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Eurex Incentivizes Eurex Enlight With Temporary Fee Waiver

Date 03/09/2019

To foster transparency and to improve efficiency around the negotiation of off-book transactions, Eurex has introduced a fee waiver for its fully integrated RFQ platform Eurex EnLight which will be effective until 31 December 2019.

MGEX Reports A Top-5 Record Breaking Month

Date 03/09/2019

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports August 2019 as the fourth best month in the history of the Exchange with a total of 283,743 contracts traded. This is the fifth consecutive August to hold a spot in MGEX’s record book for best overall month, and the second-best August in history.  

Moscow Exchange Trading Volumes In August 2019

Date 03/09/2019

Unless stated otherwise, all figures below refer to performance for August 2019 and all comparisons are with the same period last year.Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 68.9 trln in August 2019 (RUB 79.5 trln in August 2018). The number of trading days in August 2019 was 22 (versus 23 trading days in August 2018).

Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Declines Sharply As Commodity Prices Weaken; Majority Of Farmers Expect MFP Payments In 2020

Date 03/09/2019

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer weakened significantly in August to a reading of 124, down 29 points from July. The barometer is based on a mid-month survey of 400 agricultural producers across the U.S. and was conducted between August 12 and August 20, 2019, with nearly all of the responses collected following USDA's release of the August 12Crop Production report.

BME: MEFF Promotes With Other Markets An European Committee To Make The Derivatives Markets More Efficient

Date 03/09/2019

• The ECAC will try to harmonize the treatment of corporate actions between the European derivatives markets

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.