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Coryann Stefansson Joins SIFMA Policy Team

Date 20/09/2019

SIFMA today announced Coryann Stefansson has been appointed managing director and head of prudential capital and liquidity policy.

World’s First Dedicated Climate Resilience Bond, For US$ 700m, Is Issued By EBRD

Date 20/09/2019

• EBRD launches first ever dedicated climate resilience bond, raising US$ 700 million
• Proceeds to finance investments in climate resilience projects
• Launch follows adoption of Climate Resilience Principles by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI)

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report For September 20th 2019

Date 20/09/2019

A total turnover of 1.272 billion shares worth N18.750 billion in 19,482 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.147 billion shares valued at N14.082 billion that exchanged hands last week in 17,980 deals. 

MGEX Achieves A Top-25 Electronic Record Volume Day

Date 20/09/2019

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports the 23rd highest electronic volume day in the history of the Exchange with a total of 20,116 contracts traded yesterday.

Eurex EnLight Reaches 1 Million Traded Contracts

Date 20/09/2019

This week, we reached a milestone on Eurex EnLight, our selective RfQ platform.

American Financial Exchange® Announces One-Day Volume Records On The AMERIBOR® Benchmark Of $3B And AMERIBOR® Futures

Date 20/09/2019

The American Financial Exchange (AFX), electronic exchange for direct interbank lending and borrowing for American financial institutions, announced a record volume trading day on Thursday, September 19, marking the second day this week a new high mark has been set.  A record $3.035 billion were traded across all AFX products, surpassing the previous single-day volume record of $2.637 billion on September 17, 2019. This marks a 15 percent increase from the previous record.

Statement By The European Commission Following Today's Meeting Between Michel Barnier, The European Commission's Chief Negotiator, And Steve Barclay, The UK Secretary Of State For Exiting The EU

Date 20/09/2019

Michel Barnier met Steve Barclay in Brussels today where they had a discussion on the state of play of the ongoing Brexit talks, both in relation to the backstop to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland and the Political Declaration on the Future Relationship.

BME: GREENOAK SPAIN HOLDINGS SOCIMI II To Start Trading On MAB Next Tuesday, September The 24th.

Date 20/09/2019

• It is the 17th company to list on MAB in 2019
• The company will have a value of 94.9 million euros on its market debut

The World Federation Of Exchanges Proposes Improvements To CFTC’s Non-US CCP Supervision Proposals

Date 20/09/2019

The World Federation of Exchanges ("WFE"), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has published a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) concerning two proposals that stand to impact the supervision of non-US central counterparties (CCPs) – namely, its Proposal on the Registration with Alternative Compliance for Non-U.S. Derivatives Clearing Organizations and Proposal for the Exemption from Derivatives Clearing Registration.

CME Group To Launch Bitcoin Options In Q1 2020

Date 20/09/2019

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch options on its Bitcoin futures contracts in Q1 2020, pending regulatory review.