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UK Financial Conduct Authority Confirms New Rules For P2P Platforms

Date 04/06/2019

Following consultation, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is introducing rules designed to prevent harm to investors, without stifling innovation in the peer-to-peer (P2P) sector. When the FCA set its first rules for P2P, it committed to keep these under review as the sector evolved. These new rules are designed to help better protect investors and allow firms and fundraisers to operate in a long-term, sustainable manner.

HKEX: Special Intra-day Margin Call In Respect Of The Tuen Ng Festival

Date 04/06/2019

The Traded Options Market will be closed for business on 7 June 2019.  In order to assure that safeguards are in place against potential market risk that may arise during the aforesaid period when some of the major markets are open, the Clearing House has decided to make a special intra-day margin call in respect of all open positions on Thursday, 6 June 2019.  

SIX Exchange Regulation: Investigation Against Blackstone Resources AG

Date 04/06/2019

SIX Exchange Regulation AG is opening an investigation against Blackstone Resources AG for possible violations of listing regulations.

ESMA Seeks Investor Protection Experts For Stakeholder Panel

Date 04/06/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a call for candidates to renew the composition of its Consultative Working Group (CWG) which advises its Investor Protection and Intermediaries Standing Committee (IPISC).

Barclays, Goldman Sachs And J.P. Morgan To Use DTCC’s Global Trade Repository In Support Of SFTR Obligations - DTCC’s Global Trade Repository (GTR) Service Offers A SFTR Solution For The Global Securities Finance Industry - News Follows A Similar Announcement From Societe Generale

Date 04/06/2019

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that Barclays, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan will use DTCC’s multi-award winning Global Trade Repository (GTR) service, offered by its Repository and Derivatives (RDS) division, in order to meet their regulatory obligations under the European Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), which are anticipated to take effect in April 2020.

Computing’s AI & Machine Learning Awards Shortlist Velocimetrics As ‘Outstanding Data Analytics Solution’

Date 04/06/2019

Fintech firm Velocimetrics, the leading provider of business flow tracking and real-time, in-stream performance analytics, has been shortlisted in the ‘Outstanding Data Analytics Solution’ category at Computing’s AI & Machine Learning Awards. The company was shortlisted for its VMX EndToEnd product suite, the only offering on the market able to provide true ‘in-stream’ financial transaction monitoring and analytics, giving maximum insight, accuracy and business efficiency in real-time. The awards recognise industry-wide success in several areas including security, ethics and data analysis, celebrating the companies whose technologies have the potential to reshape the workplace.

Investor Activity On GPW Group Markets – May 2019

Date 04/06/2019

• Decrease of the value of trading in equities on the Electronic Order Book[1] on the GPW Main Market by 2.2% YoY to PLN 16.7 billion in May 2019
• Increase of the volume of trading in index futures by 6.0% YoY to 329.9 thousand contracts in May 2019
• Increase of the value of trading in structured products by 60.4% YoY to PLN 92.3 million in May 2019
• Increase of the value of trading in ETFs by 53.1% YoY to PLN 14.6 million in May 2019
• Increase of the value of trading in non-Treasury bonds on the Electronic Order Book on Catalyst by 41.9% YoY to PLN 211.0 million in May 2019
• Increase of the total volume of trading in electricity by 0.2% to 18.3 TWh in May 2019
• Increase of the total volume of trading in gas by 35.1% YoY to 13.7 TWh in May 2019
• Increase of the volume of spot transactions in property rights to certificates of origin[2] by 19.7% to 12.8 TWh in May 2019

Participation In Investor Communications Japan’s (ICJ) Proxy Platform Surpasses 1,000 Listed Companies Ahead Of Proxy Season

Date 04/06/2019

Investor Communications Japan (ICJ), a joint venture of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader that is part of the S&P 500® Index, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. (TSE), announced today that the number of share-issuing companies on its electronic proxy voting platform has surpassed 1,000 ahead of Japan’s proxy season starting in June. 

FSB Publishes User Guide For Overnight Risk-Free Rates

Date 04/06/2019

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has today published a user guide to overnight risk-free rates (RFRs). The guide provides an overview of RFRs, details of how they are calculated, and options on how overnight RFRs can be used in cash products. In doing so the FSB aims to encourage adoption of these rates where they are appropriate.

FIA's Lukken: The Power Of Markets And The Markets Of Power

Date 04/06/2019

FIA’s President and CEO Walt Lukken today gave opening remarks at FIA’s International Derivatives Expo.