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DFM Signs MoU With (Shurooq) To Streamline Sharjah’s Private And Family Businesses Access To Capital Markets

Date 04/12/2017

• HE/ Essa Kazim: “This agreement is a significant step in our efforts to realize the strategic objective of attracting businesses from diversified economic sector to the market”
• HE/ Marwan Al Sarkal: “The listing of family companies will achieve many economic objectives, both for owners and for the national economy as it will create new opportunities and helps ensure sustainability”

Newsletter From The Federation Of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges November 2017

Date 04/12/2017

This year FEAS organized its 24th Annual General Assembly in Yerevan, Armenia. The Secretariat of FEAS hosted more than 40 participants from almost 20 countries of the world. 

BNP Paribas Asset Management Further Strengthens ETF & Indexed Fund Solutions Sales Team With New Hire

Date 04/12/2017

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Elodie Lelief to its ETF & Indexed Fund Solutions sales team within its newly-created Multi-asset, Quantitative & Solutions (‘MAQS’) investment group, to support growing client demand.

EEX Trading Results For November 2017 - Monthly Record In PXE And Phelix-DE Power Futures

Date 04/12/2017

In November 2017, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a total volume of 276.6 TWh on its power derivatives markets (November 2016: 423.2 TWh). The November volume comprised 163.8 TWh traded at EEX via Trade Registration with subsequent clearing. Clearing and settlement of all exchange transactions was executed by European Commodity Clearing (ECC).

Dundon Drives Strategic FX Projects At Exegy

Date 04/12/2017

Exegy Inc., a leading provider of managed services and technology for low-latency financial market data, has hired Karl Dundon as a global FX Product Manager, reporting directly to chief technology officer David Taylor. In this role, Mr. Dundon is responsible for leading the ideation, technical development, and launch of new Exegy real-time data products and services for electronic currency trading. “As an industry veteran, Karl brings over twenty years of experience as an FX trader and innovator of leading FX trading platforms. His deep market knowledge and industry relationships are invaluable to our strategic efforts to expand our products and services in the rapidly evolving electronic FX and OTC markets,” said Taylor.

Assessing The Value Of Financial Advice - Speech By Megan Butler, Director Of Supervision - Investment, Wholesale And Specialists At The FCA, Delivered To The Personal Investment Management And Financial Advice Association (PIMFA) In London

Date 04/12/2017

Highlights:

• Financial advice and investment management is of unprecedented importance to society, now more than ever.
• The FCA is particularly active in two key areas at present: defined benefit to defined contribution transfer advice and high risk investments.
• Information sharing with industry is vital to the FCA, as the intelligence we receive helps define our work.

WEBB Trades On SIX Swiss Exchange - By Joining The Swiss Stock Exchange, WEBB Traders B.V. Now Has Access To The Efficient And Liquid Marketplace For Swiss And International Securities

Date 04/12/2017

Today, SIX Swiss Exchange welcomes WEBB Traders B.V. as a new trading participant. WEBB is short for 'Worldwide Electronic Bulls & Bears' and was founded in 2009. It is a fast growing global proprietary trading company and market maker, active in electronic trading on leading international equity and derivatives exchanges. Headquartered in Amsterdam with offices in Paris and London, WEBB trades on regional and US markets.

Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) Signs Post-Trade Technology Transformation Agreement With Nasdaq - Saudi Stock Exchange Will Transform Its Post-Trade Infrastructure - Nasdaq To Deliver New Cash And Derivatives Clearing, Central Securities Depository (CSD) And Post-Trade Risk Management Technologies

Date 04/12/2017

The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) and Nasdaq have officially signed an agreement to transform Tadawul’s post-trade technology infrastructure, which includes registry, depository and risk management technologies. In addition to the post-trade area, Nasdaq will continue to support the existing trading and market surveillance technology at Tadawul.

DCE Launches 24 Commodity Futures Indexes

Date 04/12/2017

Recently, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) launched 24 commodity futures indexes, and so far DCE has published a total of 36 indexes of the commodity futures. According to the sources, the newly launched 24 indexes are all the single commodity indexes, including the 2 series: the price indexes of single commodity futures and the price indexes of dominant contracts of single commodity futures

HKEX And SZSE Hold Seminar To Celebrate The 1st Anniversary Of Shenzhen Connect

Date 04/12/2017

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and China Securities Depository and Clearing Co Ltd (CSDC) co-hosted a seminar in Shenzhen on 2 December to celebrate the first anniversary of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect and explore ways to further improve the Connect programme.