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Bank Of England: Extension Of Mark Carney’s Term As Governor And Reappointment Of Jon Cunliffe As Deputy Governor

Date 11/09/2018

At the request of the Chancellor, the Governor has agreed to extend his term to January 2020.  The exchange of letters is published today.

Nasdaq Financial Framework Technology Extended To Banks And Brokers Worldwide

Date 11/09/2018

• Technology will allow for trading infrastructure and operations outsourcing, as well as trade reporting;
• Supports systematic internalizers, MTFs, OTFs, single dealer and algo trading platforms

Speech By Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive Of The FCA, Delivered At Its 2018 Annual Public Meeting

Date 11/09/2018

Highlights

• Brexit continues to require considerable resource and engagement with firms and other stakeholders.
• The balance of the risks we have to tackle has shifted towards operational risks, including resilience, technological change and financial crime.
• We continue to work on longstanding issues including RBS GRG, HBOS and Connaught.

Deutsche Börse AG: Release Of A Capital Market Information

Date 11/09/2018

In the period from 3 September 2018 to, and including, 7 September 2018, Deutsche Börse AG purchased a number of 133,820 shares within the framework of its ongoing share buy-back program which had been announced by the announcement of 8 August 2018 pursuant to Art. 5 (1) lit. a) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and Art. 2 (1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/1052.

Speech By Charles Randell, Chair, UK Financial Conduct Authority, Delivered At The Annual Public Meeting At The QEII Centre, Westminster.

Date 11/09/2018

Highlights:

• Ten years on since Lehman’s collapsed, we still do not have a settled financial services sector.
• The FCA has tough choices about where to focus its attention and resources, particularly as the external environment develops and changes. 

QuantHouse Announces Global Access Of QuantFEED For Cboe US Equity And Equity Options - Delivering Full Equity And Equity Options Coverage As Part Of Continued US Expansion

Date 11/09/2018

QuantHouse, the leading independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, today announced its QuantFEED and QuantLINK will provide optimized direct access to Cboe market data. 

Taiwan Futures Exchange September Newsletter

Date 11/09/2018

By end of August 2018, TAIFEX’s trading volume surpassed 200 million contracts for the fifth consecutive year, increasing 21.4% YoY to 200,112,455 contracts, with an average daily volume (ADV) of 1,227,684 contracts. Of all, Mini-TAIEX Futures (MTX), TAIEX Futures (TX) as well as Single Stock Futures (STF) were the main drivers with uppermost growth of 64.9%, 39.6% and 37.0% YoY, respectively.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Giving Full Play To Futures’ Functions To Serve Soybean Industry Revitalization

Date 11/09/2018

The “3rd China Soybean Industry International Summit Forum” was held in Harbin on September 4. It was organized by the Heilongjiang Provincial Agricultural Commission, the China Soybean Industry Association, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), Beidahuang Grain Group Co., Ltd. and the Heilong Jiang Provincial Soybean Association, and co-organized by Jiusan Group, Nanhua Futures and Henghua Agricultural Service.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Court Of Appeal Orders Retrial In Insider Dealing Case

Date 11/09/2018

The Court of Appeal has allowed the Securities and Futures Commission’s (SFC) appeal against the Market Misconduct Tribunal’s (MMT) decision that Mr Cheng Chak Ngok, former executive director, chief financial officer and company secretary of ENN Energy Holdings Limited, had not engaged in insider dealing in the shares of China Gas Holdings Limited in 2011 (China Gas).

Cboe Global Markets Launches Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index (IBHY) Futures

Date 11/09/2018

• Cboe IBHY futures are exchange-listed fixed-income instruments designed to allow market participants worldwide to hedge positions and gain exposure to a key segment of the roughly $8.8 trillion corporate bond market
• The new Cboe IBHY futures are the only exchange-listed futures product linked to U.S. corporate bonds
• Cboe today also announced the planned launch of Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index (IBIG) futures  on October 8, 2018, pending regulatory review