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Cboe Europe Reports Record Month For Cboe LIS With €6 Billion Notional Traded On Block Trading Platform

Date 02/08/2018

• Record average daily notional value (ADNV) traded of €273 million for Cboe LIS in July, up 21.3% over previous record month 
• 158 buy-side firms globally now utilising the platform

Trading Volume On The Vienna Stock Exchange In July 2018

Date 02/08/2018

Due to high interest in the Austrian capital market and lively activity of trading members, the rally in equity turnover continues throughout the year 2018. In the month of July, the Vienna Stock Exchange recorded a turnover of EUR 5.02 billion. This is a plus of 11.6% versus the previous year (July 2017: EUR 4.50 billion).

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Interim Results For The 6 Months Ended 30 June 2018

Date 02/08/2018

Unless otherwise stated, all figures below refer to continuing operations for the six months ended 30 June 2018. Comparative figures are for continuing operations for the six months ended 30 June 2017 (H1 2017).

CPMI-IOSCO Assessment Concludes That Canada Has Broadly Implemented The PFMI

Date 02/08/2018

An assessment report published today concludes that Canada´s legal, regulatory and oversight frameworks for financial market infrastructures (FMIs) are generally complete and consistent with the Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMI), with some exceptions.

CME Group Changes FX Options Expiration Time To Align With OTC Market Conventions - FX Options To Expire At 10 A.M. ET To Better Serve Global Client Base

Date 02/08/2018

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, will change the time its FX options expire to 10 a.m. ET. This change will begin with contracts expiring after June 9, 2019. Clients across time zones will be able to trade listed options that expire at the same time as most over-the-counter (OTC) contracts.

State Street Comments On Bank Of England Monetary Policy Decision

Date 02/08/2018

In reaction to today’s Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, Timothy Graf, head of macro strategy EMEA at State Street Global Markets; and Barry McAndrew, ‎fixed income senior portfolio manager at State Street Global Advisors, EMEA, offer their views.

Barclays Partners With Leading Fintech MarketInvoice

Date 02/08/2018

• Landmark deal: Barclays is the first UK high street bank to partner with leading fintech MarketInvoice to help their UK business customers access finance
• Barclays to take strategic minority stake in MarketInvoice
• The bank also plans to fund invoices in the future, growing its asset base in the small business segment

REGIS-TR To Collaborate With Equilend and Trax On SFTR Reporting Solutions

Date 02/08/2018

REGIS-TR, the pan-European specialist in G20 trade repository services, will collaborate with EquiLend and Trax to provide an end-to-end reporting solution for Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) requirements. EquiLend provides trading and post-trade services for the securities finance industry; Trax is a provider of capital market data, trade matching and regulatory reporting services to the global securities market.

CME Group Averaged 13.5 Million Contracts Per Day In July 2018

Date 02/08/2018

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, reached average daily volume (ADV) of 13.5 million contracts during July 2018. Open interest at the end of July was 121 million contracts, a 7 percent increase from the end of July 2017, and up 12 percent from year-end 2017. 

Intercontinental Exchange Reports Second Quarter 2018

Date 02/08/2018

• Record second quarter revenues of $1.2 billion, +6% y/y 
• GAAP Diluted EPS of $0.78, +10% y/y 
• Adj. Diluted EPS of $0.90, +18% y/y 
• Operating Margin of 53%, +1 pt. y/y; Adj. operating margin of 60%, +2 pts. y/y 
• Through 2Q18, over $1 billion returned to stockholders, +47% y/y