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Moscow Exchange Trading Volumes In December 2019

Date 10/01/2020

In December 2019, total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 66.3 trln (December 2018: RUB 72.5 trln).

SEC Names Mark D. Reinhold As Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer In The Office Of Human Resources

Date 10/01/2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Mark D. Reinhold has been named Deputy Director of the agency’s Office of Human Resources (OHR). Mr. Reinhold will help to manage programs and policies in areas such as leadership and employee development, recruitment and retention, performance management, compensation and benefits, and labor relations. Mr. Reinhold began his new position at the SEC on Jan. 6, 2020.

Federal Reserve Board Announces Reserve Bank Income And Expense Data And Transfers To The Treasury For 2019

Date 10/01/2020

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced preliminary results indicating that the Reserve Banks provided for payments of approximately $54.9 billion to the U.S. Treasury. The 2019 audited Reserve Bank financial statements are expected to be published in March and may include adjustments to these preliminary unaudited results.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Summary Report - 10 January 2020

Date 10/01/2020

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly summary report.

ESMA Report Values EU Alternative Investment Funds At €5.8 Trillion

Date 10/01/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published its second statistical report on European Union (EU) Alternative Investment Funds (AIF). The study found that the EU AIF sector in 2018, as measured by Net Asset Value (NAV), amounted to €5.8tn or nearly 40% of the total EU fund industry. The report is based on data from 30,357 AIFs, or almost 100% of the market.

ACER Updates Validation Rules Under REMIT

Date 10/01/2020

The Agency is continuously working on improving data reporting guidance to facilitate market participants’ (MPs) compliance with their reporting obligations under the Regulation on wholesale market integrity and transparency (REMIT). In order to do so, new validation rules on gas and electricity transportation data will be implemented. Similarly, to other data types, the rules will require that the reported Energy Identification Code (EIC) type X which is used to identify a market participant in the reported data is registered in the Centralised European Register of Market Participants (CEREMP). 

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics For December 2019

Date 10/01/2020

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics for December 2019 is now available:

• For Main Market Statistics click here
• For NewConnect Alternative Market Statistics click here
• For Catalyst Bond Market statistics click here
• For Derivatives Statistic click here

EEX Group Update: 4th Quarter 2019

Date 10/01/2020

Key achievements

• In November, EEX Group and Nasdaq Futures, Inc. (NFX) have reached an agreement to sell NFX’s futures and options exchange business to EEX Group. The transaction involves the transfer of existing open positions in U.S. Power, Natural Gas, Crude Oil, Ferrous Metals and Dry Bulk Freight futures and options.
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• On 5th November, EEX was granted the Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT) status by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) which means that EEX is fully recognized as a foreign exchange in the United States.
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• Also in November, ECC welcomed Mizuho Americas’ investment banking subsidiary as a new General Clearing Member and Trading Participant which is ECC’s first clearing member from the United States.
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• In December, EEX and the New Zealand exchange NZX announced a co-operation Agreement with a focus on securing new opportunities in the New Zealand carbon market.
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• On 12th December, EEX Group successfully completed the first migration of Freight Open Interest from Nasdaq Futures, Inc. (NFX) to EEX Group’s clearing house ECC. In the first of three scheduled matching sessions, a total of 69,144 lots of Freight Open Interest which is more than 40% of the entire NFX Freight portfolio, was migrated from NFX’s clearing house Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) to ECC.
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority Commences Civil Proceedings In Relation To Alleged Unauthorised Deposit Takers

Date 10/01/2020

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has commenced civil proceedings in the High Court against Bright Managment Solution Limited [sic] (Bright), Soccer League International Limited (Soccer League International), Soccer League UK Limited (Soccer League UK), and senior individuals at these firms. The FCA alleges the defendants have been carrying on unauthorised deposit taking by accepting money from the public for different projects, including forex trading and crypto-assets.

Esports Betting Platform Luckbox Welcomes Crypto Players

Date 10/01/2020

Esports betting platform Luckbox now allows players to deposit using a variety of cryptocurrencies.