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EEX To Launch Wood Pellet Futures - Futures Available For Trade Registration As Of 19th September

Date 13/09/2017

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will introduce futures on wood pellets, to be available for Trade Registration as of 19th September 2017.

Deutsche Börse AG: Implementation Period Of Share Buyback Program Can Extend Until End Of 1st Half-Year 2018

Date 13/09/2017

The Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG informs, that the period, in which the adopted share buyback program with a volume of around EUR 200 million will be implemented, can extend until the end of the first half-year 2018. An extended implementation period as decided by the Executive Board today enables the company, to react more flexibly towards current developments and market conditions.

Securing Success For The FX Global Code - Speech Given By Chris Salmon, Executive Director, Markets, Bank Of England, TradeTech FX Europe, Barcelona, Tuesday 12 September 2017

Date 13/09/2017

In this speech, Chris Salmon, Executive Director for Markets, talks about the FX Global Code, which launched in May of this year.

Chris focuses on what needs to occur over the next year or two to further the aim of the code; 'to promote the integrity and effective functioning of the wholesale FX market' where diverse participants can 'confidently and effectively transact at competitive prices'. He begins by recapping on where we have got to with the development of the Code we are looking to embed.

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Posts 10th Straight Monthly Gains Ending August On Positive Note

Date 13/09/2017

The share values of listed exchanges grew by 0.3 per cent during August 2017 recording its tenth positive month.

Taiwan Futures Exchange Monthly Newsletter - September 2017

Date 13/09/2017

Click here to download TAIFEX's September Newsletter.

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In ETFs/ETPs Listed In Europe Have Increased 28.3% In 2017 To Reach A New Record Of US$734 billion At The End Of August

Date 13/09/2017

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe have increased 28.3% in the first 8 months of the year to reach a new record of US$734 billion at the end of August, according to ETFGI’s August 2017 preliminary European ETF and ETP industry insights report, an annual paid for research subscription service (click here to see the chart for growth in assets).

Qatar Stock Exchange: QE Index, QE Al Rayan Islamic Index And QE All Share Constituents October 1st 2017

Date 13/09/2017

UPDATE -- Nasdaq Named To Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index

Date 13/09/2017

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced it has been selected as an index component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), one of the most prestigious corporate sustainability ranking efforts, for the second consecutive year. Nasdaq is one of approximately 160 North American companies included in the index, and one of only eight diversified financial services firms. It is the only stock exchange selected from North America.

FINRA Hearing Panel Fines C.L. King & Associates $750,000 For Negligent Misrepresentations And Omissions In Connection With Death Put Investments And AML-Related Violations

Date 12/09/2017

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that a FINRA extended hearing panel censured Albany, NY-based broker-dealer C.L. King & Associates, Inc. and fined the firm $750,000 for negligently making material misrepresentations and omissions to issuers in connection with the firm’s redemptions of debt securities on behalf of a hedge fund customer. The hearing panel also found that C.L. King and its AML Compliance Officer, Respondent Gregg Alan Miller, who was suspended in a principal capacity for six months and fined $20,000, failed to establish and implement a reasonable AML program and failed to adequately respond to red flags related to the liquidation of billions of shares of penny stocks indicative of potentially suspicious activity by two customers. The decision resolves charges brought by FINRA's Department of Enforcement in April 2016.

New DTCC White Paper Identifies Opportunities For Banks To Reduce Risk Capital Charges Related To FRTB - More Than 10 Billion OTC Derivative Transactions Analyzed In DTCC’s ‘‘Real Price Data Study” To Form Credible Observations And Recommendations

Date 12/09/2017

A new white paperfrom The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, suggests ‘real’ price and non-modellable risk factors (‘NMRF’) requirements under the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) will pose significant challenges to market participants, potentially mandating large increases in the capital that banks must maintain for market risk purposes (market risk capital). However, banks have an opportunity to reduce their market risk capital charges by using ‘pooled’ observable transaction data to demonstrate that the associated risk factors meet the ‘real’ price standards under FRTB.