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ETFGI Reports That Assets Invested In ETFs And ETPs Listed In Europe Increased By 2.13% During July 2018 To Reach US$827 Billion

Date 14/08/2018

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe increased by 2.13% during July 2018 to reach US$827 billion at the end of the month. The increase followed 5 months of assets declining from a high of US$858 billion at the end of January to a low of US$810 billion at the end of June. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority And The Pensions Regulator: Regulators Warn Public Of Pension Scammer Tactics As Victims Report Losing An Average Of £91,000 In 2017

Date 14/08/2018

A new campaign to tackle pension scams launches today as the latest figures reveal that victims of pension scammers lost an average of £91,000 each in 2017.
The World’s First Hybrid Cryptocurrency Derivatives Trading Platform Goes Live

Date 14/08/2018

Traders around the globe now have access to the world’s first hybrid cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, Blockchain Board of Derivatives (BBOD), which launched Friday, 3 August in partnership with GMEX Technologies enabled by its GMEX Fusion Technology Suite.
Decision In The Case Stated Procedure Between New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority And The Administrators Of CBL Corporation Limited

Date 14/08/2018

The High Court has found that an issuer’s continuous disclosure obligations do not apply during administration.
2018 Yunnan Municipal Bonds And The First Special Bond Of Higher Learning National-wide Have Successful Issue By Tender On Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Date 14/08/2018

On August 10, Yunnan Provincial Government made a successful issue by tender of 14.5-billion-yuan municipal bonds through the SZSE Municipal Bond Issue System, Ministry of Finance. This is the first time for Yunnan Provincial Government to issue municipal bonds on SZSE. In particular, the provincial higher learning special bond is another innovative variety of special municipal bonds the Ministry of Finance designs to promote the gross balance between project income and financing. In addition, it is the first provincial public higher learning special bond nation-wide right after the special bonds of land reserves, governmental toll roads, shantytown reconstruction and rail traffic.

Reuters Renews Partnership With USA TODAY Sports Images

Date 13/08/2018

Reuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news provider, today announced that it has renewed its partnership with USA TODAY Sports Images into 2023, as part of its commitment to growing the Reuters Sports offering. Reuters will license and distribute USA TODAY Sports Images photography coverage of North America sporting events of regional, national and global interest to Reuters customers and readers.
FIA And FIA PTG Urge CFTC To Retain Current De Minimis Level For Swap Dealer Definition

Date 13/08/2018

FIA and the FIA Principal Traders Group (together, FIA) today urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to retain the current $8 billion de minimis threshold for swap dealer registration and to modify the calculation methodology to better align it with the goals of a well-regulated derivatives market. Among the modifications, FIA supports efforts to except exchange-traded and/or cleared swaps, financial hedging transactions, and non-deliverable forwards from the calculation of the threshold. FIA’s comments are contained in a detailed letter to a proposed rulemaking that was submitted to the CFTC today.
CAVEAT EMPTOR: US Equity Options Market Traders Face Pricing, Transparency, Cost of Execution Issues, Says TABB - With 15 Exchanges And Multiple Pricing Models, Transparency Of Order Flow Can Be Masked By Complexity Of How Orders Are Routed And Executed

Date 13/08/2018

According to new research from TABB Group, “Equity Options: Transparency and Simplicity are Clearly Not the Same,” with no dark pools, hidden trades, internalization schemes and each execution hitting the tape being posted on a licensed and regulated exchange, trading in US equity options has propelled volume to more than 15 million contracts a day in May 2018 alone, as retail customers and firms continue to enter the space.
Bank Of England - RTGS Renewal Programme Call For Interest: Synchronised Settlement

Date 13/08/2018

The Bank is looking to explore the demand for introducing synchronised settlement to the renewed Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) service.
Jones Day Adds Two New Partners In London To Firm's Banking, Finance & Securities Practice

Date 13/08/2018

The global law firm Jones Day continues to expand in Europe's key financial centers with the arrival of Lee Federman and Ewen Scott, who will both join the Firm's Banking, Finance & Securities Practice in its London Office. The arrivals of Messrs. Federman and Scott follow that of Ben Fox, who recently joined Jones Day's Banking, Finance & Securities Practice in Amsterdam, and Dr. Michael Fischer who recently joined the Practice in Frankfurt.