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EGX Cooperates With The American Chamber Of Commerce In Egypt To Train Capital Market Employees On The Internal Audit Bases & Applications

Date 26/04/2018

• Farid: The financial markets’ dynamics require us to build the employees’ capacities to sustain their growth
• Tawfik: We look forward for further cooperation with EGX to meet the changing needs of the market leaders

Evolve ETFs To Launch New ETF Based On Solactive Global Innovation Index

Date 26/04/2018

Solactive is pleased to announce the launch of the Solactive Global Innovation Index, which will be used as the reference for the Evolve Innovation Index ETF (“EDGE”). Units of EDGE have been conditionally approved for listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) to begin trading on 2 May, 2018.

Torstone Technology Announces Corporate Rebranding - The New Brand Reinforces Company’s Strong Commitment And Unique Vision For Simplifying Post-Trade Processing

Date 26/04/2018

Torstone Technology, a leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announced its new brand identity – Simplifying Post-Trade Processing and offering a post-trade platform which is Fast, Flexible and Future-proof. This rebrand marks a significant step in the company’s evolution. Torstone is reinforcing who they are as an independent, agile company driving change and shaping the future of the post-trade industry.

Settrade Streaming Wins Two Awards, Marking As Best Investment App In Thailand

Date 26/04/2018

Settrade.com Co., Ltd.’s streaming application has recently received the “TAB Digital Inclusive Awards 2018” award from Thailand Association of the Blind, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security in recognition of it as Thailand’s equities and derivatives trading application with completely accessibility features for visually impaired persons.

Speech By Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - "How Has The European Equity Market Responded And Performed In The Wake Of Mifid II?"- TradeTech Europe 2018 - 25 April 2018

Date 26/04/2018

Four months after the implementation of MiFID2, I am pleased to see there is still a dynamic and active European equity market. This I say only partly in jest since, in the context of MiFID2, certain markets – I have in mind certain commodities derivatives markets – have actually shifted away from Europe.

CME Group Inc. Reports Record First-Quarter 2018 Financial Results

Date 26/04/2018

• GAAP net income up 50 percent
• Record first-quarter 2018 revenue of $1.1 billion increased 19 percent compared with a strong first-quarter 2017

ELITE Welcomes Eleven New UK Companies To Its Unique High Growth Business Programme

Date 26/04/2018

• Brings total number of UK ELITE firms to over 130
• More than 800 companies from 34 countries make up the global ELITE community
• Demonstrates LSEG’s commitment to supporting the most ambitious firms to prepare for the next stage of growth

HKEX: Special Intra-Day Margin Call In Respect Of The Labour Day

Date 26/04/2018

The Traded Options Market will be closed for business on 1 May 2018. In order to assure that safeguards are in place against potential market risk that may arise during the aforesaid period when some of the major markets are open, the Clearing House has decided to make a special intra-day margin call in respect of all open positions on Monday, 30 April 2018.

FSB Publishes Second Consultation On Unique Product Identifier (UPI) Governance

Date 26/04/2018

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a second consultation on the proposed governance arrangements for the unique product identifier (UPI). This second consultation, which follows an initial consultation in October 2017, sets out proposals for the governance arrangements for a global UPI, as a key harmonised identifier designed to facilitate effective aggregation of transaction reports from over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets.

HKEX: Mandatory Intra-Day Variation Adjustment Call In Respect Of The Labour Day

Date 26/04/2018

All markets operated by the Hong Kong Futures Exchange will be closed for business on 1 May 2018. In order to assure that safeguards are in place against potential market risks that may arise during the aforesaid period when some of the major markets are open, the Clearing House has decided to make a mandatory intra-day variation adjustment call on Clearing Participants in the Hang Seng Index, Mini-Hang Seng Index, HSCEI, Mini-HSCEI, HSI Dividend Point Index, HSCEI Dividend Point Index, USD/CNH Futures and CNH/USD Futures markets on Monday, 30 April 2018.