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DGCX Commits To UN Women Empowerment Principles - Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Are A Set Of Principles Offering Guidance To Businesses On How To Promote Gender Equality And Women’s Empowerment In The Workplace

Date 19/02/2020

The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) today announced that it is now a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), an initiative by United Nations (UN) Women and UN Global Compact dedicated to promoting women’s empowerment and advancing gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and community.

Acuiti Derivatives Insight Report: Covid-19 Spread Hits Derivatives Revenues In Asia - Major Divergence In Outlook And Revenues Last Month As Virus Fears Grow

Date 19/02/2020

The impact that the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus is having on revenues for derivatives firms was quantified this month with the latest Acuiti Derivatives Insight Report finding sharp drops in revenues for respondents in Hong Kong and China.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Cancellation Of Seminars/Events And Temporary Closure Of Visitor Facilities In Response To Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Date 19/02/2020

In light of recent developments in the novel coronavirus outbreak, we are suspending public seminars and events and visits to our visitor facilities for the time being.

Intercontinental Exchange Chief Financial Officer Scott Hill To Present At The Raymond James 41st Annual Institutional Investors Conference On March 2, 2020

Date 18/02/2020

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced today that Scott Hill, ICE’s Chief Financial Officer, plans to present at the Raymond James 41st Annual Institutional Investors Conference. The presentation will take place on Monday, March 2 at 10:25 a.m. EST. The presentation will be available live and in replay via webcast and can be accessed in the Investors section of ICE’s website at www.theice.com.

Cboe Global Markets To Present At The Citi Conference On Tuesday, February 25

Date 18/02/2020

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, announced today that Brian Schell, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer will present at the Citi Asset Managers, Broker Dealers and Exchanges Conference on Tuesday, February 25, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time).

Statement On Proposed Updates To The National Market System For The Collection, Consolidation, And Dissemination Of Information With Respect To Quotations For And Transactions In National Market System Stocks

Date 18/02/2020

Today the Commission is proposing significant modifications to our rules relating to the distribution and scope of consolidated market data under Regulation NMS.  When the Commission approved its proposal last month to change the governance of national market system plans relating to market data, I expressed my hope that staff would “explore ways to get to the root of the problem by allowing more competition into this space.”This proposal represents a possible approach to doing just that, and I am happy to join my colleagues in voting to approve this proposal.  I look forward to the lively conversation that I hope will follow. 

SIFMA Opposes A Financial Transaction Tax

Date 18/02/2020

SIFMA today issued the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and CEO, on the subject of a financial transaction tax:

“A Financial Transaction Tax, or FTT, would tax middle class savers, including pension funds, 401ks and IRAs.  At a time when market development, efficiency and competition are driving the cost of investing toward zero, it makes little sense to increase the cost through what is essentially a sales tax.  Further, the threat such a tax poses to the efficiency of the U.S. capital markets is real.  It begs the question, what’s the point?”

SEC Charges Real Estate Company And Executives With Defrauding Retail Investors, Obtains Emergency Relief

Date 18/02/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an emergency enforcement action and a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Florida-based private real estate firm EquiAlt LLC, its CEO Brian Davison, and its Managing Director Barry Rybicki, in connection with an allegedly fraudulent unregistered securities offering that raised more than $170 million from at least 1,100 investors, a number of whom invested their retirement funds. 

Corrected: FXCM Pro Announces Liquidity Distribution Partnership With Your Bourse

Date 18/02/2020

FXCM Group, LLC (‘FXCM Group’ or ‘FXCM’), a leading international provider of online foreign exchange and CFD trading, announced that FXCM Pro, the institutional arm of the business, built a partnership with Your Bourse, a technology company providing liquidity aggregation and risk management platform for MT4/MT5 brokers with hosting in Equinix data centres. 

Intercontinental Exchange Announces Record Open Interest In Multiple Global Energy Markets

Date 18/02/2020

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced record open interest in several of its energy markets on February 13 and 14, 2020. This included total oil, other crude and refined products, and TTF natural gas.