market liquidated over-leveraged traders. This frenzy of trading activity set a record trading volume from top-tier exchanges (rated AA-C) of $68.3 billion on Jan 4th. 

Arab Investment Bank Selects Temenos To Drive Digital Growth And Financial Inclusion

Date 05/01/2021

• Arab Investment Bank selects Temenos Infinity to offer differentiated digital customer experience and grow digital customer base
• Temenos Infinity enables Arab Investment Bank to bring new products to market faster, accelerate digital customer onboarding and increase front office efficiency to achieve market-leading cost-income ratio
• Supports bank’s mission to boost economic development and financial inclusion for 44 million Egyptians

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0ZYLQ4

Date 05/01/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 05.01.2021, 14-52 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 120.84) and initial margins (up to 21.25 %) for the security RU000A0ZYLQ4 were changed. New values are available here

CME Group Reports 2020 Annual, Q4 And Monthly Market Statistics

Date 05/01/2021

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today reported its full-year, Q4 and December market statistics, showing it reached average daily volume (ADV) of 19.1 million contracts during the year, 16.2 million contracts during the fourth quarter, and 14.2 million contracts during the month of December. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.