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FTSE Russell: Straits Times Index (STI) Quarterly Review

Date 05/03/2020

• No changes to the constituents of the STI

FXCM Launches Commission-Free* Equity Trading

Date 05/03/2020

FXCM Group, LLC (“FXCM Group’ or ‘FXCM’), a leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services, is expanding into equity trading with the launch of a commission-free* trading service in collaboration with Interactive Brokers. 

R.J. O’Brien Named Best Independent FCM At HFM US Quant Awards 2020 - Award For Exceptional Client Service And Innovation Marks 8th Win For RJO And UK Affiliate In HFM Global Award Series

Date 05/03/2020

Chicago-based R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, has won the award for Best Independent FCM (Futures Commission Merchant) at the HFM US Quant Awards 2020. The award series expanded on the honors given for the previous six years in the CTA Intelligence Awards, making the win the eighth honor bestowed on RJO and its UK affiliate by the HFM Global network of publications.

BIS: Financial Crises And Innovation

Date 05/03/2020

Focus

Growth and productivity are persistently low following financial crises. This paper examines how financial crises affect innovation. Patents are an important measure of the kind of innovative activity that can lead to productivity gains. We study patent data from a broad sample of countries and financial crises and consider impacts up to 10 years after a crisis.

Borsa Italiana Monthly Update - February 2020

Date 05/03/2020

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Avelacom Expands Its Footprint In Virginia To Access Amazon AWS North America Region - Avelacom Makes It Easier For Institutions To Exploit Arbitrage And Other Latency Sensitive Strategies Across A Wider Variety Of Cryptocurrency Markets

Date 05/03/2020

Avelacom, the high-performance global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry, has deployed a new point-of-presence (PoP) in Ashburn, Virginia, with direct connectivity to Amazon AWS US – East–1 region. Its AWS Ashburn to AWS Dublin, one of the most popular routes for cryptocurrency arbitrage, is now the fastest line available in the market at a guaranteed 65.3ms round-trip latency.

EEX Group: Monthly Report February 2020 - Significant Increases Across Majority Of Portfolio

Date 05/03/2020

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Cloud Innovation Gains 5 Award Shortlists This Year For Velocimetrics

Date 05/03/2020

Velocimetrics’ new product, stream2Cloud, has had an unprecedented level of success since its launch in early January, now securing a further four shortlists. Having been shortlisted by FStech awards in January, stream2Cloud has now been shortlisted in the National Technology Awards and the European IT and Software Excellence Awards for ‘Cloud Innovation’ and ‘Enterprise (Cloud) Solution’ of the year, respectively. stream2Cloud also received a further two nominations from the Network Computing Awards for ‘Cloud-Based Solution of the Year’ and ‘New Cloud Solution of the Year’.

Vienna Stock Exchange: Changes In The Indices CECE, EETX And NTX, RDX Remains Unchanged

Date 05/03/2020

The composition of the indices calculated by the Vienna Stock Exchange for Central and Eastern Europe and Russia was reviewed as planned. In accordance with the rules and regulations the following changes will be made to the indices CECE, EETX, NTX. The composition of the RDX remains unchanged. The new index composition will take effect on Monday, 23 March 2020.

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 05/03/2020

Highlights

- Securities Market

• Market capitalisation was $36.2 trillion at the end of February 2020, an increase of 10 per cent from $33.0 trillion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover in February 2020 was $115.1 billion an increase of 9 per cent from $105.7 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover for the first two months of 2020 was $109.5 billion, an increase of 14 per cent when compared with $95.9 billion for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first two months of 2020 was $6.3 billion, an increase of 70 per cent when compared with $3.7 billion for the same period last year.
• There were 24* newly listed companies for the first two months of 2020, no change when compared with 24* for the same period last year.
• Total funds raised for the first two months of 2020 was $61.9 billion, an increase of 170 per cent when compared with $22.9 billion for the same period last year.