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HKEX Confirms Date For After-Hours Trading Of Equity Index Options And Outlines New Trading Halt Feature For Options Trading In T+1 Session

Date 17/04/2018

• HKEX’s three most actively traded equity index options (HSI, HSCEI and Mini-HSI options) to be included in derivatives market’s after-hours trading (5:15 pm to 1 am) from 14 May 2018
• First options to be available for after-hours trading
• New Trading Halt Mechanism to be introduced to after-hours trading for above options products as part of measures to maintain market integrity

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Derivatives Market

Date 17/04/2018

CCP NCC is changing the following IM rates on Derivatives market starting from 7:00 pm April 17, 2018:

BETTER FINANCE: ‘New Deal For Consumers’ – An Important Breakthrough For Many Financial Services Users But Not For EU Citizens As Individual Shareholders

Date 17/04/2018

Many financial services providers already operate across borders in different Member States. Like for other sectors, the case for EU-wide collective redress for financial services is clear and in the interest of EU citizens as retail investors and pension savers. Over the years there have been numerous mis-selling scandals in the financial services industry that have harmed individual investors. In many of these cases the lack of collective redress mechanisms prevented victims from seeking compensation for losses and damages suffered1. Consequently, consumers and investors have lost confidence in financial services and their providers which is clearly reflected in the EC Consumer Markets Scoreboard where “retail” financial services are ranked as one of the worst consumer markets in the entire EU.

Bank Of England Begins A New Government-Funded Partnership With Central Banks In Africa

Date 17/04/2018

The Bank of England has signed an MOU with the Department for International Development to provide training and technical assistance to some central banks in Africa.

NEX SFTR White Paper - The Key Challenges Of The Securities Financing Transaction Regulations And How To Overcome Them

Date 17/04/2018

Click here to download a NEX white paper highlighting the key challenges of the Securities Financing Transaction Regulations and how to overcome them.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Appoints Head Of Pension Solutions

Date 17/04/2018

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces that it has appointed Julien Halfon as Head of Pension Solutions within its Multi Asset, Quantitative & Solutions investment group (‘MAQS’).  Julien joined on 16 April and reports to Anton Wouters, Head of Solutions & Client Advisory, responsible for providing advice and designing dedicated solutions, including quantitative strategies and fiduciary and liability-driven investment (‘LDI’) management, for institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies.

Growth In Americas Helps Derivatives Market Offset Declines In EMEA & Asia-Pacific - New WFE Derivatives Report Out Today

Date 17/04/2018

The World Federation of Exchanges ("WFE"), the global industry group for exchanges and central counterparties (CCPs), published its annual WFE IOMA Derivatives Market Report today, which shows the total volume of derivatives traded in 2017 declined by 0.2%.

Seismic Foundry Portfolio Firms Join SEI Incubator Codify

Date 17/04/2018

Three of the portfolio firms that were invested in by the Seismic Foundry Capital Markets FinTech fund have joined the SEI supported incubator, Codify, based in their Alphabeta building in Finsbury Square, London. Kite Edge, Lodestar-Ecosystems and Waymark Tech joined the incubator this week for a 16-week period, while Enforcd have already benefitted from the programme last year.

AxiomSL Recognized As The Category Leader For “Data Integrity And Control Solutions In Financial Services” By Chartis Research For The Second Year

Date 17/04/2018

AxiomSL, the leading global provider of regulatory-reporting, risk and data-management solutions, today announced that Chartis Research, a provider of research and analysis on the global market for risk technology, has named AxiomSL a 2018 Category Leader in its FinTech Quadrant®, “Data Integrity and Control Solutions in Financial Services.” This is the second year Chartis has recognized the company as a Category Leader for this solution.

China’s Holly Futures Selects Horizon’s Market Making Platform

Date 17/04/2018

Horizon Software (Horizon), the leading global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, today announced that Holly Futures, one of the top futures companies in China, has selected Horizon’s Platform for market making for iron ore and corn futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).