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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contract

Date 27/02/2018

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 Thursday, 1 March 2018, the margin levels of the following Futures Contracts shall be as follows:   

First Scale IPO Of 2018: STEMMER IMAGING AG New On Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Date 27/02/2018

STEMMER IMAGING AG (ISIN: DE000A2G9MZ9) today became the first company to launch an IPO in the SME segment Scale of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange this year. The STEMMER IMAGING shares opened trading at €36.00, following an issue price of €34.00.

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In Leveraged And Inverse ETFs And ETPs Listed Globally Reach Record High Of US$87.3 Billion At The End Of January 2018

Date 27/02/2018

According to ETFGI’s January 2018 Leverage and Inverse ETF and ETP industry insights report, a monthly report included in an annual paid-for research subscription service, assets invested in leveraged and inverse ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a record high of US$87.3 billion at the end of January 2018, shattering the previous record of US$80.7 billion set at the end of 2017. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

QuantHouse Welcomes CMC Markets To The qh API Ecosystem - Connecting CMC Markets To The Global Financial Community Via A Single API

Date 27/02/2018

QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end high performance market data and trading through API based technologies, announced today the addition of CMC Markets to its qh API Ecosystem. 

The UK Financial Conduct Authority Fines Vanquis £1,976,000 And Orders Vanquis To Pay Compensation To Customers

Date 27/02/2018

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today imposed a fine of £1,976,000 on credit card lender, Vanquis, for failing to disclose the full price of an add-on product, called Repayment Option Plan (ROP). The firm will also repay an estimated £168,781,000 in compensation which constitutes the amount of the charges not disclosed to customers when they bought the ROP.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority To Hold Directors To Account For FSPR Abuse, First Charges Filed

Date 27/02/2018

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has filed criminal charges against a company and its New Zealand-based director for breaching the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act (FSP Act).

Brief Thoughts On The Financial Regulatory System And Cybersecurity, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman For Supervision Randal K. Quarles, At The Financial Services Roundtable 2018 Spring Conference, Washington, D.C.

Date 27/02/2018

Thank you very much for having me here at the Financial Services Roundtable's spring meeting. I am pleased to speak with you all about our financial regulatory system: both the broad principles that have been directing my approach to evaluating the regulatory system, as well as cybersecurity, which is a topic of great import to financial system participants and their regulators.

Remarks Of CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz Before The Structured Finance Industry Group Vegas Conference

Date 26/02/2018

Introduction

Good morning. Thank you for that very kind introduction.

Before I begin, let me quickly say that the views contained in this speech are my own and do not represent the views of the Commission. I’m very pleased to be speaking here with you today at the Structured Finance Industry Group Vegas Conference.

Las Vegas is an exciting place. I know the first thing everyone wants right now is to have a Washington, D.C. regulator stand up and read a detailed policy speech line by line. So I’m going to do something different this morning. I’m going to tell you a joke. And then I’m going to read a detailed policy speech line by line.

B3: Ibovespa Breaks New Record And Reaches 87,652 Points

Date 26/02/2018

B3’s main stock market performance index – Ibovespa – hit a record high today ending the day at 87,652  points, up 0.41%  from last trading session. The previous Ibovespa record of 87,293 points was recorded on February 23, 2018.

An Assessment Of The U.S. Economy, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman For Supervision Randal K. Quarles, At "Promoting Sustained Growth: Policy Tensions And Risks" 34th Annual NABE Economic Policy Conference, Washington, D.C

Date 26/02/2018

Thank you for the opportunity to take part in this important and influential conference. I would like to discuss my view of current economic conditions in the United States, provide an assessment of the sustainability of the current momentum in the economy, and then conclude with a look at some of the potential implications that would follow from a sustained upturn in economic growth.