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DGCX And FXCM Group Sign Mou To Collaborate On New FX Products

Date 18/12/2018

The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) and FXCM Group, LLC(FXCM Group or FXCM), a leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, bitcoin and related services, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), agreeing to collaborate on launching new and innovative FX products on the DGCX.

Taiwan Futures Exchange Newsletter- December 2018

Date 18/12/2018

In November TAIFEX introduced Electronic Sector Index futures in the after-hour session to be in line with its strategy to offer more products in night session to better serve the market. Since its launch in 2017, TAIFEX after-hour session has demonstrated a strong growth by seeing its trading volume climbing up to 20% of the regular session this year, as well as a surge in foreign participation from 11% in 2017 to 21% in 2018. Particularly, the dramatically increasing trading volume in the after-hour session is expected to boost TAIFEX average daily trading volume in 2018 to a record high level, surpassing 1.25 million contracts per day. 

FIX Trading Community Collaborates With Trade Associations For The London EMEA Trading Conference In March 2019 Including AFME, ICMA, EDMA And BVI

Date 18/12/2018

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced that the EMEA Trading Conference on 14th March 2019 will be held in association with a number of Trade Associations, including: The Association for Financial Markets in Europe, AFME, International Capital Market Association, ICMA, the European Debt Market Association, EDMA, and the German Investment Funds Association, BVI.

creditshelf Launches First Digital Securitisation Of SME Loans Together With Crosslend

Date 18/12/2018

• Digital securitisation of credit claims that have originated on the creditshelf platform by new partner CrossLend 

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Announces Proposals To Fundamentally Reform The Way Banks Charge For Overdrafts And Extends Protections For Other High-Cost Credit Products

Date 18/12/2018

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced the next package of measures forming part of its high-cost credit review. It has announced proposals to change how banks charge for overdrafts, which would bring to an end to banks charging higher prices for unarranged overdrafts. Alongside this the FCA has published the results of its review into the retail banking market.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority: The Financial Services Contracts Regime

Date 18/12/2018

The Government has published draft legislation(link is external) for the financial services contracts regime (FSCR). If the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement, this will enable firms who do not enter the temporary permissions regime to wind down their UK business in an orderly fashion.

Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission And China Securities Regulatory Commission Hold High-Level Meeting On Enforcement Cooperation

Date 18/12/2018

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) held the seventh regular high-level meeting in Hong Kong recently to discuss a range of matters concerning cross-boundary enforcement cooperation.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Two Men Convicted On Crimes Act Charges

Date 18/12/2018

Two men have been found guilty at Tauranga District Court on charges filed by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA).

Scott W. Bauguess, Deputy Director Of The SEC Division Of Economic And Risk Analysis, To Leave The Agency After A Decade Of Service

Date 17/12/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Scott W. Bauguess, Deputy Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) and Deputy Chief Economist, will leave the agency in January after more than 11 years of service. Dr. Bauguess joined the division in 2007 as a financial economist, assumed leadership of DERA's Office of Corporate Finance in 2011, and was appointed Deputy Director in 2013. In 2017, Dr. Bauguess served as the agency's Acting Director of DERA and its Acting Chief Economist.

The MiG Report - TSX, TSX Venture Exchange

Date 17/12/2018