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Exchange Data International And Dewey Data Partner To Empower Academic Institutions With High-Quality Data

Date 10/01/2025

Exchange Data International (EDI), a leading provider of financial and economic data, is excited to announce its new partnership with Dewey Data, a platform for researchers to get access to premium datasets across a variety of business, economic, and social science topics. This collaboration aims to provide universities with exceptional access to high-quality financial data, enhancing the research and educational capabilities of students, faculty, and academic researchers.

ACER Launches A Virtual Hub Price Correlation Simulator For Electricity Forward Trading

Date 10/01/2025

Today, ACER releases a new tool to simulate price correlations for electricity forward trading with potential virtual hub prices. This simulator shows correlations between prices in any EU electricity bidding zone and various configurations of a virtual hub price.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Fines Arian Financial LLP £288,962.53 For Failings Relating To Cum-Ex Trading

Date 10/01/2025

The FCA has fined Arian Financial LLP (Arian) £288,962.53 for failing to ensure it had effective systems and controls against financial crime.

Cheung Kong Graduate School Of Business Professor Jin Zhao Becomes First Chinese Business School Scholar To Win AFA Award

Date 10/01/2025

Professor JIN Zhao, Assistant Professor of Finance at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), was honored with the Brattle Group Prize - Distinguished Papers at the 2025 American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting held in San Francisco on January 5, 2025. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding papers on corporate finance published in the Journal of Finance, one of the discipline's most esteemed academic journals. Professor Jin is the first scholar affiliated with a Chinese institution to receive this award since its inception in 1999. This achievement underscores the exceptional research capabilities and global impact of CKGSB's faculty.

HM Treasury - Call For Evidence Outcome: Pension Fund Clearing Exemption

Date 10/01/2025

Central counterparties (CCPs) are a type of financial market infrastructure (FMI). FMI are institutions that underpin the global financial system, acting as conduits between many other financial services firms. They help maintain stability in the financial services sector, providing critically important functions that make markets safer and more efficient

HKEX: Listing Nominating Committee Seeks Listing Committee Candidates

Date 10/01/2025

The Listing Nominating Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is now seeking applications from individuals interested in serving on the Exchange’s Listing Committee and the GEM Listing Committee. This year, the Listing Nominating Committee is particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who represent the interests of investors.

HKEX: Listing Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates For Listing Review Committee

Date 10/01/2025

The Listing Nominating Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is now seeking applications from individuals interested in serving on the Exchange’s Listing Review Committee and the GEM Listing Review Committee. 

Taiwan Futures Exchange Newsletter - January 2025

Date 10/01/2025

Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) concluded 2024 with a record-breaking total volume of 395,471,441 contracts, surpassing its previous high set in 2021. The average daily volume (ADV) climbed to 1,634,180 contracts, representing a 20.3% increase from 1,358,347 contracts in 2023. Notably, foreign institutional participation in Taiwan’s futures market also reached an all-time high, accounting for 33.5% of total trading volume in 2024, up from 29.4% in 2023.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Warns Public Against Unlicensed Virtual Asset Trading Platform iSCAT

Date 10/01/2025

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today warns the public of an unlicensed virtual asset trading platform (VATP) International Standard Carbon Assets Technology Co., Limited which is also known as “iSCAT” or “iSCAT Exchange”.

Ad Hoc Press Conference By KATO Katsunobu, Japan Minister Of Finance And Minister Of State For Financial Services - Tokyo Stock Exchange

Date 10/01/2025