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HKEX: After-Hours Trading (T+1) Extension Proves Popular With Investors

Date 20/11/2017

• Seventeen per cent increase in Equity Index Futures volume in the After-Hours Trading Session (the T+1 Session) after being extended to 1 am on 6 November
• Investors actively use the T+1 Session to respond to news in the US time zone. Per-hour trading volume in the T+1 Session is 72 per cent higher in the period that overlaps with US trading hours

Al Mawared's Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report, 20 November 2017

Date 20/11/2017

Click here to download  Al Mawared's weekly report on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE).

HKEX: Adjustment Of SOHO China Futures

Date 20/11/2017

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has announced the arrangements for the adjustment to SOHO China Ltd (SOHO China) futures to account for SOHO China’s special interim dividend.

Payments Council Endorses Singapore Quick Response Code Specifications For Electronic Payments

Date 20/11/2017

The Payments Council has endorsed the specification for a common Singapore Quick Response Code (SG QR) that can accept electronic payments by both domestic and international payment schemes, e-wallets, and banks. The new SG QR was developed by an industry taskforce co-led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Infocomm Media Development Authority.

ACER Decides On Harmonized Maximum And Minimum Clearing Prices Used For Market Coupling

Date 20/11/2017

ACER published today two decisions on the harmonized maximum and minimum clearing prices for single day-ahead and intraday coupling in accordance with the EU regulation on Capacity Allocation & Congestion Management (CACM). Harmonized prices will allow for a free price formation in the market coupling, therefore make the markets more efficient from the economic point of view.

Xetra Trading Celebrates 20th Anniversary - Introduction Of Fully-Electronic Trading Revolutionised Exchange Trading / Launched On 28 November 1997 With 109 Equities

Date 20/11/2017

Xetra trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is 20 years old; trading was launched at 8.30 a.m. on “X-day”, 28 November 1997. This was the first time that shares in Germany were traded via a fully-electronic system with buy and sell orders in the order book automatically executed, bringing about a fundamental change in securities trading in the following years.

EEX Group Successfully Complete Dry Bulk Freight Open Interest Novation - All 2018 – 2024 Positions In Dry Bulk Freight FFA, Formerly Held With LCH Ltd. Successfully Novated To ECC

Date 20/11/2017

EEX Group has successfully novated all remaining 2018 – 2024 positions in Dry Bulk Freight FFA from LCH Ltd. to its clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC). The novation marks yet another significant milestone in EEX Group’s strategy to expand in globally traded markets.
 

SIX Is To Consolidate Its Locations In The Business Area Payment Services

Date 20/11/2017

As part of the integration of Aduno SA, acquired from the Aduno Group in August, SIX has decided to consolidate its locations in the business area Payment Services. Consequently, the locations in Bedano and Oerlikon are to be closed. Up to 100 positions at SIX Payment Services are set to be reduced. A consultation process has been launched.

Nasdaq Dubai To Create Futures On Emaar Development To Enable Investors To Take A Position On Share Price

Date 20/11/2017

• Move  supports liquidity of underlying shares with SHUAA Capital as Market Maker
• Number of UAE companies on which futures are offered by the exchange will rise to 14

Fiserv Underpins European First Movers To Instant Payments - As EBA RT1 And Other Real-Time Systems Go Live, Banks Are Connecting To Deliver An Enhanced Customer Experience

Date 20/11/2017

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that Fiserv technology will support multiple ‘wave one' banks for EBA RT1, the first pan-European clearing platform for real-time payments in euro. Slated to go live 21 November 2017, EBA RT1 facilitates 24/7 payments in line with the SEPA Credit Transfer Instant (SCT Inst) Scheme of the European Payments Council (EPC).