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CME Group Announces New Precious Metals Spot Spread

Date 01/11/2016

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will offer a new Precious Metals Spot Spread to enable customers to effectively manage spot-futures spread price risk. The Spot Spread will be facilitated by the introduction of London Spot Gold futures and London Spot Silver futures contracts, and will provide traders with transparent, real-time information on the price relationship between COMEX futures and London spot markets. These two new contracts will be listed on COMEX and will begin trading on Monday, January 9, 2017, pending regulatory review.

London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market Receives Registered FBOT Status From CFTC

Date 01/11/2016

• Registered FBOT status allows US participants direct access to market
• Approval will significantly increase London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market’s international appeal

Nigerian Stock Exchange Trains Market Participants On Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Date 01/11/2016

Consistent with its commitment to broaden and deepen the Nigerian capital markets, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) in partnership with the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Issuers Vetiva Fund Managers Limited, Lotus Capital Limited and Stanbic IBTC Asset Management is set to organise its annual NSE Exchange Traded Funds Workshop on Monday, November 7, 2016.

ThinkMarkets Partners With SwipeStox To Provide Social Network App

Date 01/11/2016

ThinkMarkets, a leading multi-asset trading platform, have partnered with SwipeStox, the mobile-based social trading provider, to bring their customers an extensive mobile application social trading service.

Bund Der Versicherten (BdV – German Association Of The Insured) Sees Opportunity For Private European Pension Scheme - Warning Against “Legal Fraud” Of Life-Insurance Companies At European Level

Date 01/11/2016

After repeated consultations, the European Commission is pushing plans for a Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP). The German Association of The Insured (BdV) has delivered its statement and is willing to support the project. BdV-spokesman of the board Axel Kleinlein said: “We need simple, efficient and pan-European concepts for pension schemes.” But with regards to the role of life-insurance companies, he remains very skeptical. On the occasion of a conference on the capital markets union (CMU) with high-ranking representatives in Brussels, Kleinlein warned: “The insurance companies are not reliable and trustworthy partners. This pan-European project must be protected from ‘Legal Fraud’ by the life insurers.”

Thomson Reuters Reports Third-Quarter 2016 Results

Date 01/11/2016

Thomson Reuters (TSX / NYSE: TRI) today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016.

"It is encouraging to see our continued progress flow through in the third-quarter numbers,” said Jim Smith, president and chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters. “Our core subscription businesses are moving in the right direction, our cost controls are working and we are increasingly confident in our execution capability. That is why we are going to pick up the pace of our transformation efforts.”

Kx Shatters STAC Benchmarks For Tick Data Analytics On Dell EMC DSSD D5

Date 01/11/2016

Kx Systems (Kx) announced today that its time-series database kdb+ set new records in independent testing on the largest dataset ever used.  Running on Dell EMC DSSD D5 Rack-Scale flash storage system with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, Kx and Dell EMC achieved the fastest results to date in 16 of the 19 benchmarks reported within the volume-scaled multi-year M3 benchmark suite as performed and audited by STAC (The Securities Technology Analysis Center).The STAC M3 test suite is designed to test the suitability and scalability of technology stacks for managing financial time-series data. 

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Prohibits Six Individuals For Their Part In Unauthorised Collective Investment Scheme

Date 01/11/2016

In a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Scott Crawley, Daniel Forsyth, Adam Hawkins, Ross Peters, Aaron Petrou and Dale Walker have today been prohibited from performing any function in relation to any regulated activity for their parts in the operation of an unauthorised collective investment scheme.

Equity Futures Trading Increases Rapidly On Nasdaq Dubai

Date 01/11/2016

• Volume of traded contracts rises 567% from 15,508 in September to 103,393  in October 
• Emaar Properties is most heavily traded contract

Japan Exchange Group: Trading Overview In October 2016

Date 01/11/2016

Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview in October 2016.