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Speech By Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - "How Has The European Equity Market Responded And Performed In The Wake Of Mifid II?"- TradeTech Europe 2018 - 25 April 2018

Date 26/04/2018

Four months after the implementation of MiFID2, I am pleased to see there is still a dynamic and active European equity market. This I say only partly in jest since, in the context of MiFID2, certain markets – I have in mind certain commodities derivatives markets – have actually shifted away from Europe.

CME Group Inc. Reports Record First-Quarter 2018 Financial Results

Date 26/04/2018

• GAAP net income up 50 percent
• Record first-quarter 2018 revenue of $1.1 billion increased 19 percent compared with a strong first-quarter 2017

ELITE Welcomes Eleven New UK Companies To Its Unique High Growth Business Programme

Date 26/04/2018

• Brings total number of UK ELITE firms to over 130
• More than 800 companies from 34 countries make up the global ELITE community
• Demonstrates LSEG’s commitment to supporting the most ambitious firms to prepare for the next stage of growth

HKEX: Special Intra-Day Margin Call In Respect Of The Labour Day

Date 26/04/2018

The Traded Options Market will be closed for business on 1 May 2018. In order to assure that safeguards are in place against potential market risk that may arise during the aforesaid period when some of the major markets are open, the Clearing House has decided to make a special intra-day margin call in respect of all open positions on Monday, 30 April 2018.

FSB Publishes Second Consultation On Unique Product Identifier (UPI) Governance

Date 26/04/2018

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a second consultation on the proposed governance arrangements for the unique product identifier (UPI). This second consultation, which follows an initial consultation in October 2017, sets out proposals for the governance arrangements for a global UPI, as a key harmonised identifier designed to facilitate effective aggregation of transaction reports from over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets.

HKEX: Mandatory Intra-Day Variation Adjustment Call In Respect Of The Labour Day

Date 26/04/2018

All markets operated by the Hong Kong Futures Exchange will be closed for business on 1 May 2018. In order to assure that safeguards are in place against potential market risks that may arise during the aforesaid period when some of the major markets are open, the Clearing House has decided to make a mandatory intra-day variation adjustment call on Clearing Participants in the Hang Seng Index, Mini-Hang Seng Index, HSCEI, Mini-HSCEI, HSI Dividend Point Index, HSCEI Dividend Point Index, USD/CNH Futures and CNH/USD Futures markets on Monday, 30 April 2018.

Russia’s National Settlement Depository (NSD) Receives The Status Of Authorized Depository Of Belarus

Date 26/04/2018

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has received the status of authorized depository of Belarus which allows NSD to record the rights to government securities issued by the Ministry of Finance (on behalf of the Republic of Belarus). Prior to now, NSD clients could accept for custody and settle trades only on Belarusian issuers’ corporate bonds and shares.

High-Growth Tech Firm Metamako Buys xCelor’s Hardware Business

Date 26/04/2018

Metamako, provider of the world’s leading low-latency, FPGA-enabled network solutions, announced today the acquisition of xCelor’s network device business. In a clear strategic move Metamako is making its first acquisition, strengthening its position as the premier network technology platform for companies developing and deploying high-performance applications. xCelor will now concentrate on its applications business, providing its apps on the Metamako hardware. This is further testament to Metamako becoming the solution of choice for running cutting-edge network/FPGA applications.

Capitolis Goes Live With Foreign Exchange Credit Switching - Innovative Launch With Leading Institutions Citi, Jefferies And FXCM

Date 26/04/2018

• Opens the market to more providers of capital, for the benefit of all
• Established players in the industry attracted by Capitolis’ proven expertise in finance, coupled with innovative peer-to-peer platform model 
• First step in delivering on Capitolis’ vision to better connect appropriate capital with the best collaborative solutions to clients all over the world

Vienna Stock Exchange Adds New Online Info Services: Sentiment Barometer, International News And Video Clips

Date 26/04/2018

• Social media sentiment barometer: Which topics are currently being discussed online?
• Multimedia complements real-time prices: personal videos & radio updates by CEOs
• Invest globally – get information locally: International news agency releases also available