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ESAs Advise On Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products With Environmental Or Social Objectives

Date 28/07/2017

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) submitted today their Technical Advice to the European Commission to set minimum requirements, which manufacturers of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products with environmental or social objectives (EOS PRIIPs) should comply with to ensure that they offer products that meet the retail investors' needs.

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In ETFs/ETPs Listed In Canada Reach A New Record Of 101 Billion US Dollars At The End Of First Half Of 2017

Date 28/07/2017

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Canada reached a new record of US$101 billion at the end of first half of 2017, according to ETFGI’s June 2017 global ETF and ETP industry insights report an annual paid for research subscription service.

MGEX Reports Record-Breaking Daily Open Interest

Date 28/07/2017

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports Thursday’s open interest of 112,026 contracts is a new daily record.  This surpasses the previous record of 110,629 contracts set on July 21st.  

Historically High Net Profit Of GPW Group -

Date 28/07/2017

• GPW Group generated a net profit of PLN 41.9 million in Q2 2017 (up by 51.2% QoQ)
• EBITDA stood at PLN 56.1 million (up by 30% YoY)
• Cost/income ratio in Q2 2017 among the lowest ever at 43.1% (down by 15.7% QoQ and 15.6% YoY)
• Revenue on the commodity market up by 12.2% YoY and 1.0% QoQ

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In ETFs/ETPs Listed In The United States Reach A New Record Of US$2.973 Trillion At The End Of First Half Of 2017

Date 28/07/2017

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States  reached a new record of US$2.973 trillion at the end of first half of 2017, according to ETFGI’s June 2017 global ETF and ETP industry insights report an annual paid for research subscription service.

FTSE Russell Confirms Compliance With IOSCO Principles

Date 28/07/2017

FTSE Russell is pleased to announce that it has published its latest annual Statement of Compliance with the recommendations made by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), as laid out in the Principles for Financial Benchmarks published in July 2013 (the IOSCO Principles).

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report - 28 July, 2017

Date 28/07/2017

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading report.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Court Ordered Insider Dealer Sun Min To Pay $15.6 Million To Investors

Date 28/07/2017

The Court of First Instance has ordered Ms Sun Min to pay the restoration amount of $15,629,341 to 51 investors affected by her insider dealing in China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited (Huiyuan) shares.

Euronext Publishes Second Quarter 2017 Results

Date 28/07/2017

Today Euronext announced its results for the second quarter of 2017.

• Strong quarter, with improved cash and derivatives volumes:
  
  • Revenues up +3.8% compared to Q2 2016, to €137.3 million (Q2 2016: €132.3 million)
  • Cash average daily volume up +18.5% compared Q2 2016 and equity derivatives average daily volume up +27.3%
  • Strengthened cash equity market share for the quarter at 64.2%
  • Changes in competitive landscape for derivatives
  • Strong listing activity supported by large secondary market operations
• Continued cost discipline, while progressing the delivery of Optiq® and MiFID II projects, and Agility for Growth initiatives
• EBITDA of €79.2 million (Q2 2016: €77.7 million) and EBITDA margin of 57.7% (Q2 2016: 58.7%)
• Record quarterly performance since IPO translating into a reported EPS of €0.78, up +9.9% compared to Q2 2016
• New milestones in the deployment of Agility for Growth initiatives:
  
  • Delivery of Optiq® Market Data Gateway in July providing clients with a 10x reduction in latency
  • Further enrichment of the Corporate Service offering to issuers with the acquisition of iBabs, the innovative digital board portal solution
  • Launch of the Euronext Block MTF
  • €1.6 million of revenues and €1.9 million of costs generated by Agility for Growth initiatives in the quarter
• Acquisition of FastMatch, with closing expected within Q3 ‘17

BME Posts A Net Profit Of €41 Million In The Second Quarter, Up 4.2% From The Previous One

Date 28/07/2017

• Repre­senting the third consecutive quarter of progress in financial results and 4.9% lower year-on-year
• Net profit for the first half amounts to €80.3 million, up 8.1% compared to the previous half and down 6.6% year-on-year
• Operating costs for the second quarter were 3.8% lower than in the preceding one and 1.2% lower year-on-year
• In the second quarter revenue rose to €83.6 million, up 1.6% compared to the preceding three months and down 2.9% year-on-year
• Cost base coverage with revenues not linked to volumes increased to 127%.
• In the first half the efficiency ratio (33.1%) and ROE (37.4%) beat the sector average by 8 and 20 points respectively
• Investment flows channelled through the Exchange at the end of the first half totalled €20.8 billion, 20.5% higher than that for 2016