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Volumes Drop Substantially Across All Currency Groups, As Market Recovery Slows

Date 30/06/2020

FX volumes dropped by between 10 and 25% across all currency groups last week (22nd to 26th June), according to data from FXLIQUIDITY, provided by Mosaic Smart Data, CLS and MUFG. Volumes remained elevated over the previous two weeks (8th to 19th June), but these advances were offset by last week’s decline. This led to FXLIQUIDITY’s three-week average tracker staying flat over the period.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JU6A1

Date 30/06/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 30.06.2020, 12-15 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 106.73) and initial margins (up to 8.75 %) for the security RU000A0JU6A1 were changed. New values are available here

Nasdaq Dubai Welcomes Listing Of USD 300 Million Sukuk By Dubai Islamic Bank

Date 30/06/2020

Nasdaq Dubai welcomed the listing today of a 300 million US dollar Sukuk issued by Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the largest Islamic bank in the UAE.

SteelEye and UnaVista Partner To Support Market Following CME Announcement - Ensuring High-Quality And Cost-Efficient Reporting Services As Financial Firms Migrate From CME/NEX Abide

Date 30/06/2020

SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, and UnaVista, the regulatory reporting platform from London Stock Exchange Group, today announced a partnership to support financial firms with best-in-class reporting services as they migrate from CME’s European Trade Repository (TR) and NEX Abide regulatory reporting services, which will close in November 2020.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Appoints David Choa As Head Of Greater China Equities

Date 30/06/2020

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of David Choa as Head of Greater China Equities with effect from 1 July.  Based in Hong Kong, Mr Choa reports to Frédéric Surry, Deputy Head of Fundamental Active Equities.

Solactive Strengthens Its Presence In Canada With Hamilton ETFs Issuing Two Bank ETFs On Solactive Indices

Date 30/06/2020

Both the Canadian and Australian banking sector remain long-distance runners. With an average net annual return of 11%[1] since 1996 for the Solactive Australian Bank Equal-Weight Index and 14.4% over three decades[2] for the Solactive Canadian Bank Mean Reversion Index, Canadian ETF provider Hamilton Capital Partners Inc. (“Hamilton ETFs”) recognized the potential of these bank indices and licensed both indices as the underlying for two new index ETFs in Canada. The rules-based strategies are aimed at Canadian investors who want to benefit from investing in two world class banking sectors with excellent long-term performance and attractive dividends. With the release of the two ETFs, Solactive expands its market share in Canada once more.

Emerging Payments Association: Trend Of Increased Global Use Of Digital Payment Technology To Be Accelerated

Date 30/06/2020

The Covid-19 pandemic will accelerate a worldwide trend towards contactless payments, according to a new report from the Emerging Payments Association EU (EPA EU), which was commissioned by Luxembourg for Finance (LFF).

The EBRD And GPW Will Develop A Guide To ESG Integration For Companies And Investors

Date 30/06/2020

• The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) will cooperate to support Polish and CEE listed companies with ESG reporting
• Until 17 July 2020, the EBRD will collect submissions from consulting firms with experience related to environmental, social and governance to develop ESG Guidelines

Nasdaq Adds The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) To Its Risk Modelling Service - Provides New Earthquake Risk Models For Nasdaq Risk Modelling Service Clients

Date 30/06/2020

Today Nasdaq (NDAQ) announced that The Global Earthquake Model (GEM), a leading non-profit, public-private partnership for earthquake risk information, has become the latest catastrophe risk model provider to offer its range of models via the Nasdaq Risk Modelling service. The Colombia earthquake model will be the first of GEM’s models available through the service.

QuantHouse To Provide TSL Machine Learning Capabilities As Part Of The QuantFactory Cloud Backtesting Suite - Offering Full-Automation And Efficiencies For The Design, Testing, And Code-Writing Of Trading Strategies

Date 30/06/2020

QuantHouse, the global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure products and part of Iress (IRE.ASX), today announced that Trading System Lab® (TSL) has added their machine learning capabilities as part of the QuantFactory cloud backtesting suite.