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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 02/06/2020

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 4 June 2020, (including the mandatory intra-day variation adjustment and margin call, if applicable), the margin levels of the following Futures Contract shall be as follows:

Boerse Stuttgart Records May Turnover Of Around EUR 8.1 Billion - All Asset Classes Show Significant Increase In Trading Volume Compared To May 2019

Date 02/06/2020

Based on the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 8,1 billion in May 2020 – an increase of around 29 per cent compared to the same month of the previous year.

HKEX: Trading Discontinuation Of 10 Synthetic Futures Series In Stock Options Market

Date 02/06/2020

The Exchange has decided to discontinue the trading of following 10 Synthetic Futures Series in stock options market:

Electronic Platforms And Smart Phone Applications Attract 120,000 Uers: Dubai Financial Market Reinforces Its Digital Transformation Drive Via All-Inclusive Application Enabling Investors’ Seamless Accessibility To Its Services And Info

Date 02/06/2020

• H.E. Essa Kazim: “The Smart Borse Starategy has noticeably proven its effectivess with DFM’s provision of all services through smart and electronic platforms and shifting to remote work”

HKEX To Launch Silver Futures

Date 02/06/2020

• Physically settled contracts denominated in USD and CNH
• Trading and settlement fees, as well as SFC commission levy, waived for the first six months of launch

VALK Offers BT Radianz Cloud Community Access To Corda Blockchain Platform - Financial Institutions Can Now Use Their Secure And Resilient Radianz Cloud Connections To Access The Open-Source Corda Blockchain Platform Via VALK

Date 02/06/2020

VALK, an innovative technology provider offering a software that digitizes the management, investment and trading of unlisted assets, today announced that it has joined the BT Radianz Cloud, one of the world’s largest secure cloud communities for the global financial markets. By joining the Radianz Cloud, VALK has extended the availability of its Corda-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) network to Radianz community members, enabling them to access the Corda network and to leverage a wide range of additional applications underpinning this leading open source blockchain platform.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Appoints Hagen Schremmer As Head Of Germany

Date 02/06/2020

BNP Paribas Asset Management (“BNPP AM”) announces the appointment of Hagen Schremmer as Head of Germany, effective June 1st 2020.  He will be responsible for all asset management activities in Germany.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Information

Date 02/06/2020

Final Settlement Prices information will no longer be posted at Market News section of the TOCOM website. However the information will be available around 3:15 p.m. at Special Quotations page of the JPX Group website.

TraditionDATA Continues Growth With Significant New Appointments

Date 02/06/2020

TraditionDATA, a leading provider of global cross-asset OTC data, is pleased to announce three significant hires to the global team. Jeffrey Maron, New York based, and Jim Swanson, London based, join the team as Global Head of Product and Global Vendor Relations Manager respectively, while Nobuyuki Ikeda has been appointed as a Senior Business Development Manager based in Tokyo.

NICE Releases Integration Of Trading Recording And Microsoft Teams To Drive Digital Transformation For Financial Services Organizations - FSOs Can Now Benefit From Unified Communications While Ensuring Compliance With Global Regulations, Even For Remote Workforces

Date 02/06/2020

NICE (NASDAQ: NICE), a leading provider of financial communication compliance solutions, today announced the release of the integration of the NICE Trading Recording System (NTR) and the Microsoft Teams unified communications platform. NICE also announced that it is working with Microsoft to certify NTR under Microsoft’s new Certified for Microsoft Teams certification program for compliance recording solutions. Financial services organizations (FSOs) around the world can now benefit from increased productivity and streamlined communications while also ensuring compliance with key regulations, including MiFID II, MAR, FX Code of Conduct, Dodd-Frank and Regulation Best Interest, even with employees working remotely.