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Avelacom Wins Best Low-Latency Trading Network At Buy-Side Technology Awards

Date 04/11/2019

Avelacom, the high-performance global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider, was awarded “Best low-latency trading network” by WatersTechnology Buy-Side Technology Awards 2019. The awards recognize the leading buy-side technology vendors and service providers across the banking and capital markets landscape.

CME Group Averaged 17 Million Contracts Per Day In October 2019

Date 04/11/2019

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, reached average daily volume (ADV) of 17 million contracts during October 2019, down 17% from October 2018.  Open interest (OI) at the end of October was 132 million contracts, up 3% from October 2018, and up 14% from year-end 2018.

BME: IZERTIS Receives Favourable Report From MAB

Date 04/11/2019

The Coordination and Admissions Committee of the MAB market has submitted to the Board of Directors a favourable report on IZERTIS, following a thorough review of all the information presented by the Company.  

Statement On IOSCO Study Of Emerging Global Stablecoin Proposals

Date 04/11/2019

At its meeting on 30th October in Madrid, the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) met, amongst other things, to consider the risks and benefits arising from ‘stablecoin’ initiatives with a potential global reach (‘global stablecoins’), and how securities market regulation may apply to such initiatives.

CloudMargin Wins Award for Best Buy-Side Collateral Management Tool at WatersTechnology’s 13th Annual Buy-Side Technology Awards - Earns Honour Four Of The Past Five Years

Date 04/11/2019

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, announced today that the firm had won the award for Best Buy-Side Collateral Management Tool at the 13th annual Buy-Side Technology Awards, hosted by WatersTechnology on Friday, 1 November, in London.  This is the company’s fourth win in the category in the past five years.

Borsa Istanbul: Equity Market Directive Is Updated

Date 04/11/2019

Equity Market Directive is updated with the trading principles to be applied in the Equity Market “market segments” and “subsegments” according to the new market structure.

The Spanish Exchange Traded €46.91 Bn In October

Date 04/11/2019

• Up 44.4% from September and down 13.2% from the same month the previous year
• The trading volume in Fixed Income grew 70% year-on-year
• Trading in Financial Derivatives in the first ten months of the year increased 3.3% on the same period last year

Solactive Appoints Head Of Product Development And Announces Further Evolution Of Management Structure

Date 04/11/2019

Solactive is pleased to announce the addition of a new senior position to its organization. Peter Diel joined the firm as Head of Product Development on November 1st, 2019, running Solactive’s index development departments. The appointment runs alongside further alignments of responsibilities, while the company keeps evolving its business and organization.

Net Of Non - Jordanian Investment At Amman Stock Exchange Increased By JD 153.3 Million In October

Date 04/11/2019

The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in October 2019 was JD 173.9 million, representing 65.8% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 20.6 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in October 2019 showed a positive value of JD 153.3 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD6.3 million during the same month of 2018.

Taylor’s University Wins Bursa Malaysia National Investment Debate Challenge 2019

Date 04/11/2019

Taylor’s University’s Taylor’s Debaters emerged champion of Bursa Malaysia Berhad’s (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) National Investment Debate Challenge 2019 at the Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) in Bukit Jalil on Saturday, 2 November 2019, after defeating International Islamic University Malaysia’s IIUM 2 in an exciting final round where they contended for the motion “Market sentiment affects share prices more than business performance”.