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Thomson Reuters Reports Second-Quarter 2019 Results

Date 01/08/2019

• Outlook raised for revenue growth and adjusted EBITDA
• Agreement signed to sell Refinitiv business to London Stock Exchange Group

"A Coordinated And Forward Looking Approach Towards ASEAN Disaster And Climate Risk Resilience" - Keynote Address By Ms Jacqueline Loh, Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At The NTU-ICRM’s 10th Annual International Symposium On Catastrophe Risk Management On 1 August 2019

Date 01/08/2019

Proposed All Share Acquisition Of Refinitiv By London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Date 01/08/2019

Refinitiv, one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, today announces that its shareholders have agreed definitive terms with the London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG”) under which LSEG will acquire Refinitiv in an all share transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately US$27 billion. The full LSEG announcement can be found here.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Launch Of Data Sandbox Program To Support Start-Up Companies In Creating New Services For The Securities Sector

Date 01/08/2019

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announces that it will launch a data sandbox program* (hereinafter "the Program") to serve as a new framework for supporting, on a cross-industry basis, the creation of new services by start-up companies for the securities sector. TSE is now looking for partners to help support start-up companies as part of the Program**.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Suspends AxiCorp Derivatives Licence

Date 01/08/2019

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has suspended the derivatives issuer licence of AxiCorp Financial Services Pty Limited (trading as AxiTrader) for material breaches of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013, including:

• making a regulated offer to retail clients in New Zealand without a compliant Product Disclosure Statement or Disclose register entry;
• failing to lodge audited financial statements; and
• failing to obtain an assurance engagement with a qualified auditor, for its processes, procedures and controls, within 4 months of its balance date.

Borsa Istanbul Derivatives Market: TLREF Futures Contracts

Date 01/08/2019

Futures contracts based on Turkish Lira Short Term Reference Rate-TLREF will start trading at Borsa Istanbul Derivatives Market as of August 02, 2019.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Volume In July 2019

Date 01/08/2019

(1) Interest Rate Futures contracts

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 75,426 ( - 17.9% MoM / - 32.0% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 3,428 . 

ASIC Update On Compensation By Institutions For Poor Financial Advice

Date 01/08/2019

Australia's five largest banking and financial services institutions have paid a total of $119.7 million in compensation as at 30 June 2019 to customers who suffered loss or detriment because of non-compliant advice given by financial advisers.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Of Cash-Settled Oil Futures July 2019 Contracts

Date 01/08/2019

Final settlement prices for cash-settled oil futures July 2019 contracts are as follows:

(Yen/kl)
Platts cash-settled Dubai Crude Oil    43,080
Cash-settled Barge Gasoline                60,200
Cash-settled Lorry Gasoline                60,280
Platts cash-settled Barge Kerosene    57,960
Platts cash-settled Lorry Kerosene    60,540
Platts cash-settled Barge Gas Oil       61,760
Platts cash-settled Lorry Gas Oil       61,650

CFTC Charges Trader With Spoofing In Financial Futures Markets

Date 31/07/2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against Benjamin Cox, a trader and CFTC-registered floor broker based in Chicago, Illinois, for engaging in spoofing in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) E-mini S&P 500 and E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures markets.