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Graystone Asset Management Partners With Trading Technologies To Utilize TT’s New Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS) Solution For Low-Latency Connectivity To Global Exchanges

Date 21/02/2019

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, today announced that Graystone Asset Management Ltd, an investment management and advisory firm, has contracted with Trading Technologies to secure ultra-low-latency connectivity to leading exchanges through TT’s new Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution. With this offering, Graystone Asset Management will leverage TT’s existing colocation facilities and deterministic fiber network to participate in international derivatives and cryptocurrency markets.

TSX Venture Exchange Announces The 2019 TSX Venture 50 - Market Open Ceremony To Be Held On February 22 To Celebrate TSXV's Top Performing Companies

Date 21/02/2019

TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) is pleased to announce the 2019 TSX Venture 50 - an annual showcase of top performing companies from five industry sectors: Clean Technology and Life Sciences, Diversified Industries, Energy, Mining, and Technology. Representatives of the TSX Venture 50 companies will join TMX Group executives at a market open ceremony on Friday, February 22, at 9:30 a.m. EST to celebrate their achievement.

The Creative Economy - Speech By Andy Haldane, Chief Economist Bank Of England, Given At The Inaugural Glasgow School Of Art Creative Engagement Lecture, The Glasgow School Of Art On 22 November 2018

Date 21/02/2019

The Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane asks if robots will take all our jobs. Not, he says, if we turn our ‘knowledge economy’ into a ‘creative economy’ and rework our education system from ‘universities’ into ‘multiversities’. 

The Role Of CCPs In Evolving Market Structures (Part I) - Useful And Unique In The Global Market Structure. By Erik Müller, CEO Of Eurex Clearing

Date 21/02/2019

The financial crisis revealed that the concentration and interconnectedness of banks could prove problematic if these leveraged businesses add outsized incremental leverage. It is particularly difficult to manage where such risk transfer or acquisition occurs outside organized and regulated markets or financial market infrastructures. While even some of the larger players needed support from investors, governments or taxpayers, the same was not true for market infrastructure providers.

BME Admits To Trading BBVA's New Green Bonds

Date 21/02/2019

BME’s Fixed Income Market has admitted to trading a new structured green bond issue by BBVA for an amount of 35 million euros. It is a private placement made under the "Structured Medium Term Note Programme", a 2 billion-euro structured bonds Issuance Programme currently managed by BBVA Global Markets.

CESC Announces To Launch CES Greater Bay Area Index

Date 21/02/2019

China Exchanges Services Company Limited (CESC) today announced it plans to soon launch the CES Greater Bay Area Index, an index designed to capture the performance of companies that benefit from the Greater Bay Area’s development and are listed in Hong Kong or Mainland China.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Issues Its First Decision Under Competition Law

Date 21/02/2019

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today issued a decision which finds that 3 asset management firms breached competition law. This is the FCA’s first formal decision under its competition enforcement powers.

Circular Of Shanghai International Energy Exchange On The Price Limit Update For SC1903

Date 21/02/2019

Shanghai International Energy Exchange, the subsidiary of Shanghai Futures Exchange has released its Circular on the Price Limit Adjustment for SC1903 on February 19, 2019.

Value Of Claims Brought To DIFC Courts Exceeds AED 10 Billion In 2018

Date 21/02/2019

• DIFC Courts heard 670 cases across all divisions in 2018, revealing a 29% increase year-on-year, with the overall value increasing by 422%
• Steady growth in 2018 was driven by the Court of First Instance (CFI), with the total value of claims amounting to AED 10.2 billion
• 2018 was marked by DIFC Courts’ commitment to innovation and to forging international judicial and academic partnerships

Shanghai Futures Exchange: Notice On Investigation And Penalties For Violations Of Relevant Rules And Regulations In January 2019

Date 21/02/2019

To strengthen risk management and frontline regulation of the futures market, well regulate futures trading behaviors and protect the legitimate interests of the market participants, Shanghai Futures Exchange (hereinafter referred to as “The Exchange”) has made continuous efforts to investigate and penalize violations of relevant rules and regulations.