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Palestine Securities Exchange Monthly Investor Newsletter - July 2018

Date 05/08/2018

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CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 03/08/2018

The CFTC is now including ICUS Canola Oil (CFTC ID 135731) in the Legacy and Disaggregated Commitment reports. This contract has just been transferred from ICE Canada to ICE U.S. The default trader classification for the Legacy report is “Non Commercial”. For the Disaggregated report, traders default to “Other Reportable” if no information about the trader has been received by the CFTC. The CFTC has not currently received new or updated Form 40s (Statement of Reporting Trader) to classify canola oil traders. Traders currently classed as commercial in soybean oil have been classed as commercial in canola oil for these reports. The current classification of canola oil traders may change upon the receipt and processing of new or updated Form 40s and/or other information as appropriate.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report 3rd August 2018

Date 03/08/2018

A total turnover of 1.391 billion shares worth N20.316 billion in 20,064 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.417 billion shares valued at N16.739 billion that exchanged hands last week in 19,832 deals.

Cboe Global Markets Publishes New Family Of Target Outcome Indexes

Date 03/08/2018

• Cboe expands suite of products tied to S&P Dow Jones Indices with new Target Outcome Indexes designed to track 16 options-based investment strategies
• Indexes have been licensed to Innovator Capital Management

Borsa Italiana’s ETFplus Market Sees Strong Second Quarter

Date 03/08/2018

• ETFplus market saw a 7.1%  increase compared to the same period last year
• 52 new instruments listed in the second quarter of 2018: 50 ETFs and 2 open funds
• A total of 1276 instruments available on ETFplus at the end of June

Cboe Global Markets Reports July 2018 Trading Volume

Date 03/08/2018

• Year-to-date ADV across options, futures, U.S. and European equities and global FX up over 2017
• July ADV in global FX up 22% over July 2017 ADV
• July ADV in SPX options up 17% over July 2017 ADV

US Buy-Side Equity Traders Tell TABB Group A Tightening Vice Of MiFID II Regulation And Asset Flows Into Passive Vehicles Are Major 2018 Concerns - 14th Annual International Equity Trading Benchmark Study Examines 30 Current Challenges Facing Traditional Asset Managers And Hedge Funds

Date 03/08/2018

The US investment management industry this year is riding a continuing wave of strong equity market performance, but the buy side know they can’t be complacent with the tightening vice of MiFID II regulation in Europe and the rising flow of assets into passive vehicles, buy-side traders tell TABB Group in the 14^th annual benchmark International US Equity Trading study, “US 

CFTC Commissioner Quintenz To Speak At Minnesota Farmfest 2018

Date 03/08/2018

MGEX Welcomes August 2nd Into The Top 25 For Daily Electronic Volume

Date 03/08/2018

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports that August 2nd registered as the new 25th best electronic volume day coming in at 19,433 contracts. The total daily volume for August 2nd was 21,316 contracts, which was just shy of entering the overall daily Exchange volume top 25 by a slim margin of 218 contracts. 

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Cautions Against Disguised Margin Financing

Date 03/08/2018

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), in the course of its ongoing supervision of licensed corporations (LCs), has observed that some LCs carrying on asset management activities may have aided and abetted unlicensed affiliates or third parties to provide securities margin financing in the guise of investments.