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Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange And Montréal Exchange Closed For Good Friday

Date 02/04/2019

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange and Montréal Exchange will be closed on Friday, April 19, 2019 for Good Friday.

Börse Berlin: €10.8 Billion Turnover In Q1/2019

Date 02/04/2019

• Börse Berlin’s Market places, Xontro and Equiduct, achieved a combined turnover of €10.8 billion and 1.6 million trades in the first quarter of 2019.

ESMA Issues Four Positive Opinions On National Product Intervention Measures

Date 02/04/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today issued four positive opinions on product intervention measures taken by the National Competent Authorities (NCAs) of the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom. ESMA’s opinion finds that the proposed measures are justified and proportionate and that it is necessary for NCAs to take product intervention measures that are at least as stringent as ESMA’s meas

tZERO Appoints Elliot Grossman Chief Executive Officer Of Upcoming Retail Broker-Dealer - Experienced Capital Markets Executive To Oversee Expansion

Date 02/04/2019

tZERO, a technology company and global leader in blockchain innovation for capital markets, announced today that Elliot Grossman has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its upcoming broker-dealer affiliate. Grossman, who was most recently the managing director of equity trading at Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC (Dinosaur), a New York-based institutional brokerage firm, will oversee the establishment and management of the anticipated retail brokerage services affiliate.

EGX Concludes Its Capacity Building Training For 20 Stock Exchanges

Date 02/04/2019

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) concluded its capacity building training program entitled “Towards Vibrant African Capital Markets” on Thursday 28 of March 2019, held in cooperation with the Anti-corruption Academy (ACA) in their premise.  The training program was attended by 25 trainee representatives from 20 African countries for the duration of 4 days from Monday, March 25 through Thursday March 28.  Lectures were conducted by EGX’s top management and top representatives of the ACA.

Non-Jordanian Ownership At The Amman Stock Exchange Reached 51.1%

Date 02/04/2019

The value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in March 2019 was JD 47.6 million, representing 28.3% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 88.2 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in March 2019 showed a decrease by JD 40.6 million, compared with an increase of JD 1.6 million during the same month of 2018.

The Canadian Securities Administrators Renew Term Of Chair And Appoint New Vice-Chair

Date 02/04/2019

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today announced that the term of CSA Chair Louis Morisset, President and CEO of the Autorité des marchés financiers, has been renewed for a further two years, until March 31, 2021. Mr. Morisset was first appointed CSA Chair in March 2015.

FTSE Russell Index Selected For Global Real Estate ETF Traded On ASX

Date 02/04/2019

• FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed ex Australia Rental in AUD Hedged Net Tax Index licensed by VanEck Australia
• Australia’s first AUD hedged international property ETF
• Index captures 305 REITs representing the world’s Developed markets

CME Group Averaged 19.1 Million Contracts Per Day In March 2019

Date 02/04/2019

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, reached average daily volume (ADV) of 19.1 million contracts during March 2019, compared to 20.8 million contracts in March 2018. In addition, total daily exchange trading volume surpassed 20 million contracts on each of the final six trading days in March. Open interest (OI) at the end of March 2019 was 126 million contracts, up 9% from year-end 2018 and unchanged from March 2018. First-quarter 2019 ADV marked the third-highest quarterly ADV ever with 18.6 million contracts, down from a record 22.2 million contracts in the first quarter of 2018.

Morgan Stanley Retains Global Equity Top Spot With A Market Share Of 10.6%, According To Bloomberg League Table

Date 02/04/2019

Bloomberg has this morning made available its final Q1 2019 league table reports. The tables represent market leaders across a broad range of deal types, including M&A, Equities, loans and bonds transactions over the last quarter.