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IPC Partners With RANsquawk To Provide An Innovative And Integrated Solution Delivering Real-Time Market Moving News

Date 02/10/2018

IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, and RANsquawk, an innovative provider of market information, today announced their collaboration to offer a powerful real-time audio and text news feed to users of IPC’s Unigy 360.

PEGAS Trading Volumes In September 2018 - PEGAS Closes September With Its Highest Volume On The Futures Segment In 2018

Date 02/10/2018

PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, saw a strong push on its futures market during the month of September to achieve its highest volume in 2018 on this segment with 96.8 TWh. A total volume of 169.4 TWh was traded over September 2018 (September 2017: 184 TWh), including 173 GWh on the options market. 

Scott Visconti Joins Vela As CTO, Bringing More Than Two Decades Of Trading Technology Expertise

Date 02/10/2018

Vela, a leading independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, today announced that Scott Visconti has joined Vela as CTO, focusing on technology strategy, supporting growth, and the next stage of development of Vela’s product stack, services, and processes.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore’s Cyber Security Advisory Panel Proposes Ways To Enhance Financial Sector Cyber Resilience

Date 02/10/2018

The Cyber Security Advisory Panel (CSAP)1 of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) provided insights and suggestions on how Singapore’s financial sector can harness the benefits of new technologies while remaining cyber resilient. At its second annual meeting chaired by Mr Ravi Menon, Managing Director, MAS, the international panel also provided advice on MAS’ own cyber resilience strategies.

Irish Power Spot Market Launched - EPEX SPOT And ECC Support SEMOpx In Start Of I-SEM Spot Market

Date 02/10/2018

The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT and the clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC) completed their mission to support the Irish power exchange SEMOpx in setting up a Day-Ahead and Intraday market in Ireland and Northern Ireland, including clearing and settlement. The markets were launched on 30 September 2018, with first trading day for delivery on 1 October. Market results can be consulted on the SEMOpx website.

The World Federation Of Exchanges Publishes Report Into Global SME Markets

Date 02/10/2018

The World Federation of Exchanges ("WFE"), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has today published a report (together with a supplementary dataset) entitled ‘An overview of WFE SME markets’, examining the current status of 33 SME markets across 29 WFE member exchanges.

CME Group Averaged 17.5 Million Contracts Per Day In September 2018, Up 3% From September 2017

Date 02/10/2018

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, reached average daily volume (ADV) of 17.5 million contracts per day during September 2018, up 3 percent from September 2017. Open interest at the end of September was 120 million contracts, up 6 percent from September 2017 and up 11 percent from year-end 2017. Third-quarter 2018 ADV reached 15.6 million contracts, down 1 percent from third-quarter 2017.

Avenir Technology Marks First Anniversary Of Powering Vietnam’s Securities Depository - Over 10 Million Contracts Processed In First Year

Date 02/10/2018

Avenir Technology Limited (www.avenir-technology.com), a global developer of post-trade Financial Market Infrastructure solutions, has marked the first anniversary of its cooperation with the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD).

Rolling The Rock: The Cycle Of Deregulation, Crisis And Regulation, Speech By Charles Randell, Chair, Financial Conduct Authority, Delivered At The Association For Financial Markets In Europe (AFME) Annual Conference On 2 October 2018

Date 02/10/2018

Highlights:

• The cycle of deregulation, crisis and regulation is particularly damaging.
• The most important way to avoid a damaging cycle of deregulation, crisis and regulation is to keep an open mind about the shortcomings of our existing rules.
• We need to have the humility and the confidence to acknowledge that we do not always know best and that our past decisions have not always been optimal.
• We should try to ensure that the total programme of regulatory change is phased and coordinated in a proportionate way.
• The FCA does not see the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union as an opportunity to join a race to the bottom in regulatory standards – quite the contrary.

Dolfin Rings In Its Membership At The Malta Stock Exchange

Date 02/10/2018

Dolfin, an independent and agile wealth management platform, announced today that its Maltese unit, Dolfin Asset Services Ltd, has become a member of the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE). Dolfin CEO Denis Nagy took part in the MSE’s traditional ringing of the bell ceremony this morning to mark the occasion.