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big xyt Responds To The Market’s Need For A Consolidated View - Independent Reference Of Market Share, Liquidity And Trends Now Available For Equities And ETFs

Date 21/06/2019

big xyt, an independent provider of high-volume market data analytics, is pleased to announce the launch of Consolidated View, an extension of the market analysis metrics available to all members of the investment community from the Liquidity Cockpit platform and 250days website dashboard. The new views allow access to a standardised independent view of the trading activity across the equity and ETF trading landscape in Europe.

IOSCO Examines Liquidity In Corporate Bond Markets Under Stressed Conditions

Date 21/06/2019

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions today published a report that examines the factors affecting liquidity in secondary corporate bond markets under stressed conditions.

SGX Welcomes Astrea V Private Equity Bond Retail Offering

Date 21/06/2019

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the listing of Astrea V Private Equity (PE) Class A-1 bonds issued by Astrea V Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Azalea Asset Management Pte. Ltd., which is itself wholly owned by Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited.

Acuiti Derivatives Insight Report: Revenues In Derivatives Market Increase In May - Firms Bounce Back After Poor April Performance

Date 21/06/2019

Key findings:

• Revenue and outlook improve in wake of US rate volatility
• Sellside posts strongest performance
• European firms under the most pressure

Keynote Speech By Ms Julia Leung, Deputy Chief Executive Officer And Executive Director, Intermediaries, Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission. At 2019 Risk Hong Kong Conference

Date 21/06/2019

A speech entitled "Risk 101: Back to Basics" delivered by Ms Julia Leung today was posted on the SFC website.

ASIC Amends Fees And Cost Disclosure To Align With Protecting Your Super Package Laws

Date 21/06/2019

ASIC has amended Class Order 14/1252 [CO 14/1252] to ensure it is consistent with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Super Package) Act 2019 and Regulations (PYSP), which ban exit fees from 1 July 2019.

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority’s Fifth Statistical Report On AFAs In NZ

Date 21/06/2019

The Financial Markets Authority’s annual snapshot of Authorised Financial Advisers shows 140 advisers became AFAs in the year to the end of June 2018. That’s the highest number of new AFAs in the three years the FMA has broken down advisers being authorised and those whose authorisation lapses.

ASIC Reports On Decisions To Cut Red Tape – October 2018 To March 2019

Date 21/06/2019

ASIC has helped the law work better for business by granting over 700 applications for relief between 1 October 2018 and 31 March 2019.

CFTC: Giancarlo Statement On Basel Committee Agreement

Date 21/06/2019

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo issued the following statement regarding the recommendation by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to exclude initial margin from the leverage ratio.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Responds To Treasury Committee’s Consumers’ Access To Financial Services Report

Date 21/06/2019

The Treasury Committee published its Consumers’ Access to Financial Services report on 13 May 2019.