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CME Group's Terry Duffy To Appear Before The U.S. House Committee On Agriculture Subcommittee To Discuss Impact Of E.U. Foreign Clearinghouse Regulation On U.S. Futures Markets

Date 26/06/2019

CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry Duffy will appear before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit today to discuss the potential implications of recent European Union (E.U.) legislation that could grant sweeping new regulatory power to European regulators over U.S. futures markets.

Matthew Kulkin, DSIO Director, To Leave The CFTC

Date 26/06/2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that Matthew Kulkin, Director of the CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer & Intermediary Oversight (DSIO), will leave the agency later this summer.

Tehran Stock Exchange Weekly Market Review - 26 June 2019

Date 26/06/2019

Click here to download Tehran Stock Exchange's weekly market review. 

Chainalysis Bolsters Executive Leadership With Chief Technical Counsel Hire – Further Expands Government Expertise With Global Policy And Government Affairs Executives

Date 26/06/2019

Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, has appointed Michael Mosier as Chief Technical Counsel. He joins Chainalysis after serving for over a decade in various government positions, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the White House National Security Council, and most recently, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Alongside former U.S. Department of Treasury and Refinitiv executives based in Washington, DC at Chainalysis, Mosier will be responsible for bringing legal expertise to our products, including data privacy and global anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, policy, and government matters.

HKEX Announcement

Date 26/06/2019

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) notes that the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (the ICAC) is conducting an investigation into allegations of corruption concerning one former employee of HKEX which allegedly took place during their employment by HKEX.  The ICAC is not investigating HKEX or any other HKEX employees.

Intercontinental Exchange To Launch A Deliverable New York Harbor Ultra-Low Sulphur Heating Oil Futures Contract

Date 26/06/2019

• Contract provides a better hedge for exports to Europe and South America
• RIN-less’ futures match specifications for domestic home heating oil 

Nasdaq: Vattenfall Lists First Green Bond Under New Swedish EMTN Program - New Eur 500 Million Bond To Finance Renewable Energy, Given Highest Rating By Analytics Agency Cicero.

Date 26/06/2019

Vattenfall, a leading European energy company, today announced the listing of the first green bond listed at Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) Stockholm under its new recent EUR 10 billion Swedish law governed euro medium term note (“EMTN”) program.

SGX Launches Asia’s First Portfolio Compression Service For Listed Derivatives

Date 26/06/2019

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is the first exchange in Asia to extend a portfolio compression service from over-the-counter (OTC) products to listed derivatives. The service is launched in collaboration with Capitalab, a division of BGC Brokers LP, an entity within the BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) group of companies. 

Vienna Stock Exchange: Further Expansion Of "Global Market"

Date 26/06/2019

For the third time this year, Vienna Stock Exchange is expanding its international offering in the global market. Starting today, almost 30 new companies will be added, including the software company "Slack Technologies", which made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on June 20. Also new: the biopharmaceutical company "Bristol-Myers Squibb Co", the coffee shop operator in China "Luckin Coffee Inc.", the financial service provider "S&P Global Inc.", the financial broker "Charles Schwab Corp" and the transport company "Union Pacific Corp". On 28 June is the first trading day of the Volkswagen Spin-Off Traton at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company will be tradable in Vienna immediately after its IPO in Frankfurt. In total, the offering on the global market thus consists of almost 660 securities from 26 countries. The second largest segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange so far generated an average monthly turnover of EUR 210 million in 2019.

iownit.us Receives $4.5M Funding To Securely Connect Investors And Companies

Date 26/06/2019

iownit Capital and Markets, Inc. (iownit.us), a platform built to provide investment infrastructure for investors into privately held companies, today announced the closure of a round worth $4.5M, led by a group of private investors.