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HKEX: Adjustment Of Minsheng Bank Structured Products, Futures And Options

Date 09/05/2018

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has announced the arrangements for the adjustment to China Minsheng Banking Corp Ltd (Minsheng Bank) structured products, futures and options to account for Minsheng Bank’s capitalisation issue. 

Dalian Commodity Exchange: China Opens Iron Ore Futures To International Investors

Date 09/05/2018

Foreign investors began trade in domestic iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) Friday, another step in financial opening-up.

Malawi Stock Exchange Monthly Market Performance Report - April 2018

Date 09/05/2018

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's monthly market performance report.

SGX Reports Market Statistics For April 2018

Date 09/05/2018

• Market turnover value of structured warrants and DLCs rise 44% year-on-year
• SGX USD/CNH futures trade in excess of US$1 billion for 15 consecutive days for first time

HKEX 2018 First Quarter Results

Date 09/05/2018

Key messages

• Record high quarterly revenue and other income and profit attributable to shareholders were achieved in Q14 2018. 
• Revenue and other income for Q1 2018 was 36 per cent higher than Q1 2017, which was attributable to: 

1. A significant increase in trading and clearing fees driven by increases in Cash Market turnover and Derivatives Market volume, as average daily number of futures and options contracts traded reached record quarterly high; and 
2. Higher Stock Exchange listing fees from increased number of newly listed securities, as the number of newly listed derivative warrants (DWs) and callable bull/bear contracts (CBBCs) both reached record quarterly highs. 

• Operating expenses were 12 per cent higher than Q1 2017. Excluding the one-off insurance recovery of $23 million in Q1 2017 relating to the warehouse litigation in the United States (US), operating expenses increased by 9 per cent, attributable to increases in staff costs, information technology (IT) costs and premises expenses. 
• EBITDA margin of 77 per cent was 4 per cent higher than both Q1 2017 and the year ended 31 December 2017.

SIFMA President And CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. Remarks At SIFMA’s 2018 Operations Conference And Exhibition

Date 09/05/2018

Good morning. It’s my pleasure to welcome you to SIFMA’s 45th Annual Operations Conference and Exhibition. For more than four decades, this event has been the marquis summit for industry operations, technology and regulatory leaders to address issues that have shaped the evolution of US capital markets. Our markets are the most deep, liquid and resilient, which benefits both issuers and investors.

Iran Deal: Investors Should Expect An Increase In Market Volatility: Tom Elliott, International Investment Strategist St deVere Group,

Date 08/05/2018

Investors should expect an increase in market volatility and ensure that they are properly diversified, warns the senior analyst at one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations.

CME Group Declares Quarterly Dividend

Date 08/05/2018

CME Group Inc., the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared a second-quarter dividend of $0.70 per share, payable June 25, 2018, to shareholders of record as of June 8, 2018. 

DTCC Plans First Phase Of Settlement Optimization With Implementation Targeted For Next Year - The Initial Piece To Launch In The Third Quarter 2019 Will Dramatically Enhance Overnight Processing, Key To Reducing Costs And Risks

Date 08/05/2018

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced a timetable for the first phase of settlement optimization, a significant enhancement aimed at removing an entire market day of settlement exposure without eliminating a calendar day from the standard trade settlement process.

CFTC: New Jersey Federal Court Orders Alcibiades Cifuentes, Jennifer Wee Cifuentes, And Cifuentes Fund Management, LLC, To Pay More Than $2.2 Million For Forex Fraud Scheme

Date 08/05/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Esther Salas of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has entered an Order of default judgment and permanent injunction against Alcibiades Cifuentes (Cifuentes) and Jennifer Wee Cifuentes (Wee), both of West New York, New Jersey, and their corporate entity, Cifuentes Fund Management, LLC (collectively, Defendants).