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BSDEX Introduces Stop Orders As New Order Type - First Regulated Trading Venue For Digital Assets Offers Transparent And Reliable Environment For Experienced Investors

Date 28/04/2020

As Germany’s first regulated trading venue for digital assets, Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange (BSDEX) allows to trade the Bitcoin-Euro pair. In addition to market and limit orders, investors can now also use stop orders: If the Bitcoin price reaches the defined stop mark, an order is placed in the BSDEX order book – either with or without a limit. Orders are executed directly against each other according to the fixed rules of BSDEX.

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers Proposes Several Targeted Measures Concerning Shareholder Activism

Date 28/04/2020

France saw unprecedented debate in 2019 on the behaviour of "activist" funds and the need to govern such practices better. As regulator, and following on from the public reports on this subject, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers proposes a number of targeted measures to enhance transparency for the market and dialogue between issuers and shareholders.

Happy 20th Anniversary To The ETF Industry In Europe

Date 28/04/2020

April 2020 marks the 20^thanniversary of the listing of the first ETFs to be listed in Europe.   The LDRS DJ STOXX 50 and LDRS DJ EUROSTOXX 50 sponsored by Merrill Lynch were listed on 11 April 2000 on the Deutsche Borse, closely followed by the listing of the iShares FTSE 100 ETF on the London Stock Exchange on April 28, 2000.  The LDRS ‘leaders’ were acquired by Barclays Global Investors from Merrill Lynch in September 2003 and their names were changed to iShares DJ STOXX 50 and iShares DJ EUROSTOXX 50.  

Closure Of Bursa Malaysia In Conjunction With Labour Day

Date 28/04/2020

Bursa Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiaries will be closed on Friday, 1st May 2020, in conjunction with Labour Day. 

Japan Exchange Group: Aid For COVID-19 Outbreak Response

Date 28/04/2020

We would like to express our sincere sympathies to everyone affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and also to their families and related persons. We would also like to express our deepest gratitude to healthcare professionals and others who are devoting their time and energy toward preventing the spread of the disease.

ESMA Publishes Templates For Quarterly Non-Equity Systematic Internaliser Data

Date 28/04/2020

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority: ‘No Action’ Relief As A Result Of Covid-19

Date 28/04/2020

COVID-19 is having a significant impact on many market participants. We recognise that this may lead to practical difficulties which affect their ability to meet their regulatory obligations. Where a market participant breaches, or expects to breach, a regulatory obligation as a result of the COVID-19 circumstances and seeks relief from the FMA, the primary approach we intend to take is ‘no-action’.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Base Prices For July 2021 Contracts Of Baseload Electricity On The First Trading Day

Date 28/04/2020

HKEX: Exchange Extends Consultation Period For Consultation Paper On Corporate WVR Beneficiaries

Date 28/04/2020

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), has today (Wednesday) extended the consultation period on its proposal to allow corporate entities to benefit from weighted voting rights (Corporate WVR Consultation) to end on Sunday, 31 May1.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Derivatives Market

Date 28/04/2020

CCP NCC sets the following risk parameters on Derivatives market starting from 2:00 pm April 28, 2020: