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Acuiti Derivatives Insight Report: Euribor Flash Rally Hits Proprietary Traders - A Spike In Trading In A Euribor Spread Caused Significant Losses To Several Proprietary Trading Firms In July

Date 21/08/2019

An anomaly in trading in the Dec 20/Mar 21 Euribor spread on ICE has resulted in a number of proprietary trading firms reporting significant losses in July, the latest Acuiti Derivatives Insight Report found.

Ossiam Releases Leveraged US Steepener ETF With Solactive Index

Date 21/08/2019

At the moment, the US Treasury yield curve sits in the focus of investors. The reason the curve receives such attention lies in its slope, which is as flat as it was way back in 2007. To grant investors the opportunity to benefit from a potential steepening of the US Treasury yield curve, French Asset Manager Ossiam issued its Ossiam US Steepener UCITS ETF on August 19th at Deutsche Börse Xetra, tracking the Solactive US Treasury Yield Curve Steepener 2-5 vs 10-30 Index.

BMLL Technologies Launches Derived Data Service For Bespoke Trading Analytics - Democratising Access To Normalised Level 3 Data With Advanced Analytics At Scale

Date 21/08/2019

BMLL Technologies, the cloud-based Capital Markets Data-Engineering-as-a-Service company, today announced the launch of its new Derived Data Service.  The platform enables market participants to consume bespoke metrics derived from the most granular message-by-message exchange data directly into their trading systems both at speed and at scale. 

SIX Reports Solid Operational Performance For First Half Of 2019

Date 21/08/2019

After completing the strategic realignment last year, a resized but more focused SIX generated CHF 551.7 million in operating income in the first half of 2019. With the new organizational structure in place, SIX has undertaken a series of strategic investments in new products and innovation. In light of these developments SIX recorded a solid operational performance in terms of profit, which is expectedly lower compared to previous year’s period but proportionate to the new setup of the resized company.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Expansion Of Rubber (RSS3) Delivery Points (Regions)

Date 21/08/2019

As of August 21, 2019, TOCOM expanded the delivery points (regions) as shown below.

・In addition to the August-2019 and September-2019 contract months, deliveries of RSS3 Rubber futures October-2019 contract month may be conducted in TOCOM designated warehouses in Aichi prefecture.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Reports Punishments For Violations Of Listed Companies In 2019

Date 21/08/2019

Upholding the leadership of CSRC, SZSE has actively acted on its duties as a frontline regulator since the beginning of 2019. It has imposed severe punishments for violations of listed companies, urged them to hold the market, the law, the risk and professionalism in awe, and not cross the line (i.e., do not disclose false information, engage in insider trading, manipulate stock prices, or harm the interests of listed companies), and guided listed companies to raise their awareness of compliance of laws and regulations during business operation, thereby making remarkable progress in improving the quality of listed companies.

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority Reiterates Warning About Potential Skyway Capital/SWIG Scam

Date 21/08/2019

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is reiterating its warning that Skyway Capital may be involved in a scam, after learning the business is continuing to conduct seminars throughout the North Island.

Comptroller Of The Currency Approves Volcker Rule Reforms

Date 20/08/2019

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting today signed a final rule amending the “Volcker Rule” to tailor and simplify the rule while maintaining protections core to the safety and soundness of the federal banking system.

SIFMA Fixed Income Market Close Recommendation In The U.S., The U.K. And Japan For U.S. Labor Day Holiday

Date 20/08/2019

SIFMA has confirmed its previous holiday recommendation for a full market close on Monday, September 2 for the trading of U.S. dollar-denominated fixed income securities in the U.S., the U.K., and Japan in observance of the U.S. Labor Day holiday.

US Department Of Justice: Precious Metals Trader Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy And Spoofing Charges

Date 20/08/2019

A former precious metals trader at the London, Singapore and New York offices of a U.S. bank (Bank A) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and spoofing charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney Jr. of the FBI’s New York Field Office.