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SEC Charges Dallas Company And Its Founders With Defrauding Investors In Unregistered Offering And Operating Unregistered Digital Asset Exchange

Date 29/08/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges with Bitqyck Inc. and its founders, who allegedly defrauded investors in securities offerings of two digital assets, Bitqy and BitqyM, and operated an unregistered exchange to permit trading in one of them, a digital token called Bitqy.  

Eris Front Month OI Hits 120,000 Contracts On August 22nd, Up 64% Since June Roll

Date 29/08/2019

• Open interest (OI) in the live-streaming front Eris contracts continued to surge in Q3, rising 64% from May 31st to August 22nd, when it hit 122,232 contracts. Front month OI stands at 111,317 as of August 28th

• Front contract OI is now 7 times the average front OI observed in Q3'18 (YoY)

• Recent growth is driven by broad-based duration demand across fixed income markets, particularly focused in the Eris 10y (LIYU19)

SEC Investor Advisory Committee To Meet On Sept. 19

Date 29/08/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on Sept. 19.The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room at SEC headquarters at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. and is open to the public. The meeting will be webcast live and archived on the committee’s website for later viewing.  

Tadawul Announces Completion Of Inclusion In The MSCI Emerging Markets Index

Date 29/08/2019

The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announces successfully completing its full inclusion into the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which brings the Kingdom’s weighting to 2.8 % of the index’s total market capitalization, with 31 Saudi listed companies included the Index.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Security RU000A0JWRV9

Date 29/08/2019

As per the Equity Market Risk Parameters Methodology, on 29.08.2019, 13-19 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band and initial margins for the security RU000A0JWRV9 were changed. New values are available at https://www.nationalclearingcentre.com/rates/fondMarketRates/

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 29/08/2019

Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 2 September 2019, the margin levels of the following Futures Contracts shall be as follows: 

SET Signs MoU With IFC To Drive Thai Capital Market Towards Sustainable Development

Date 29/08/2019

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to jointly push the Thai capital market towards sustainability. The cooperation centers on raising awareness of the benefits of sustainable investment products, disclosing information related to sustainability, educating the capital market’s human resource and investors on sustainability, to build ecosystem for sustainability in all dimensions to make the Thai capital market more attractive to investors worldwide.

Moscow Exchange Introduced Zero Fee For Liquidity Consumers On FX Market

Date 29/08/2019

From 2 September, an asymmetric maker/taker fee will apply to USD/RUB trading with today settlement and a "speedbump" mechanism (USDRUB_TDB instrument). This modification is in line with recommendations from the Moscow Exchange FX Market Committee.

State Street Global Markets: Investor Confidence Declined In August By 8.7 Points To 75.9

Date 29/08/2019

State Street Global Markets today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for August 2019.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Invites Applications For New Digital Bank Licences

Date 29/08/2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it will begin accepting applications for new digital bank licences. Interested parties have until 31 December 2019 to submit their applications. This follows the announcement in June 2019 by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Chairman of MAS, that MAS will issue up to two digital full bank licences and three digital wholesale bank licences.