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Avelacom Launches A New Low Latency Route Between Brazil’s And USA’s Major Financial Exchanges - The Route Is Designed To Handle High Data Volumes, Generated By Algorithmic Trading And Provides The Lowest Latency, Required By Institutional Traders

Date 11/08/2020

Avelacom, the high-performance global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry, is announcing the completion of a route between Sao Paulo, Brazil, and New York, USA. The route offers the new, fastest speed for the transmission of market data and trade execution between North American and Latin American major financial markets. 

Bloomberg Launches Proprietary ESG Scores - Scores Will Provide Transparent, Data Driven Insights Into Company Performance

Date 11/08/2020

Bloomberg today announced the launch of propriety ESG scores. This initial offering includes Environmental and Social (ES) scores for 252 companies in the Oil & Gas sector, and Board Composition scores for more than 4,300 companies across multiple industries.

Circular On Self-Regulatory Measures Taken By CFFEX In July 2020

Date 11/08/2020

To prevent market risks, maintain the orderly operation of the market and protect investors’ legitimate rights and interests, China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) took the following self-regulatory measures against violations of exchange rules in July 2020.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JXZB2

Date 11/08/2020

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 11.08.2020, 11-54 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band (up to 128.17) and initial margins (up to 25 %) for the security RU000A0JXZB2 were changed. New values are available here

EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes: A Positive Month For Hedge Fund Performances: The Losses Of Recent Months Are Gradually Fading

Date 11/08/2020

 Click here to download the latest performance update of the EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes.

Damu Fund Has Listed The First Green Bonds On AIX

Date 11/08/2020

The Astana International Exchange (“AIX”, “Exchange”) is pleased to announce that JSC “Entrepreneurship Development Fund “Damu” (“Damu Fund”), in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aimed at reducing the risks of investments in renewable energy sources (RES), has registered and issued green finance bonds on AIX in the amount of KZT 200 million with a maturity of 36 months. The coupon rate is 11.75%. This placement is the first listing of securities that comply with the green principles in AIX’s Green Bond Rules and the first listing of green bonds in Kazakhstan. AIFC Green Finance Center has provided full support of the project and an external review in the form of Second Party Opinion which is based on the assessment of the alignment of Issuer’s Green Bond Framework with the AIX Green Bonds Rules and ICMA (International Capital Market Association) Green Bond Principles.

Blackhawk Network Appoints Moneyhub For Leasing Compliance Solutions And Open Banking Standards

Date 11/08/2020

Blackhawk Network, one of the largest branded payments providers in the world, has appointed market-leading Open Finance data and intelligence platform Moneyhub to deliver its compliance with the Open Banking standards. 

Moscow Exchange To Launch Moscow Real Estate Benchmark In Cooperation With Sberbank

Date 11/08/2020

On 10 August 2020, Moscow Exchange began calculating and publishing the Moscow Real Estate DomClick Index based on data from DomClick (part of the Sberbank ecosystem) based on mortgage transactions from Sberbank.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Regulatory Action Against A Trading Participant Including Suspension Of Trading (DAIICHI COMMODITIES CO., LTD.)

Date 11/08/2020

TOCOM has imposed regulatory action against a trading participant including suspension of trading.

SGX Reports Market Statistics For July 2020

Date 11/08/2020

• Cash equity activity still at elevated levels year-on-year, moderating slightly from strong June
• Equity index futures volumes up with continued risk management focus
• China economic reopening fires up optimism on Asia recovery, stokes iron ore derivatives