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Nigerian Stock Exchange Celebrates World Cancer Day, Launches Fundraiser For 2020 NSE Corporate Challenge

Date 04/02/2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE” or “The Exchange”), joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Cancer Day by hosting cancer change agents and survivors in a Closing Gong Ceremony on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at the Exchange House in Lagos.

Deutsche Börse: Qontigo Names Brian Rosenberg As Chief Revenue Officer

Date 04/02/2020

Financial intelligence provider Qontigo, part of Deutsche Börse Group, announced today the appointment of Brian Rosenberg to the newly created position of Chief Revenue Officer. Rosenberg will lead Qontigo’s sales, marketing, applied-research and customer-experience teams across its global index and analytics business and will report to Sebastian Ceria, Chief Executive Officer.

Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer: Expectations For Improved Trade With China Sends Farmer Sentiment Soaring

Date 04/02/2020

There was a sharp rise in agricultural producer sentiment in January as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose 17 points from December to a reading of 167. Although the Index of Current Conditions was essentially unchanged, up one point to a reading of 142, the Index of Future Expectations jumped significantly, up 24 points since December to a reading of 179. The sentiment improvement took place as the Phase One Trade Agreement between the U.S. and China was being discussed and signed in mid-January. The Ag Economy Barometer is based on a mid-month survey of 400 U.S. agricultural producers and was conducted from January 13-17, 2020.

Nigerian Stock Exchange, SEC Train Capital Market Operators On Legal And Regulatory Requirements For The Derivatives Market

Date 04/02/2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE” or “The Exchange”) organised a Workshop on the legal and regulatory requirements of Derivatives trading for capital market operators on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at the Exchange House in Lagos.

ESMA Amends Guidelines To Further Harmonise The Enforcement Of Financial Information By National Regulators

Date 04/02/2020

The European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an amended version of its guidelines on enforcement of financial information. The Guidelines apply to national competent authorities’ (NCAs) enforcement of financial information which issuers, listed on regulated markets, are required to publish under the Transparency Directive.

DTCC Launches New API Marketplace To Transform How Clients Access Services - New Marketplace Will Foster Increased Innovation And Collaboration Across Developer And Business Communities

Date 04/02/2020

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the launch of its Application Programming Interface (API) Marketplace (‘Marketplace’) to provide its clients, partners and internal developers with a single, central location for APIs developed by DTCC, streamlining access to services and improving the user experience.

TNS Managed Hosting Solution Now Live At HKEX Hosting Data Center

Date 04/02/2020

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has today announced that its industry-leading TNSXpress Managed Hosting solution is now live at the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing’s (HKEX) hosting data center.

Bank Of England: Results Of The Semi-Annual FX Turnover Surveys In October 2019

Date 04/02/2020

See the headline results from an October 2019 survey of 27 financial institutions that are active in the UK foreign exchange market.

Investor Activity On GPW Group Markets – January 2020

Date 04/02/2020

• Decrease of the value of trade in equities on the Electronic Order Book^[1] on the GPW Main Market by 8.9% YoY to PLN 18.1 billion in January 2020
• Increase of the total volume of trade in derivatives by 3.3% YoY to 586.4 thousand contracts in January 2020
• Increase of the value of non-Treasury bonds listed on Catalyst by 7.8% to PLN 91.3 billion in January 2020
• Increase of the total volume of trade in electricity by 61.2% to 14.0 TWh in January 2020
• Increase of the total volume of trade in gas by 14.4% YoY to 11.1 TWh in January 2020

ESMA Advises The European Commission On Product Intervention

Date 04/02/2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities market regulator, today publishes its final Report on product intervention requirements under MiFIR.