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Nasdaq Private Market Facilitates A Record $12 Billion In Transaction Volume In 2018

Date 29/01/2019

The Nasdaq Private Market, LLC (NPM), a leading provider of liquidity solutions for today’s private securities, has released its 2018 Year End Private Company report, which summarizes private company liquidity activity on the NPM platform.

CFTC’s Release Schedule For Delayed Market Data Reports

Date 29/01/2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Intelligence Branch of the Division of Market Oversight today announced an updated release schedule for CFTC market data reports that were delayed during the lapse in appropriations. The goal of the new report schedule is to provide market participants with data as quickly as possible, given the agency’s resource constraints.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On FX Market

Date 29/01/2019

CCP NCC will allow the short sells for BYN, KZT and TRY currencies starting from February 4, 2019.

Bank Of England: Results Of The Semi-Annual FX Turnover Surveys In October 2018

Date 29/01/2019

See the headline results from an October 2018 survey of 28 financial institutions that are active in the UK foreign exchange market.

2018 Buyback Program Of Borsa İstanbul A.Ş. Group C Shares Has Been Completed

Date 29/01/2019

Borsa İstanbul A.Ş. Board of Directors initiated the buyback process of group C shares, per a resolution dated 21.12.2017. On 27.09.2018, at the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting the Board of Directors was authorized for buying back 1,990,835,364 shares in exchange of maximum 201,350,241.33 TL, for a term of two years. Capital Markets Board’s approval has been secured, share purchase agreements have been signed, shares have been transferred and payments were realized.

Shareholders Of The Bucharest Stock Exchange Voted For The Local Central Counterparty, The Lodestar Project Of The Romanian Capital Market In A Move To Double Liquidity

Date 29/01/2019

• The shareholders of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) approved during the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders the establishment of the local Central Counterparty (CCP), a project worth a total of EUR 16 million, to which BVB will contribute up to EUR 10 million.
• Adrian Tanase, BVB CEO: The trading costs are not going to be higher for brokers nor for clients. The investors will be able to access more investing strategies and, as the market develops, we plan to lower tariffs.
• A key role of the CCP is to act as a warrant for the market integrity by eliminating counterparty risk. The new entity will help diversify the market products by offering derivatives and will be able to double the average daily trading value.

SEC Names Manisha Kimmel As Senior Policy Advisor To The Chairman On The Consolidated Audit Trail

Date 29/01/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Manisha Kimmel will serve as Senior Policy Advisor for Regulatory Reporting to Chairman Jay Clayton.  In this new role, Ms. Kimmel will coordinate the SEC’s oversight of the self-regulatory organizations’ (SROs) creation and implementation of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT).  Ms. Kimmel will work closely with the Division of Trading and Markets and other divisions and offices on the CAT and other regulatory reporting matters.

LiquidityBook Names Alexander Ponyrko Principal Software Engineer

Date 29/01/2019

LiquidityBook, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, today announced the addition of Alexander Ponyrko as Principal Software Engineer.

ETFGI Reports ETFs And ETPs Listed In Latin America Gather Net Inflows Of US$635 Million During December 2018

Date 29/01/2019

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in Latin America gathered net inflows of US$635 million during December. During the month, total assets invested in the Latin American ETF and ETP industry increased 8.15%, from US$7.81 billion at the end of November, to US$8.44 billion, according to ETFGI’s December 2018 Latin American ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service.  (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.) 

French Savers Again Excluded From The Governance Of The French Financial Supervisory Authority (AMF)

Date 29/01/2019

The French Government, the National Assembly and the Senate have just appointed the new members of the AMF’s supervisory body.