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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Regular Imposition Of Delivery Month Charge (Rubber Market)

Date 08/08/2017

Due to the significant price fluctuation in the current contract month of the rubber market since last December, TOCOM has decided to have participants deposit Delivery Month Charge from September 2017 contract.  Said charge will be applied from the 1st day of the month, and the amount will be equivalent to half the amount of Price Scan Range (PSR).

LCH SA And Euronext N.V. To Sign Binding Terms For Continued Provision Of Derivatives Clearing Services

Date 08/08/2017

• New 10-year long-term derivatives clearing agreement for listed financial and commodity derivatives
• Improved value proposition for customers, including reduced clearing fees and providing continuity of service
• Improved operational flexibility and economic returns for LCH SA  
• Euronext to swap current 2.3% stake in LCH Group for an 11.1% minority stake in LCH SA
• LCH SA to implement MillenniumIT for listed derivatives enhancing resiliency and efficiency for the Group
• Agreement expected to be signed in Q4 2017

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics For July 2017

Date 08/08/2017

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics for July 2017 is now available:

For Main Market Statistics click here
For NewConnect Alternative Market Statistics click click here

KyberNetwork Introduces A Secure, Decentralized, Cryptocurrency Exchange

Date 08/08/2017

• Centralized cryptocurrency exchanges are under attack. The solution is a platform that is completely ‘trustless’ and secure, built on the very technology that is being traded in these exchanges.  KyberNetwork is a new exchange that leverages the Ethereum blockchain, instant trades, low fees and high liquidity and allows the trading of any cryptocurrency while supporting complex financial transactions like derivative options and forward contracts.
• Cryptocurrencies have exploded onto the global technology and financial scene in 2017.  As of August, 2017, there are over 800 different cryptocurrencies with a total market capitalization of over $80 Billion according to CoinMarketCap.  However, with this growth has come incredible multi-million dollar hacks on cryptocurrency exchanges like Bitfinex, Bithumb, Mt. Gox, and many others.

Thomson Reuters – Empowering African Business - Africa Summit To Tackle Disruption

Date 08/08/2017

For the 6th consecutive year the Thomson Reuters Africa Summit will bring together a network of Africa’s best thinkers, visionaries and thought leaders, to address key challenges and discover vast opportunities, through experiential learning, technology, knowledge sharing and debating optimal solutions for empowering and to bolster Africa’s continued success.

The Amman Stock Exchange Has Issued A Brochure On Sustainability

Date 08/08/2017

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) Mr. Nader Azar said that "as part of the ASE's policy to continue its efforts to have a financial market in line with the best international practices; the ASE has issued a brochure on "Sustainability" (Arabic version).

Trade Opening On The Occasion Of Joining 4 Companies To TASE TA-125 And TA-90 Indices

Date 08/08/2017

The managements of Atreyu Capital Markets, IES Holdings, the Israel Land Development and Carasso Motors opened trading on the morning of August 6 on the occasion of their joining - starting this morning - of TASE's flagship indices, the TA-125 and the TA-90.

Singer Selects Torstone Technology’s MiFIR Solution

Date 08/08/2017

Torstone Technology, the leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announces that N+1 Singer, an independent corporate broking, advisory and trading house focusing on small & mid-cap companies, has selected Torstone’s InfernoRCmodule in order to comply with the transaction reporting obligations of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and its accompanying Regulation (MiFIR).

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Signs MOU With Zhongtai International Futures

Date 08/08/2017

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM) announced on 4 August the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Zhongtai International Futures Limited in Hong Kong on August 3. The MOU will allow for collaboration on mutually beneficial business opportunities. It also opens joint-efforts on projects to increase market liquidity and reliability.

RPMI Railpen To Employ Axioma's Portfolio Optimizer Solution - RPMI Railpen’s Alternative Risk Premia Team Selects Axioma Portfolio Optimizer For Sophistication And Flexibility

Date 08/08/2017

Axioma, a leading provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio management solutions, has entered into an agreement with RPMI Railpen (Railpen) to supply its portfolio optimization solution. Railpen is the investment manager for the Railways Pension Scheme one of the UK's largest and longest established pension funds. Railpen will use Axioma Portfolio Optimizer to model portfolios and risk tolerance and so enhance investment decision making.