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SEC Charges Real Estate Company And Executives With Defrauding Retail Investors, Obtains Emergency Relief

Date 18/02/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an emergency enforcement action and a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Florida-based private real estate firm EquiAlt LLC, its CEO Brian Davison, and its Managing Director Barry Rybicki, in connection with an allegedly fraudulent unregistered securities offering that raised more than $170 million from at least 1,100 investors, a number of whom invested their retirement funds. 

Corrected: FXCM Pro Announces Liquidity Distribution Partnership With Your Bourse

Date 18/02/2020

FXCM Group, LLC (‘FXCM Group’ or ‘FXCM’), a leading international provider of online foreign exchange and CFD trading, announced that FXCM Pro, the institutional arm of the business, built a partnership with Your Bourse, a technology company providing liquidity aggregation and risk management platform for MT4/MT5 brokers with hosting in Equinix data centres. 

Intercontinental Exchange Announces Record Open Interest In Multiple Global Energy Markets

Date 18/02/2020

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced record open interest in several of its energy markets on February 13 and 14, 2020. This included total oil, other crude and refined products, and TTF natural gas.

OFR Publishes Bank Systemic Risk Monitoring Tool

Date 18/02/2020

The Office of Financial Research (OFR) today announced the Bank Systemic Risk Monitor (BSRM), which is an enhancement to its G-SIB Scores Interactive Chart.

Digitalising Structured Products - Interest In The Structured Products Universe Continues To Accelerate, As Global Investors Increasingly Allocate Into The Asset Class, By Charles Gubert

Date 18/02/2020

According to data from EUSIPA (European Structured Investment Product Association), EUR 277 billion was invested into structured products by Q3 of last year. This comes as structured products delivered roundly positive performance for end investors in 2019 despite the widespread macro and political volatility.

ICE And S&P Global Platts Expand Strategic Relationship In Global Oil Markets

Date 18/02/2020

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced plans to launch a new version of its market data platform, ICE Connect, which will be designed specifically for participants in the global oil markets. The new service, which is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2020, will include access to leading oil market analytics from S&P Global Platts and other third parties.

The MiG Report: Toronto Stock Exchange And TSX Venture Exchange, January 2020

Date 18/02/2020

The MiG Report ‐ January 2020: By The Numbers

New Listings* (YTD January 2020)

• 26 new listings on TSX (24) and TSXV (2)
• 4 Companies + 21 ETFs + 1 CPC

Equity Capital Raised (YTD January 2020)

• $805 million on TSX and TSXV  
• $7.3 million - Average financing size on TSX
• $3.0 million - Average financing size on TSXV

Tier1 Financial Solutions Partners With OpenFin To Enhance Modernization Of The Financial Desktop

Date 18/02/2020

Tier1 Financial Solutions (“Tier1”), a leading global relationship management technology provider for capital markets and banking, has partnered with OpenFin, the financial industry's operating system, to deploy Tier1’s solutions across financial desktops, streamlining collaboration and end user workflows.

Decarbonising The Power Sector: ACER Provides Further Guidance On CO2 Emission Limits

Date 18/02/2020

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) published today a technical paper providing examples of calculation regarding the CO2 emission limits for generation capacity, in the framework of Capacity Mechanisms.

OECD: Corporate Bond Debt Continues To Pile Up

Date 18/02/2020

The volume of corporate debt reached an all time high in real terms of USD 13.5 trillion at the end of 2019, driven by the return of more expansionary monetary policies early in the year. At the same time, the overall quality of corporate debt has declined, according to a new OECD report