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HKEX To Offer Mini H-Shares Index Options And Make Other Derivatives Market Changes

Date 08/08/2016

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) plans to introduce Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options (Mini H-shares Index Options) on Monday, 5 September 2016 to meet demand from retail investors and give market participants more flexibility by providing a contract one-fifth the size of its H-shares Index Options contract. 

SGX Reports Market Statistics For July 2016

Date 08/08/2016

• Total Securities market turnover value fell 7% month on month and fell 13% year on year to S$21.0 billion, during 20 trading days compared to 22 in June 2016 and 22 in July 2015.

SIX Swiss Exchange: Sponsored Foreign Shares: Additional Trading Currency

Date 08/08/2016

• In the SFS segment of SIX Swiss Exchange investors can now trade 70 stocks also in US Dollar. Renell Wertpapierhandelsbank AG acts as Market Maker

LSEG: UnaVista Launches MiFIR Transaction Reporting Test Environment

Date 08/08/2016

• UnaVista is one of the largest ARMs in Europe for current MiFID regime
• Clients are now able to begin testing against the latest MiFIR RTS
• redit Suisse among the first clients to move into test environment

Metamako Appoints Kevin Covington CEO As Growth Escalates

Date 08/08/2016

Metamako, the leading specialist in deterministic network devices for the world’s financial institutions, announced today that it has expanded its team and appointed Kevin Covington CEO. Since the company’s launch at the end of 2013, Metamako’s presence worldwide has been increasing quickly and steadily. In 2015 it was listed in the KPMG and H2 Ventures’ top 50 Emerging Stars of global finance technology innovators.

TriOptima Completes First triReduce Compression Cycle For Cleared Mexican Peso Swaps At CME Group

Date 08/08/2016

TriOptima, a leading provider of OTC derivatives post-trade risk management services and infrastructure, announces today that 11 CME Group IRS clearing members eliminated 12.5 trillion MXN ($664 billion USD) notional outstanding in the first triReduce multilateral compression cycle for cleared Mexican Peso (MXN) interest rate swaps (IRS).  

Financial Stability Board (FSB) Launches Peer Review Of The G20/OECD Principles Of Corporate Governance And Invites Feedback From Stakeholders

Date 08/08/2016

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has launched a peer review on the implementation of the G20/Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Principles of Corporate Governance (Principles). The overarching objective of the review is to take stock of how FSB member jurisdictions have applied the Principles to publicly listed, regulated financial institutions, identifying effective practices and areas where good progress has been made while noting gaps and areas of weakness. It will also inform work that is underway to revise the OECD’s Assessment Methodology that is used by the World Bank as the basis for country assessments undertaken as part of its Corporate Governance Report of Standards and Codes initiative and will provide input to governance-related aspects of the FSB’s broader work on conduct for financial institutions.

International Commodities and Derivatives Association (ICDA) Announces New Board Member Appointments - Bringing Additional Experience To Support The Growing Organisation

Date 08/08/2016

The International Commodities and Derivatives Association (ICDA) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors. Dr. Stéphane Graber, Secretary General of the Swiss Trading and Shipping Association (STSA), and Dr. Paul Lynch, CEO of itarle, a leading provider of multi asset algorithmic trading and analytics services for the sell-side, have joined effective immediately.

FIX Trading Community Announces New Recommended Guidelines For The Use Of FIX In Multi Asset Classes For Post-Trade

Date 08/08/2016

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced the release of new guidelines for the use of FIX in post-trade processing for multi asset classes and a common post-trade framework.

Bitfinex Site Relaunch

Date 08/08/2016

We are beginning the process of bringing the platform online in a controlled and secure way. Currently the site is available on a read-only basis as we continue to work towards enabling full functionality. This means that users will be able to log into their accounts but trading, depositing, and withdrawing will remain disabled at this time.