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Itiviti Voted Best Technology Firm By Proprietary Traders

Date 11/12/2019

Itiviti, a leading technology and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, has been recognized at the 2019 FOW International Awards, presented last night in London by the Global Investor Group. Following an online vote Itiviti was named Best Technology firm/ISV for proprietary traders of the Year, marking the third straight year that Itiviti is recognized at the prestigious FOW Awards.

EGX: Trading Commences On Rameda Pharmaceuticals

Date 11/12/2019

The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) platform welcomed today listing of Rameda Pharmaceuticals in its market.  The Trading commenced on Rameda (RMDA.CA) with a ringing of bell ceremony celebrating the company number 215 on EGX’s main market platform in the presence of Rameda’s management, EGX’s chairman Mohamed Farid Saleh and EGX management.
 

DGCX Wins ‘Exchange Of The Year – Middle East And Africa’ at FOW International Awards 2019

Date 11/12/2019

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) has been awarded ‘Exchange of the Year – Middle East and Africa’ at the Future and Options World (FOW) International Awards 2019 for the second year in a row. The award was presented yesterday evening at a ceremony held in the Leonardo Royal Hotel, London.

ASIC: Outcomes Of Review Into Internal Market Making For Quoted Managed Funds

Date 11/12/2019

ASIC has concluded a review of internal market making practices of non-transparent actively managed funds that are traded on exchange markets. 

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) (The “Issuer”) Announces It Has Received A Notification From Goldman Sachs Saudi Arabia, The Stabilising Manager (The “Stabilising Manager”), In Connection With The Initial Public Offering Of The Shares Of The Issuer (The “Offering”) Containing Its Pre-Stabilisation Announcement

Date 11/12/2019

Goldman Sachs Saudi Arabia, acting as Stabilising Manager, hereby announces that it may stabilise the offer of the following securities in accordance with the Instructions on the Price Stabilisation Mechanism in Initial Public Offerings (the “Stabilisation Instructions”):

ASIC’s Assessment Of ASX Limited’s AQUA Market

Date 11/12/2019

ASIC has today made recommendations to improve ASX Limited’s (ASX) compliance with its market licence obligations, following an assessment of the AQUA market for exchange traded products (ETPs) operated by ASX.

Iron Ore Options Listed, Realizing alian Commodity Exchange’s Idea Of “1 Completeness, 2 Connects”

Date 11/12/2019

At 9 o’clock on the morning of December 9, Standing Member of the CPC Dalian Committee and Deputy Mayor of Dalian Luo Dongsheng and Deputy Director of the Futures Supervision Department of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Yan Shaoming jointly strike the gong for the official listing of iron ore options on Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), making iron ore the first product realizing “1 completeness, 2 connects”. Yan Shaoming reads out the approval document at the listing ceremony. Luo Dongsheng and DCE Party Chief and Chairman Li Zhengqiang deliver a speech respectively. DCE Deputy Party Chief and CEO Xi Zhiyong presides over the listing ceremony. Guests from relevant state departments, local governments, the industry circle and the financial circle witness the listing ceremony.

CFTC Charges New Mexico Resident With Fraud In Long-Running Ponzi Scheme

Date 10/12/2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed a civil enforcement action in the District of New Mexico against defendant Douglas Lien (d/b/a Westend Investments) of Santa Fe, New Mexico, charging him with fraud and failing to register with the CFTC.

Tradeweb 2019 Year In Review – The Most Important Milestones In Fixed Income

Date 10/12/2019

Fixed Income Markets Weather the Storm

With sweeping regulatory reforms and plunging interest rates, this decade brought massive challenges to fixed income market participants. The marketplace responded with wide-reaching developments in financial services technology, and an explosion in multi-asset trading.  The journey was rarely linear, but trading volumes set new records across markets virtually each year.  

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz On Final Rule To Amend The Rulemaking Procedures In Part 13 Of The Commission’s Regulations

Date 10/12/2019

I support the final rule to eliminate the obsolete provisions in part 13 of the Commission’s regulations that specify procedures for Commission rulemakings.  Part 13, adopted by the Commission more than 40 years ago, does not conform fully to the rulemaking procedures required by the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) and followed today by the Commission. The repeal of these procedures will avoid potential confusion regarding the Commission’s rulemaking process.