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Commodity Prices Eke Out A Slight Gain As Central Banks Provide Support - Commodities Rose Slightly Last Week As The US Federal Reserve Cut Rates To Offset The Effects Of The Spreading COVID-19 Outbreak, William May, Senior Economist, IHS Markit

Date 11/03/2020

Markets temporarily eased last week following the Fed's March 3rd decision to cut interest rates, with the IHS Markit Materials Price Index (MPI) increasing 0.1% last week. The growing number of COVID-19 cases outside of China and the breakdown in negotiations among oil producers spooked investors on Friday. US 10-year treasury yields have since fallen to an all-time low with oil prices plunging, setting up a large retreat in the MPI this week.

CryptoCompare Launches Real-Time Market Data Streaming Product

Date 11/03/2020

CryptoCompare has launched a new, revamped streaming API that can be accessed via WebSocket connection. The new connection offers real-time trade, ticker, volume and level 2 orderbook data, as well as OHLC candles and a subscription to the CryptoCompare Aggregate Index (CCAGGG).

BMLL Wins “Best Data Visualization Service" Award At The 2020 FinTech Breakthrough Awards

Date 11/03/2020

BMLL Technologies has won the “Best Data Visualization Service" award at the 2020 FinTech Breakthrough Awards. The mission of the FinTech Breakthrough Awards is to honour excellence and recognize the creativity, hard work and success of FinTech companies, technologies, and products around the world.

R3 Appoints Former IBM & AWS Executive To Head Up Growing Partnership Ecosystem

Date 11/03/2020

R3, the enterprise blockchain software firm, has appointed former IBM and Amazon Web Services executive, Dorothy Copeland, as Global Head of Partner Ecosystem & Alliances.

Bank Of England: Remit And recommendations For The Financial Policy Committee – March 2020

Date 11/03/2020

Letter from the Chancellor to the Governor

CISI Educational Trust 2020 Awards Totalling £15,000 Announced

Date 11/03/2020

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) is delighted to announce the 14 student winners of its 2020 Educational Trust Awards.

Qatar Stock Exchange: QE Index, QE Al Rayan Islamic Index And QE All Share Constituents April 1st 2020

Date 11/03/2020

QE Index

Al Meera Consumer Goods Company will replace Gulf International Services Company in the QE Index.

FIA, Greenwich Associates Release New Derivatives Market Research

Date 11/03/2020

FIA today released a study on trading and clearing trends in derivatives markets. The study assesses market sentiment towards several major market structure trends, including the impact of capital requirements, the adoption of central clearing, the transition away from Libor, and the implementation of margin requirements on uncleared derivatives.  

MIAX Options And MIAX Emerald 2X Opening Valid And Priority Quote Spread Relief In All Symbols

Date 11/03/2020

Issue Symbol: All Symbols
Multiplier: 2X
Reason: In maintenance of a fair and orderly market.
Time: Opening Only
Subject Summary: Please be advised the MIAX Regulation Department has granted 2 times opening quote parameter relief for all symbols on MIAX Options and MIAX Emerald. 

Trading Technologies And Nodal Exchange Launch Collaboration To Provide Market Access Through The TT® Platform

Date 11/03/2020

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, and Nodal Exchange, a derivatives exchange providing price, credit and liquidity risk management solutions to participants in the North American commodities market, today announced they have entered into a commercial agreement whereby Nodal Exchange’s contracts will be available for trading through the TT platform.