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Traiana To Modernize Equity Swaps Market With Automated Post Trade Lifecycle Management Service

Date 04/07/2019

Traiana, the leading infrastructure service for trade lifecycle and risk management solutions, today announced that it has launched a new service to fully automate the post trade lifecycle management of the multi-trillion dollar equity swaps market. Traiana's Equity Swaps Lifecycle Management service will transform the market's previously manual, labor intensive and inefficient post trade affirmation processes for clients globally.

Securities Commission Malaysia Cautions Investors Against Unauthorised Initial Coin Offerings And Digital Asset Exchanges

Date 04/07/2019

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has noted an increase in the number of queries and complaints from members of the public regarding initial coin offerings (ICOs) and digital asset exchanges (DAX).

Saxo Q3 Outlook: The Global Fiscal Panic

Date 04/07/2019

Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, has published today its Q3 2019 Quarterly Outlook for global markets, including trading ideas covering equities, FX, currencies, commodities, and bonds, as well as a range of central macro themes impacting client portfolios.

Nordic Growth Market Offers Trading In Mini Futures On Crypto Currencies From Vontobel - Vontobel Lists Mini Futures On Bitcoin And Ether At NGM

Date 04/07/2019

After the successful launch of tracker certificates on Bitcoin, Ether, Ripple and Litecoin, Vontobel initiated the next step of innovation and listed Mini Futures on the crypto currencies Bitcoin and Ether. The Mini Futures enable investors to participate with leverage from positive and negative performances of the underlying instrument. Especially traders are looking for liquid instruments in order to trade volatile underlyings. Vontobel was mainly driven by the huge volume in crypto currencies as well as a lot of customer demand for Mini Futures on crypto currencies.

ASX Group Monthly Report - June 2019

Date 04/07/2019

Trading – Cash Markets (including equities, interest rate and warrant trades)

• In June 2019, the average daily number of trades was 41% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded onmarket of $5.5 billion was up 16% on the pcp. 
• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.5% in June, flat on the previous month 0.5%. 
• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in June was an average of 13.7 (compared to 13.6 in May).

Statement On Margin For Security Futures, SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr., July 3, 2019

Date 03/07/2019

As always, I want to begin by thanking our Staff for the hard work reflected in today’s release. In particular, Tom McGowan and Sheila Swartz provided helpful briefings to my Office, addressing a wide range of questions in connection with this proposal.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 03/07/2019

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

SEC Proposes To Align Margin Requirements For Security Futures With Requirements For Similar Financial Products

Date 03/07/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that it has proposed to align the minimum margin required on security futures with other similar financial products.  The proposal—which, if the CFTC votes in favor of, would be a joint CFTC-SEC proposal—would set the minimum margin requirement for security futures at 15 percent of the current market value of each security future.  

Ontario Securities Commission Seeks Applications For Investor Advisory Panel

Date 03/07/2019

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is inviting applications for membership on its Investor Advisory Panel (IAP), which provides an investor perspective on the policy and rule-making initiatives of the OSC.

BOX Exchange: Complex Qualified Contingent Cross Orders

Date 03/07/2019

Effective July 15, 2019, BOX Exchange LLC (“BOX” or the “Exchange”) will begin accepting Complex Qualified Contingent Cross (“Complex QCC”) Orders. Additionally, the Exchange will make a modification to the execution of Complex Customer Cross Orders.