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OCC October 2022 Total Volume Up 10.2% Year-Over-Year, Fifth Highest Month On Record

Date 02/11/2022

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that year-to-date average daily volume through October 2022 was 41.1 million contracts, up 5.6 percent compared to year-to-date average daily volume through October 2021. Total volume was 910.0 million contracts, up 10.2 percent compared to October 2021 and the fifth highest month in OCC’s history. 

Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook: Navigating Tighter Global Financial Conditions

Date 02/11/2022

• Growth momentum continues in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the region is expected to grow by 3.5 percent in 2022. Amid tightening global financial conditions, however, growth is projected to decelerate to 1.7 percent in 2023.
• Inflation is the highest in two-decades and is expected to recede gradually helped by decisive action by the region’s central banks.
• Monetary policy should stay the course, and avoid easing prematurely, while fiscal policy should focus on strengthening public finances while protecting the vulnerable population from the inflation shock.

Building Trust In Macroprudential Policy − Speech By Colette Bowe, Bank Of England, External Member Of The Financial Policy Committee, Given At The Annual Maxwell Fry Lecture, Birmingham University Business School

Date 02/11/2022

Colette Bowe discusses the FPC’s emphasis on transparent communication to ensure its policy decisions are coherent and accountable to the public they serve. The nature of financial stability means this will always be a work in progress, but these efforts are crucial to ensure FPC continues to be worthy of the public’s trust.

NGX Set To Host Made Of Africa Awards

Date 02/11/2022

Nigerian Exchange Limited (“NGX” or “The Exchange”) is set to host the 2022 edition of NGX Made of Africa Awards on Tuesday, 6 December 2022 at the Civic Center, Victoria Island, Lagos. The hybrid event themed “Innovation in Capital Markets: The Panacea for Exponential Growth”, will bring together key stakeholders in the capital market.

CME Group Reports 11% ADV Growth In October 2022

Date 02/11/2022

• Highest-ever October ADV
• Equity Index volume up 59%, with record E-mini S&P 500 options contracts
• Record SOFR options volume and OI

The Spanish Stock Market Trades 23.9 Billion Euros In October

Date 02/11/2022

• The volume traded in Equities in October is down 1.2% on the previous month
• Fixed-income trading in October increased 4.8% to 10.5 billion euros
• Trading in Futures contracts on the IBEX 35 ® index increased by 7.4% in the first ten months of the year

UK Financial Conduct Authority's Key Priorities For The Financial Advice Industry - Speech By Therese Chambers, Our Director Of Consumer Investments, Delivered At The Festival Of Financial Planning In Birmingham, Organised By The Personal Finance Society

Date 02/11/2022

Highlights

• The FCA wants to see more consumers who can afford to do so investing their money safely.
• This will only occur in a better consumer investment market.
• Financial advisers play a major role in helping or hindering this better market.
• The Consumer Investment Strategy and Consumer Duty is a big change that should turn the dial improving financial advice, the consumer investment market, and outcomes for consumers.

Bursa Malaysia Signs Sustainability MoU With London Stock Exchange Group

Date 02/11/2022

• Agreement aims to significantly expand FTSE Russell’s (LSEG’s global multi asset index and benchmark provider) ESG scoring coverage in the region from the current 30% to include all Malaysian PLCs
• Agreement includes plans to launch an ESG corporate reporting solution aligned to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

Boerse Stuttgart Records October Turnover Of Around EUR 6,4 Billion - Leverage Products And Bonds Show Increase In Trading Volume Compared To The Same Month Of The Previous Year

Date 02/11/2022

Based on the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 6,4 billion in October.

MEXC And Coinbase Have Reached A Partnership To Jointly Fulfill The Privacy And Security Obligations Of Cryptocurrency Under The TRUST Framework

Date 02/11/2022

On October 31st, the cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC announced that it had reached a cooperation with Coinbase to jointly fulfill the privacy and security obligations of cryptocurrency under the framework of Coinbase's TRUST Network (TRUST).