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SGX Reports Market Statistics For May 2017

Date 07/06/2017

Securities

• Total Securities market turnover value was at S$26.5 billion, up 23% month-on-month (m-o-m) and up 23% year-on-year (y-o-y), over 21 trading days. There were 19 trading days in April 2017 and 21 in May 2016.
• Securities daily average value (SDAV) was S$1.261 billion, up 11% m-o-m and up 23% y-o-y.
• Market turnover value of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) was S$258 million, up 15% m-o-m and up 33% y-o-y.
• Market turnover value of structured warrants was S$1.14 billion, down 4% m-o-m and up 52% y-o-y.
• There was 1 new Catalist listing during the month, raising S$13 million.
• There were 87 new bond listings, raising S$41.238 billion.
• Total market capitalisation value of 751 listed companies stood at S$1 trillion as at end-May 2017.

Monthly Report: Strong Demand For Financial Underlyings At Eurex

Date 07/06/2017

May saw strong demand for the Eurex suite of interest rate and equity derivatives. Overall, turnover rose 26 percent to 163 Million Euro at Europe’s largest derivatives exchange, which is part of Deutsche Börse Group. Market participants strongly relied on equity derivatives (+36 percent) to hedge their exposures on European markets, while turnover in Eurex‘s fixed income products rose 31 percent to 47 Million Euro.

China Construction Bank Rings Bell To Celebrate Listing A 1.2 Billion USD Bond On Nasdaq Dubai

Date 07/06/2017

• Bell-ringing marks the largest single listing by a Chinese bank on exchange
• Listing underlines growing economic ties between UAE and China   
• Capital raised supports CCB’s participation in the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative

Nasdaq Launches Auction On Demand In The Nordics - Several Software Vendors On Board From The Start. Available Today On All Nasdaq Nordic Exchanges

Date 07/06/2017

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is today launching an innovative new market feature, Auction on Demand – designed to fulfill MiFID II transparency requirements.

Thomson Reuters Extends Eikon Messenger To REDI Buy-Side Community - Move Underlines Thomson Reuters Commitment To Provide Open Messaging Platform That Breaks Down Barriers To Communication Across Financial Markets

Date 07/06/2017

Thomson Reuters is extending its instant messenger capabilities to the buy-side professionals who use its recently-acquired REDI execution management system, in a move designed to break down barriers to communication in financial markets.

Irish Stock Exchange: Statistics May 2017

Date 07/06/2017

May 2017 overall market statistics report

May 2017 investment funds statistics

Closure Of Bursa Malaysia In Conjunction With Nuzul Al-Quran

Date 07/06/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiaries will be closed on Monday, 12th June 2017, in conjunction with Nuzul Al-Quran.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Holds Meeting To Discuss Adjustments To Delivery Quality Standards Of Iron Ore Contract

Date 07/06/2017

On June 2, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) held a meeting to discuss the adjustments to the delivery quality standards for the iron ore futures contract. Nearly 20 representatives of steel mills and iron ore trading companies attended the meeting. Discussed at the meeting were the directions and measures for the revision of the delivery quality standards for the iron ore futures on DCE.

Ebury Continues Growth In Europe With New Office Openings And New Hires

Date 07/06/2017

Ebury, one of the fastest growing fintechs for corporate cross-border payments and growth lending, today announced four new hires across its’ European offices; an office opening in Athens and the completion of moves to larger offices in Paris and Warsaw in June this year.  This is all part of the succesful expansion of the company across Europe. Ebury has offices in London, Madrid, Malaga, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Paris, Hamburg and Zurich, with more planned in the coming months.

VCs Invest Together With The Crowd At Invesdor

Date 07/06/2017

• Venture capital funds and crowd investors can nowadays invest side by side in the same offerings
• The VC-led crowdfunding model, already fairly common in the UK, has landed in the Nordics with two cases at investment platform Invesdor
• The combination of a VC and the crowd opens new possibilities for growth companies