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The Trading Volume On The Spanish Stock Market Reached €42.3 Billion In September, Inline With 2016

Date 02/10/2017

• Trading volume grows 25.7% from August
• In the first nine months of the year trading volume totalled €493 billion
• The number of equity trades in September grew 5.1% from the previous month
• The trading volume in MEFF in September was up almost 10% year-on-year
• New admissions on MARF in September were up 51.6% on the year

IOSCO Launches World Investor Week 2017 - Securities Regulators Across The Globe Are Promoting Investor Education And Protection

Date 02/10/2017

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today launched its first World Investor Week (WIW). A bell-ringing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange marked the start of this week-long campaign to promote greater investor education and protection worldwide that will run from today, October 2nd, through October 8th. 

The Bank Of England's Approach To Resolution

Date 02/10/2017

The Bank has the responsibility for the resolution of a failing bank, building society or investment firm, and their group companies, under the (amended) Banking Act 2009 (the Act).

EPEX SPOT And OFATE Shed Light On The Market Integration Of Renewables In Germany And France

Date 02/10/2017

The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT and the French-German Office for the Energy transition (Office franco-allemand pour la transition énergétique, OFATE) have published a background paper on direct marketing of renewables at EPEX SPOT. Their analysis of electricity market data shows how direct marketing has become a successful mechanism in Germany. It integrates considerable amounts of electricity from renewable energy sources into the power market and therefore achieves the result intended by the legislator. In France, legislation on the Energy Transition and Green Growth has kick-started future market developments by introducing direct marketing for renewables in 2015. Further developments will however highly depend on the expansion of renewables according to Programmation Pluriannuelle de l’Energie (PPE).

EEX New Participant: Commerzbank AG

Date 02/10/2017

Commerzbank AG has been admitted to exchange trading for Spot Contracts on Emission Rights (Primary Auctions and Secondary Market).

REGIS-TR Commences Trade Repository Services In Switzerland

Date 02/10/2017

Today REGIS-TR, The European Trade Repository, has launched its services in the Switzerland market, after the authorisation, by the national Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), as a foreign trade repository, granted in April 2017.

ESMA: Not Enough Review Time Before MiFID II - Response From Fidessa Regulatory Expert

Date 02/10/2017

ESMA have made a public statement that there is not enough time to review all the pre-trade transparency waivers and position limits before MiFID II comes into force on 3rd January.

Deutsche Börse: New Market Data Feed Provides Access To All Irish Stock Exchange Order Book Equity Data

Date 02/10/2017

Deutsche Börse is offering the new market data feed CEF ultra+ Irish Stock Exchange Order by Order from October 2017. The ultrafast high-performance data feed enables access to the entire visible Irish Stock Exchange order book and provides clients with comprehensive market data on all ISE-listed equity and ETF instruments traded. The launch extends the Irish Stock Exchange’s market data product offering under its existing strategic partnership.

SIX Securities Services Goes Live With Its Trade Repository To Report Derivatives Transactions In Switzerland

Date 02/10/2017

Today – six months after receiving approval from FINMA – the Swiss trade repository service provided by SIX Securities Services officially went live. The vast majority of the large financial counterparties in Switzerland (classified as FC+), starting their reporting obligations in the first phase today, decided in favor of the SIX Securities Services solution and are set up in the system.

NEX Group Plc – Investor Teach-In And Trading Update

Date 02/10/2017

NEX Group plc (“NEX”) (NXG.L), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, is today hosting an analyst and investor teach-in on NEX Optimisation, a division of the Group.