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ACER And CEER Consult On The EU Electricity Forward Market

Date 01/06/2022

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) have opened a public consultation to collect inputs on their draft policy paper on the EU electricity forward market.

Swarm Launches Institutional-Grade Liquid Staking

Date 01/06/2022

• Liquid staking tokens available on a single chain, Polygon
• Commitment from financial institutions, including new crypto fund MetaLink Capital

First Futures Exchange Aimed At Health Care Economy Has Filed For Regulatory Approval - Intelligent Medicine Exchange (IMX)TM To Offer New Risk Management, Investing Tools Based On Underlying Health Care Data

Date 01/06/2022

Intelligent Medicine Exchange (IMX)TM today announced its plans to launch the first financial exchange focused on the health care economy. IMX has filed for regulatory approval with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to be a Designated Contract Market (DCM) - a futures exchange focused on contracts that will enable individual and institutional market participants to manage risk and invest in multiple components of the health care ecosystem.

THE ESAs Publish The Joint Report On The Withdrawal Of Authorisation For Serious Breaches Of AML/CFT Rules

Date 01/06/2022

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) published a joint Report, which provides a comprehensive analysis on the completeness, adequacy and uniformity of the applicable laws and practices on the withdrawal of license for serious breaches of the rules on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT).  

FTSE China Index Series Quarterly Review - Q2 2022

Date 01/06/2022

• Three additions to the FTSE China A50 Index
• Two additions to the FTSE China 50 Index

The Spanish Stock Market Trades 32.2 Billion Euros In May - Monthly Trading Statements For BME’s Markets

Date 01/06/2022

• The volume traded in Equities is up 16% so far this year
• Fixed Income trading in May is 41% higher than in April
• Trading in IBEX 35 index futures contracts to May increases 16.4%

DFM And DME Ring Market Opening Bell To Launch Trading Of Oman Crude Oil Futures

Date 01/06/2022

• The “Micro Oman Crude Oil Contract” enables DFM’s investors’ seamless access to new asset class for the first time
• The new contract is traded in US Dollar and cash-settled daily

LuxSE And India INX Strengthen Cooperation

Date 01/06/2022

In a ceremony held in the Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City, India earlier today, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) and the India International Exchange (IFSC) Limited (India INX) joined together to sign a cooperation agreement through which the two exchanges will enhance the visibility of listed Indian securities towards international investors by facilitating admission of such securities on LuxSE.

BME: Neoenergia To List On Latibex On 7 June

Date 01/06/2022

• The Brazilian energy company, an Iberdrola subsidiary, will be the 19th company to be listed on this international market for Latin American securities.
• The FTSE Latibex Brazil index, of which the company will become a constituent, has risen 30% so far this year.

Payment For Order Flow: BaFin Examines The Quality Of Securities Order Execution On German Trading Venues

Date 01/06/2022

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has examined whether the execution of securities orders relating to German shares on PFOF trading venues is beneficial or detrimental to retail clients. PFOF (payment for order flow) is the practice of brokers receiving compensation from market makers in exchange for directing orders to them. BaFin’s study examined the quality of order execution on PFOF trading venues compared with the most liquid European reference markets.