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FIA: January 2018 SEF Tracker

Date 12/02/2018

Total trading volume on SEFs averaged $829.6 billion in notional value per day during the month of January, up 77.0% from the previous month and up 52.8% from January 2017. Trading activity in both interest rate and foreign exchange products reached their highest level ever, rising to $745.16 billion and $58.02 billion respectively in average daily notional value traded in January. In the interest rate sector, the increase in trading volume was driven mainly by a rise in on-SEF trading of forward rate agreements, which was up 164.8% from December 2017 and up 44.2% from January 2017.
BCS Americas Announces New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Membership

Date 12/02/2018

BCS Americas, a division of BCS Global Markets, announced today that it has become a registered member firm of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as a Trading Floor broker. By joining the NYSE, the leading US equity exchange both in terms of market share and capitalization, BCS is greatly strengthening its positions in the region and enhancing its value offering to clients in the US and around the world.
Closure Of Bursa Malaysia Trading And Operations During Chinese New Year 2018

Date 12/02/2018

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) will close for trading half day Thursday, 15 February 2018 afternoon, and all day Friday, 16 February 2018, in conjunction with Chinese New Year celebration. The Exchange will resume operations on Monday, 19 February 2018.
Solactive Strikes Twice At The 15th Europe Structured Products & Derivatives Awards - Solactive Awarded Best Index Provider And Best Smart Beta Index Provider

Date 12/02/2018

The 2018 SRP Europe Structured Products & Derivatives Awards, designed to recognize the best businesses in the structured products industry, have awarded Solactive first place in the two categories dedicated to third party index providers. These awards are Best Index Provider and Best Smart Beta Index Provider.
Al Mawared Brokerage's Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report 12 February 2018

Date 12/02/2018

Click here to download Al Mawared Brokerage's weekly report on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The Report is designed to give an overview of developments in the Jordan Capital Markets as well as ASE performance indicators.

ESMA: New Members Of The Securities And Markets Stakeholder Group

Date 12/02/2018

The ESMA Board of Supervisors has recently appointed the following four stakeholders to become members of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG):
- Mrs. Blanaid Clarke, Professor of Corporate Law, Trinity College, Dublin, in the category of academics, as of 1 January 2018;
- Mr. Geoffrey Bezzina, Executive Chairman, Office of the Arbiter for Financial Services, Malta, in the category of consumer representatives, as of 1 March 2018;
- Mr. Juan Manuel Viver Gargallo, Consultant, Financial Consumer Protection, in the category of consumer representatives, as of 1 March 2018; and
- Mr. Andreas Gustafsson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Legal Counsel Europe, Nasdaq, in the category of financial market participants, as of 1 June 2018.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contract

Date 12/02/2018

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 14 February 2018, the margin levels of the following Futures Contract shall be as follows:
Bcause LLC Opens Cryptocurrency Mining Facility - Largest Digital Mining Data Center In North America Is First Part Of Cryptocurrency Ecosystem To Launch

Date 12/02/2018

Bcause LLC<http://www.bcause.com>, creator of the world's first full-stack cryptocurrency ecosystem, today announced that it has successfully launched its state-of-the-art cryptocurrency mining facility and data center in Virginia Beach. Staffed around the clock, the facility is the largest of its kind in North America and represents the first component of the ecosystem to launch.
HKEX To Reduce Multipliers Of 4 Stock Futures Contracts

Date 12/02/2018

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) will reduce the multiplier of four of its stock futures contracts from 22 February 2018.
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Report On The Supervision Of Algorithmic Trading

Date 12/02/2018

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a report on the supervision of algorithmic trading in wholesale markets.