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CME Group Announces The Launch Of European Union Wheat Futures And Options

Date 20/06/2016

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of physically delivered European Union (EU) Wheat futures and options on futures contracts to begin trading on 12 September 2016, pending all relevant regulatory review periods. These contracts will be listed subject to the rules and regulations of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).

SGX Launches Sustainability Reporting Guide And Rule; Will Provide Training And Tools To Companies

Date 20/06/2016

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today introduced sustainability reporting on a “comply or explain” basis.

BME: TEKNIA Registers A €40 Million Bonds Programme With MARF

Date 20/06/2016

The Mercado Alternativo de Renta Fija (MARF) has registered a Medium & Long-Term  Programme by Teknia Manufacturing Group with a maximum amount of €40 million, which will allow the company to issue bonds over the next 12 months with fixed and variable interest rates and maturities that will range from 4 to 7 years.

FESE Announces The Winner Of The Josseph De La Vega Prize 2016

Date 20/06/2016

The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) is delighted to announce that this year's winners of the De la Vega Prize 2016 areMarlene D. Haas and Marius A. Zoican for their paper "Discrete or continuous trading? HFT competition and liquidity on batch auction markets". Marlene D. Haas is affiliated with Vienna Graduate School of Finance and University of Vienna and Marius A. Zoican is affiliated with Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL Research University, DRM Finance.

McObject Accelerates eXtremeDB Financial Edition’s Database Clustering Performance With Mellanox VMA

Date 20/06/2016

McObject®, developer of the eXtremeDB® Financial Edition database management system (DBMS), and Mellanox, a leading supplier of end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand interconnect solutions and services, announced benchmark test results documenting a more than tripling of throughput when using eXtremeDB Financial Edition’s clustering capability, resulting from the integration of Mellanox’s VMA Messaging Accelerator Software as part of the interconnect between cluster nodes.

Euronext: Cerinnov Accelerates Growth On Alternext - €9.2 Million Raised; Market Capitalisation €28.7 Million

Date 20/06/2016

EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the market for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), today welcomed Cerinnov, a specialist in robotic engineering and industrial equipment, for its first day of trading on Alternext Paris.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Former Director Of NCA International Holdings Limited Acquitted Of Unlicensed Activities

Date 20/06/2016

The Eastern Magistracy has found Mr Lung Yau Wai, former director of NCA International Holdings Limited (NCA), not guilty of an offence of being a party to NCA in holding itself out as carrying on a business of regulated activities without a licence by the Securities and Futures Commission.

Tokyo Stock Exchange 2015 Shareownership Survey

Date 20/06/2016

2015 Shareownership Survey (Jun. 20, 2016)

WSE Open To Cooperation With Chinese Investors

Date 20/06/2016

The Warsaw Stock Exchange and Haitong Bank have signed a cooperation agreement. In order to support both parties development, the agreement provides for mutual exchange of information about the prevailing situations on the capital markets in which both institutions operate. The WSE also signed a similar agreement with CSAHK – Chinese Securities Association in Hong Kong.

European Investment Bank And Funding Circle Announce Groundbreaking £100 Million Investment Into UK Small Businesses - First Marketplace Lending SME Investment In The UK By The European Investment Bank

Date 20/06/2016

The European Investment Bank today agreed a £100 million investment in loans to UK small businesses originated through Funding Circle, the world’s leading marketplace for business loans. This investment, alongside £25 million from the Funding Circle SME Income Fund, will enable over £200 million of new loans over 7 years, and provides a further injection of much-needed funding into the UK small business sector.