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GAIN Capital Completes Acquisition Of City Index

Date 01/04/2015

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) (the "Company" or "GAIN Capital") today announced it has completed the acquisition of City Index (Holdings) Limited ("City Index"), a leading online trading firm specializing in contracts for difference (CFDs), forex and UK spread betting.
SGX Board Committee Of Inquiry Submits Report To SGX Board And Monetary Authority Of Singapore

Date 01/04/2015

The SGX Board Committee of Inquiry ("BCOI") has completed its investigations into the 5 November 2014 breakdown in the securities and derivatives markets. The BCOI has submitted its report to the SGX Board and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
DFM Performance – March 2015

Date 01/04/2015

The Dubai Financial Market General Index decreased by 9.1% to 3514.4 points at the end of March compared to 3864.7 points at the end of February. The Real Estate and Construction index decreased the most by 14.1% and the Financial & Investment services index down 9.8%, and the Banking index decreased by 6.2%. In contrast, the Industrial index up 15%, and Consumer and Discretionary index up 14.7%
EDF Trading Limited Joins As Market Maker For Spanish Power Futures

Date 01/04/2015

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) welcomes EDF Trading Limited, London, as a new Market Maker on the Spanish Power Derivatives Market. As of April, EDF Trading Limited will place bids and offers in the order book, thus support- ing liquidity in exchange trading with Spanish Power Futures at EEX.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For HKEx Futures

Date 01/04/2015

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 2 April 2015, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

DFM Demonstrates Its Clearing And Settlement Proficiencies To High-Level Delegation From Capital Market In Oman - The Two-Day Program Aimed At Updating The Delegates On DFM’s Successful Record In The Field Of Clearing And Settlement Infrastructures And Risk Management

Date 01/04/2015

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) received a high-level delegation of five senior officials from the capital market sector in the Sultanate of Oman. The Omani delegation was updated on DFM’s numerous clearing and settlement mechanisms and procedures in line with international best practices including; the successful implementation of Delivery versus Payment (DvP). This visit reflects the strong links between DFM and capital market institutions in Oman. The two-day visit explored opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing and included a tour of DFM departments and trading floor.
Joint Open Access Letter To The European Securities And Markets Authority

Date 01/04/2015

A letter has been sent to Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority, regarding open access provisions within the MiFID II Regulatory Technical Standards, co-signed by Michael Spencer, chief executive of ICAP, Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Group, Hans-Ole Jochumsen, president of Nasdaq and Suneel Bakhshi, chief executive of LCH Clearnet.
New Solactive Index On Financial Technology Companies - New UBS Open End Index Certificates Allow Tailor-Made Exposure To FinTech Companies

Date 01/04/2015

Solactive AG has launched the Solactive FinTech 20 Index, designed to track the 20 largest companies which are major players in the Financial Technology (FinTech) space. The Index is used as underlying for the UBS Open End Index Certificates, available in EUR and USD.
From March 2015 Trading Places: This Year’s Platform Bubble - Our Columnist Patrick L Young Ponders The Latest Platform Bubble To Hit Markets…

Date 01/04/2015

Platform bubbles represent a new vestige of competitive digital markets. A couple of years back if you weren’t working on an SEF, lots of people inclined to believe you were somehow blindly incapable of spotting the future. Of course, those blindly incapable of foretelling the next year or three were mostly those fixated with the idea that SEFs were a guaranteed winning proposition despite the fact that in addition to the quasi-incumbent IDBs, a veritable cornucopia of folks equivalent to the population of a small French city were all assiduously beavering away building some form of post OTC swap-centric business.
Nigerian Stock Exchange: NSE Reviews Composition Of The Lotus Islamic Index

Date 01/04/2015

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) announced the review of The NSE Lotus Islamic Index (NSE LII) to coincide with the end of the first quarter 2015. The Review became expedient following the expected merger of Lafarge Cement Plc and Ashaka Cement Plc later in the year. The recomposition of these indices after the review will be effective on Wednesday, April 1, 2015.