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Deutsche Börse: Cash Market Trading Volumes In May

Date 02/06/2020

Deutsche Börse’s cash markets generated a turnover of €159.8 billion in May (previous year: €146.0 billion).

BIS: The Effectiveness Of Macroprudential Policies And Capital Controls Against Volatile Capital Inflows

Date 02/06/2020

Focus

Countries around the world use macroprudential policies and capital restrictions as a policy response to volatile capital inflows. This paper asks: are these policies effective in reducing or changing the composition of gross capital inflows, the probability of capital inflow surges, and the probability of currency and banking crises?

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters For New Futures On Derivatives Market

Date 02/06/2020

CCP NCC sets the following risk parameters for futures on AFK Systema ordinary shares, for futures on TCS Group Holding Plc GDR, for futures on X5 Retail Group N.V. GDR on Derivatives market:

Bitfinex Integrates Tether (USDt) On OMG Network For Faster, Cheaper Transactions

Date 02/06/2020

Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital asset trading platform, has integrated Tether (USDt) into the OMG Network, a platform that enables peer-to-peer transactions in real-time, in an initiative that enhances the scalability of the Ethereum network.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 02/06/2020

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 4 June 2020, (including the mandatory intra-day variation adjustment and margin call, if applicable), the margin levels of the following Futures Contract shall be as follows:

Boerse Stuttgart Records May Turnover Of Around EUR 8.1 Billion - All Asset Classes Show Significant Increase In Trading Volume Compared To May 2019

Date 02/06/2020

Based on the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 8,1 billion in May 2020 – an increase of around 29 per cent compared to the same month of the previous year.

HKEX: Trading Discontinuation Of 10 Synthetic Futures Series In Stock Options Market

Date 02/06/2020

The Exchange has decided to discontinue the trading of following 10 Synthetic Futures Series in stock options market:

Electronic Platforms And Smart Phone Applications Attract 120,000 Uers: Dubai Financial Market Reinforces Its Digital Transformation Drive Via All-Inclusive Application Enabling Investors’ Seamless Accessibility To Its Services And Info

Date 02/06/2020

• H.E. Essa Kazim: “The Smart Borse Starategy has noticeably proven its effectivess with DFM’s provision of all services through smart and electronic platforms and shifting to remote work”

HKEX To Launch Silver Futures

Date 02/06/2020

• Physically settled contracts denominated in USD and CNH
• Trading and settlement fees, as well as SFC commission levy, waived for the first six months of launch

VALK Offers BT Radianz Cloud Community Access To Corda Blockchain Platform - Financial Institutions Can Now Use Their Secure And Resilient Radianz Cloud Connections To Access The Open-Source Corda Blockchain Platform Via VALK

Date 02/06/2020

VALK, an innovative technology provider offering a software that digitizes the management, investment and trading of unlisted assets, today announced that it has joined the BT Radianz Cloud, one of the world’s largest secure cloud communities for the global financial markets. By joining the Radianz Cloud, VALK has extended the availability of its Corda-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) network to Radianz community members, enabling them to access the Corda network and to leverage a wide range of additional applications underpinning this leading open source blockchain platform.