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Computing Technology Product Awards Shortlist Velocimetrics As ‘Best Business Intelligence / Analytics Vendor

Date 21/08/2019

Specialist fintech innovator Velocimetrics has been shortlisted in the ‘Best Business Intelligence / Analytics Vendor’ category by the Computing Technology Product Awards, in recognition of its VMX EndToEnd solution.

Share Of Investors In Financial Instrument Trading On GPW In H1 2019

Date 21/08/2019

• Individual investors generated 13 percent (+1 pps YoY), foreign investors generated 59 percent (+3 pps YoY), and individual investors generated 28 percent (-4 pps YoY) of trading on the GPW Main Market in equities.
• Individual investors remained in the lead on NewConnect as their share in trading increased by 4 pps YoY to 84 percent in H1 2019. The share of institutional investors dropped to 13 percent (-3 pps YoY) and the share of foreign investors dropped by 1 pps to 3 percent.
• Domestic individual investors remained in the lead on the market in futures with a share of 50 percent in H1 2019 (+3 pps YoY). The share of institutional investors (30 percent) dropped by 7 pps while the share of foreign investors increased to 20 percent (+4 pps YoY).

Thailand Focus 2019 Showcases New Government’s Policies To Reinforce Confidence

Date 21/08/2019

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will hold the annual flagship inbound roadshow "Thailand Focus 2019: Embracing Opportunities - The Next Chapter", during August 28 – 30, 2019 in Bangkok, marking the first conference for the new government to directly meet with global investors.

Exchange Data International Launches A New Cost Basis Solution

Date 21/08/2019

Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data, announced today a new Cost Basis solution.

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.