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R.J. O’Brien Announces Expanded Commitment To Autohedge Agri-Tech Offering, Rebranded As Hrvyst, For Commercial Agriculture Industry

Date 10/10/2019

Chicago-based R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, announced today that the firm has expanded its commitment to its agri-tech offering for the commercial grain industry, originally known as AutoHedge and now rebranded as Hrvyst. Spearheading the strategic initiative full time will be long-time RJO executive Kirk Bonniwell, who had been in charge of the Commercial Grains and OTC Markets divisions.

EBRD: Green Trade Finance In A Changing World

Date 10/10/2019

The world is facing unprecedented challenges, which require a multi-dimensional approach. Trade finance can make an important contribution by providing much-needed support for investments in, and supply of, climate change mitigation and adaption technologies as well as global technology transfer for tackling climate change. At the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Public Forum in Geneva an EBRD delegation presented how the Bank is driving this process forward.

FTSE Russell Chosen By LGPS Central For Multi-Factor Climate Weighted Index

Date 10/10/2019

• Move reflects growing demand for multi-factor and climate related considerations in indexing
• Climate change considerations are captured via carbon emissions, fossil fuel reserves and green revenues

SET To Include AWC in SET50 And SET100 From October 16

Date 10/10/2019

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will add newly listed Asset World Corp pcl (AWC), which made its debut trade on October 10, 2019, in the calculation of the SET50 Index and the SET100 Index, effective from October 16, 2019.  Kiatnakin Bank pcl (KKP) and Beauty Community pcl (BEAUTY) will be removed from SET50 and SET100 indices and transferred to respective reserve lists.

EEX Group Update: 3rd Quarter 2019

Date 10/10/2019

In July, EEX Group announced that it will introduce a clearing service for Japanese power derivatives, to be launched in the first half of 2020. The new products will be the first ones for the Asian market on the EEX Power Derivatives platform, which currently comprises 20 market areas in Europe.

SIX And Shenzhen Stock Exchange Sign A Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 10/10/2019

Today, SIX and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start an initiative with the aim of connecting the investors’ community and companies in both countries to allow for the establishment of capital formation possibilities on a larger scale.vv

Scientific Beta Expertise And J.P. Morgan Implementation Capabilities Combine For New Portfolio Completeness Solution New Approach To Allow Institutional Investors To Access Single-Factor Indices For Portfolio Completeness Purposes

Date 10/10/2019

Scientific Beta and J.P. Morgan today announce they will make available a new set of solutions for institutional investors to access single factor indices. The new solutions will combine Scientific Beta’s analytical expertise in the area of single-factor equity solutions in the context of completeness portfolios with J.P. Morgan’s index structuring capabilities which provides its clients with flexible ways to access improved implementation of the portfolio completeness approach.

Nasdaq’s European ESG Future Surpasses One Million Contracts

Date 10/10/2019

• Milestone reached one year after the launch of world´s first exchange listed ESG index future
• Achievement underscores Nasdaq´s leading position within sustainable investments

Securities Commission Malaysia Charges Former Managing Director For Insider Trading

Date 10/10/2019

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today charged Cheah Yew Keat (Cheah), former Managing Director (MD) of DIS Technology Holdings Berhad (DISTECH), with five counts of insider trading in DISTECH shares.

STAC Confirms Exablaze As The Fastest Tick-To-Trade System With Its New FDK Extension Pack - Exablaze Slashes Latency By More Than Half In Independent Tests

Date 10/10/2019

Leading global provider of ultra-low latency network devices, Exablaze, has broken the previous best STAC-T0™ benchmark results, with its newly-announced ExaNIC FDK-XP (Firmware Development Kit Extension Pack). It slashed latency to less than half the previous benchmarked best, recording actionable latencies1 of 31-44 nanoseconds, signalling a marked advance in tick-to-trade system performance.