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Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security SNGS And SNGSP

Date 03/09/2019

Risk parameters change for the security SNGS

As per the Equity Market Risk Parameters Methodology, on 03.09.2019 11-13 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 34.725) and initial margins (new market risk rate 21.25%) for the security SNGS were changed. New values are available at https://www.nationalclearingcentre.com/rates/fondMarketRates/

UK Financial Conduct Authority: Richard Baldwin, Sentencing 3 September 2019

Date 03/09/2019

On 3 September 2019, at Southwark Crown Court, His Honour Judge Hehir sentenced Mr Richard Baldwin to a total of 5 years and 8 months imprisonment.

EEX And Powernext Intend To Offer Power Derivatives And Gas Markets Under One Exchange License - Integration Of Powernext Into EEX Intended As Of 1 January 2020

Date 03/09/2019

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) intends to merge Powernext activities into EEX on 1 January 2020, subject to the required approvals. Through the integration of Powernext into EEX, the exchange will offer all products at one single market place while simplifying the admissions of new participants. Members will be able to easily trade a larger EEX portfolio including natural gas, power and emission allowances.

CloudMargin Names Karl Wyborn Global Head Of Business Development - New Role For Veteran CloudMargin And Collateral Management Executive Reflects Growing Global Footprint, Influence For Provider Of Critical Market Infrastructure

Date 03/09/2019

CloudMargin<https://cloudmargin.com/#utm_source=Press&utm_medium=Release>, creator of the world's first and only collateral and margin management solution native to the cloud, today announced the appointment of Karl Wyborn to the new role of Global Head of Business Development, effective immediately. Wyborn, a Managing Director and 24-year veteran of financial services with numerous senior roles in collateral management, has served as CloudMargin's Global Head of Sales for nearly four years.  He will continue to report to Stuart Connolly, CloudMargin CEO, based in the London headquarters.

Deka Confides In Innovative Index Engineering By Tracking Solactive Indices

Date 03/09/2019

Solactive is pleased to announce that Deka, one of Germany’s leading asset management flagships, chooses Solactive as the index provider of choice for three new benchmark ETFs. The respective ETFs track two fixed income indices from the corporate and sovereign space as well as one equity index, which incorporates the thirty largest German stocks. The ETFs are primarily targeted to institutional investors looking for highly liquid ETFs by offering full physical replication and no securities lending.

Refinitiv: Pound Falls To Three-Year Low Against Dollar

Date 03/09/2019

With the pound falling against the dollar to its lowest levels since October 2016, please see below charts from Refinitiv showing the pound’s performance for today and since the beginning of August.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Reply To Parliamentary Question On European Commission’s Decision To Repeal Equivalence Status For Credit Rating Agencies In Singapore

Date 03/09/2019

Question:

To ask the Prime Minister whether there are plans to improve the regulation regime of credit rating agencies in Singapore to re-achieve equivalence status with the regulation regime of the European Union.

First Batch Of Commodity Futures ETFs To Be Listed On Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Date 03/09/2019

Recently, the first batch of domestic commodity futures ETFs, including ChinaAMC Soybean Meal Futures ETF, CCB Principal Asset Management Esunny ZCE Energy & Chemical Futures ETF, Dacheng Fund Non-ferrous Metal Futures ETF, was approved by the CSRC for registration and will be listed on SZSE. In general, commodity futures ETFs track the price index of commodity futures and invest in futures contracts included in the corresponding index. The above three commodity futures ETFs track Dalian Commodity Exchange Soybean Meal Futures Index, Esunny Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Energy & Chemical index A, and Shanghai Futures Exchange Non-ferrous Metals Futures Index, respectively.

Investor Activity On GPW Group Markets – August 2019 - Trading On GPW Group Markets

Date 03/09/2019

• Decrease of the value of trading in equities on the Electronic Order Book on the GPW Main Market by 4.0% YoY to PLN 16.2 billion in August 2019
• Increase in the average daily value of trading in equities on the Electronic Order Book on the Main Market by 0.6% YoY to PLN 771.8 million in August 2019
• Increase of the total volume of trading in derivatives by 20.9% YoY to 643.9 thousand contracts in August 2019
• Increase of the total volume of trading in electricity by 18.4% to 21.2 TWh in August 2019
• Increase of the total volume of trading in gas by 6.6% YoY to 14.9 TWh in August 2019
• Increase of the volume of spot transactions in property rights to certificates of origin of energy efficiency (“white certificates”) by 283.1% YoY to 70.8 ktoe in August 2019

Russian Broker UNIVER Capital Becomes Trading Member Of AIX

Date 03/09/2019

Astana International Exchange (“AIX”, “Exchange”) is pleased to announce that UNIVER Capital, one of Russia’s brokers, became a trading member of AIX. UNIVER Capital provides its customers with the full range of brokerage services.