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Investing In Tech Giants With Evolve ETFs’ FANGMA ETF Tracking Solactive Index

Date 06/05/2021

Only a few companies hold the potential to change the life of billions of people permanently. Among those game-changers, four technology titans form a special group, commonly known by its acronym FANG, which stands for Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet (formerly acknowledged as Google). Recently, the FANG-gang admitted two new members, Microsoft and Apple, in their prestigious club, effectively forming FANGMA. Evolve ETFs, one of Canada’s fastest-growing ETF providers, now released a new ETF including these six FANGMA companies. The ETF, which tracks the Solactive FANGMA Equal Weight Index, started trading on May 6th, 2021, on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under ticker symbols TECH, TECH.B and TECH.U.

Outcomes-Focussed Regulation: A Measure Of Success? - Speech By Charles Randell, Chair Of The FCA And PSR, To The Building Societies Association

Date 06/05/2021

Highlights:

• Focussing on the best consumer outcomes is the right thing to do – but it’s not yet fully embedded in everything that we and financial services firms do.
• By defining the right outcomes, measuring them even more and acting on the results even faster with an enhanced data capacity, we will be able to target our interventions more effectively.
• Being transparent about outcomes drives us to act and increases our accountability.

Cboe Expands European Leadership Team With Senior Hire

Date 06/05/2021

• Industry veteran Natan Tiefenbrun will join Cboe as Senior Vice President, Head of European Equities
• Prior to joining Cboe, Tiefenbrun has led a distinguished career in European equities trading, most recently as a Managing Director at Bank of America
• In this new role, Tiefenbrun will oversee Cboe’s European equities business

ESMA Updates Its Opinion On Ancillary Activity Calculations

Date 06/05/2021

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, published today an updated Opinion on ancillary activity calculations. The opinion provides the estimation of the market size of commodity derivatives and emission allowances for 2020.

KBS Capital Markets Ltd/imctrades.com/imctrades.io Trading Platform: BaFin Prohibits Unauthorised Portfolio Management

Date 06/05/2021

In a notice dated 22 April 2021, BaFin ordered KBS Capital Markets Ltd, Marshall Islands, as the operator of the imctrades.io trading platform, to immediately cease its unauthorised portfolio management activities.

Phillip Futures Offers Derivatives Trading On Hanoi Stock Exchange Via CQG Platform

Date 06/05/2021

Phillip Futures, one of the region's top brokerages, announced a new milestone in its partnership with CQG, a leading global provider of high-performance technology solutions for traders, brokers, commercial hedgers, and exchanges. Phillip Futures will now offer VN30 futures from the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) to its customers using the CQG platform.

Vienna Stock Exchange: Biogena Group Invest Moves Up Into Direct Market Plus

Date 06/05/2021

After carrying out a capital increase, Biogena Group Invest AG is uplisted into the direct market plus. Representatives of the Biogena Management team opened the trading day by ringing the stock exchange bell. The Austrian company, headquartered in Salzburg, was admitted to continuous trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange for the first time in fall 2020; the initial listing took place on 27 November 2020 in the entry segment direct market. The business activity of Biogena Group, in which Biogena Group Invest AG is a shareholder, is the development, production and marketing of science-based premium micronutrient preparations based on the pure-substance principle, as well as being a reliable knowledge and service partner in the field of health, nutrition and well-being. The main focus of the Austrian micronutrient pioneer with its claim to state-of-the-art research and radical quality lies in particular in the areas of iron, mineral and osteoporosis product innovations in use for therapy support and prevention, as well as new integrated solutions in the area of workplace health promotion and diagnostics.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security U000A0JU6A1

Date 06/05/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 06.05.2021, 14-58 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 109.73) and initial margins (up to 17.5 %) for the security RU000A0JU6A1 were changed. New values are available here

Baton Systems Integrates With LCH To Deliver End-To-End Automation Of The Collateral Workflow

Date 06/05/2021

Baton Systems (“Baton”), a provider of post-trade solutions for financial markets, has integrated with LCH, a leading global clearing house, to automate the end-to-end collateral workflow for derivatives participants. J.P. Morgan will be the first of Baton’s clients to manage their collateral at LCH using the Baton platform. The partnership expands Baton’s network of central counterparties (CCPs) that now includes several of the world’s largest exchange operators.

EDHEC-Risk Institute: Hedge Fund Performances Take A Break In A Rising Stock Market

Date 06/05/2021

Click here to download the latest performance update of the EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes.