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Europex Response To ACER’s Public Consultation On The “Proposed Changes To Electronic Formats For Transaction Data, Fundamental Data And Inside Information Reporting”

Date 11/12/2017

Europex supports the effort of ACER to enhance data quality for monitoring purposes and to implement a simplification of the reporting format. Despite these improvements, however, Europex would like to highlight that any changes to the already established reporting format will create implementation costs which will be passed on to market participants and end consumers; increase system operation risks and potentially affect the reliability of reporting market participants’ data to the ACER system.

TOCOM: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For December 2017 Rubber Contract

Date 11/12/2017

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the December 2017 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,

CISI Welcomes HM Treasury Support For Asset Management Centres Of Excellence In UK Universities To Address Skills Shortages

Date 11/12/2017

The CISI (Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment) welcomes the HM Treasury plans to support asset management Centres of Excellence in UK universities across the country, in collaboration with the Investment Association.

HKEX: Risk Management Arrangements In Respect Of The Christmas Holiday

Date 11/12/2017

The Traded Options Market will be closed for business from 25 to 26 December 2017. In order to assure that safeguards are in place against potential market risk that may arise during the aforesaid periods when some of the major markets are open, the Clearing House has decided to adopt the following risk management measures:

Thomson Reuters Survey Reveals 40% Of Businesses Say Brexit Is Impacting Strategic Planning - No Brexit Deal Actively Planned For By 38% Of Businesses

Date 11/12/2017

A Thomson Reuters survey of 150 Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) across the UK and Europe has revealed that Brexit is now impacting the strategic planning of 40% of businesses; this represents an increase of almost 10% since the survey in July.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Sets Out Its Approach To Authorisation And Its Approach To Competition

Date 11/12/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its approach to authorisation and its approach to competition.

Deutsche Börse AG Turns 25

Date 11/12/2017

Intercontinental Exchange Appoints Boudewijn Duinstra As Head Of First Line Clearing Risk For ICE Clear Europe

Date 11/12/2017

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that Boudewijn Duinstra has joined ICE Clear Europe as Head of First Line Clearing Risk.

R.J. O’Brien Becomes Latest Distributor Of Fidessa Workstation

Date 11/12/2017

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that R.J. O'Brien has signed a global agreement to distribute Fidessa's award-winning futures and options workstation in order to meet demand from its institutional clients, initially in the UK and Europe. R.J. O’Brien is one of the largest independent futures brokerages and one of the world's premier clearers specialising in exchange-traded futures and options.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Issues Reminder On Cryptocurrency-Related Products And Derivatives

Date 11/12/2017

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a circular which cautions investors of the risks associated with Bitcoin futures contracts and other cryptocurrency-related investment products (Note 1) and reminds financial service providers of the legal and regulatory requirements when they target customers in Hong Kong.