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Lombard Odier Selects smartTrade To Enhance FxXCapabilities For Clients

Date 15/04/2021

smartTrade Technologies announced today that 225 year-old Swiss Bank Lombard Odier & Co Ltd has integrated LiquidityFX, smartTrade’s in-house developed FX solution into its banking platform, to offer enhanced FX trading services to its clients.

ACER Consults On Reasoned Amendments To The Capacity Allocation And Congestion Management Regulation

Date 15/04/2021

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) launches today a public consultation and announces two related workshops  on reasoned amendments to the Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management Regulation (CACM 2.0).

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security TMO-RM

Date 15/04/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 15.04.2021, 14-16 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 39595) and initial margins (up to 16.25 %) for the security TMO-RM were changed. New values are available here

London Stock Exchange Group: Conversion Of Limited-Voting Ordinary Shares

Date 15/04/2021

Further to the announcement by London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSEG" or the "Company") on 23 March 2021 relating to the sale by York Holdings II Limited and York Holdings III Limited of a total of 10,422,684 voting ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each of the Company, LSEG now confirms that a total of 16,231,149 limited-voting ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each of the Company currently held by York Holdings II Limited will be converted into voting ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each (the "Converted Ordinary Shares") on a one-for-one basis (the "Conversion").

Joint Industry Letter On The Importance Of Linking The UK ETS With The EU ETS

Date 15/04/2021

Europex has joined with over 40 leading industry associations to call on the EU and UK to begin the process of linking the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) with the new UK Emissions Trading System (UK ETS) as soon as practicable. We welcome the commitment to ‘serious consideration’ which the UK and EU have given to linking their respective carbon pricing systems in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), and believe that linkage negotiations should begin as soon as possible.

FinEx Licenses Solactive Index for new International Equity ETF

Date 15/04/2021

International markets provide unique diversification opportunities for investors. Especially in times of economic uncertainty, having viable instruments of portfolio diversification at hand becomes utterly vital. FinEx ETF, the leader of the booming Russian ETF market, launches an Exchange Traded Fund aimed precisely at delivering investors this opportunity. The fund, which is the FinEx Developed Markets ex-USA UCITS ETF, tracks the Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex United States 200 USD Index. The launch builds on the recent successful engagement between FinEx and Solactive – with nine funds already successfully traded on Moscow Exchange and other venues.

Cosmos (ATOM) Available As Collateral On Bitfinex Borrow After Poll Win

Date 15/04/2021

Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, has added Cosmos (ATOM) as collateral on Bitfinex Borrow, the platform’s peer-to-peer (P2P) digital token loan portal, after it was successful in a social media poll.

TheCityUK Unveils Plan To Support The UK’s Post-Pandemic And Post-Brexit Economic Future

Date 15/04/2021

TheCityUK today publishes its plan to ensure the strength of the UK-based financial and related professional services industry helps to power recovery and growth over the next decade as the UK emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic and makes its way in the world outside of the EU.

BNP Paribas Goes Live On CurveGlobal Markets Listed Futures Exchange For Traders

Date 15/04/2021

CurveGlobal is delighted to announce that BNP Paribas is now live for their house STIR traders, enabling them to access the CurveGlobal short-term interest rate futures that clear at LCH. This complements their client offering of execution and clearing services on CurveGlobal.

Introducing HKEX's New Podcast - HKEXVoice

Date 15/04/2021

EP1: A look at the growth and development of Hong Kong’s derivatives market | Wilfred Yiu