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UK Parliament: Lords Debates Parliamentary Scrutiny Of Brexit

Date 04/04/2017

Members of the House of Lords will debate two motions on parliamentary scrutiny of Brexit in the House of Lords on Tuesday 4 April.

CME Group Reached Average Daily Volume Of 16.9 Million Contracts In March 2017, Up 18 Percent From March 2016

Date 04/04/2017

• Achieved record average daily volume of 17.1 million contracts in first-quarter 2017, up 1 percent from first-quarter 2016
• Saw quarterly average daily volume records in Interest Rates, Metals, Interest Rate Options and Equity Options
• Reached record open interest of more than 123 million contracts on March 9, 2017

PEGAS: The CEGH Hub Is The Reference Market In Central Eastern Europe

Date 04/04/2017

The pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS, operated by Powernext, has published a new position paper in response to the study initiated by E-Control on the performance of the Austrian gas market and the impact potential market area integrations. According to Powernext, the CEGH hub is already the reference market in Central Eastern Europe (CEE). An integration with neighbouring markets like Slovenia, Slovakia and Croatia could further bundle liquidity in CEE and reduce dependency on oil-indexed contracts.

Abu Dhabi Global Market Seeks Public Consultation On Enhancements To Its Legislative Framework In Relations To Funds And Other Miscellaneous Amendments

Date 04/04/2017

The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), together with the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) and the ADGM Registration Authority (RA), today issued a public consultation paper inviting public feedback and comments for enhancements of its legislative framework, including the regulations and rules in relation to funds.

Bats Launches New Benchmark Indices For Ten European Markets - Bats Indices Now Available For All Major European Markets Providing Real-Time, High-Quality, Low-Cost Alternatives To Incumbent Providers

Date 04/04/2017

Bats Europe (Bats), a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today announced the launch of new benchmark indices for ten additional European markets. Bats now offers real-time, high-quality and low-cost alternatives to those provided by the incumbent index providers across all major European markets.

VEON Marks Its First Day Of Trading On Euronext

Date 04/04/2017

VEON (ticker symbol: VEON), a leading global provider of communications services, began trading today on Euronext Amsterdam. 

Bursa Malaysia Sector Update

Date 04/04/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) has decided to update the classification of sector for IDEAL United Bintang Berhad (“IDEALUBB”) to come into effect on 9.00 a.m., Monday, 10 April 2017.

ESMA Updates MiFID II/MiFIR Investor Protection Q&AS

Date 04/04/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 10 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR).

Eurex: Monthly Report – Rate Hike Expectations Support Trading Volumes

Date 04/04/2017

With further US interest rate hikes on the horizon and a looming end to Quantitative Easing, demand for market instruments to hedge risk has been growing strongly in the first quarter. Hedging needs are driven by open questions – like the number of Federal Reserve rate hikes in 2017 or the European Central Bank’s next monetary policy steps.

NSD Valuation Center Begins Broadcasting Data Via Bloomberg

Date 04/04/2017

Starting in April 2017, Bloomberg will be broadcasting data provided by the Valuation Center of National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository.