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Eurex Clearing Paving The Way For Digital Collateral Mobilization
Date 23/01/2025
- Eurex Clearing has received non-objection from its regulator BaFin for DLT-supported collateral mobilization for its clients.
- The objective is to ensure that securities collateral can be accessed and utilized instantly to fulfil central counterparties' (CCP) margin requirements, regardless of its physical location.
- The initiative is a collaboration with HQLAX and Clearstream, with J.P. Morgan planning to participate as the pilot clearing member.
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HKEX Welcomes The Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission’s Announcement On Single Stock L&I Products
Date 23/01/2025
HKEX Head of Exchange Traded Products, Jean-Francois Mesnard-Sense, said: “HKEX welcomes the SFC’s announcement today permitting the offering of Single Stock Leveraged and Inverse Products in Hong Kong, making it the first market in Asia to offer these innovative products. This will further enhance our product ecosystem, reinforcing Hong Kong's role as a leading ETP marketplace in Asia. HKEX will work closely with issuers and other stakeholders towards the introduction of this new type of L&I product. HKEX is committed to further enhancing the attractiveness and competitiveness of Hong Kong as an international financial centre, bringing more diversity to the market and more choice for investors.”
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UAE Securities And Commodities Authority Invites Feedback On Transformative Robo-Advisor Regulation
Date 23/01/2025
As part of its leading role in regulating and advancing the UAE’s capital markets—and in keeping with its established practice of seeking input from financial industry partners before finalizing new regulations—the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has published a draft regulation for robo-advisor service on its website, www.sca.gov.ae. It invites stakeholders, experts, and relevant parties to provide their input and insights, which will be carefully considered when shaping the final version of the regulation. To access the draft regulation, please click here.
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Dun & Bradstreet Global Business Optimism Insights Report Reveals Cautious Economic Outlook For Q1 2025 - Slow Economic Growth, Rising Geopolitical Tensions, And Increasing Trade Uncertainties Drive Down Overall Optimism Levels
Date 23/01/2025
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, today released its Q1 2025 Global Business Optimism Insights report. The survey, conducted during November 2024, revealed a 12.9% quarter-over-quarter decline in the Global Business Optimism Index for Q1 2025, reflective of growing concerns over weak economic growth, rising geopolitical risks, and trade policy uncertainties.
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Rostro Group Appoints Saul Knapp As MD, Futures And Options - Rostro Launches DMA Futures & Options Offering
Date 23/01/2025
Rostro Group (www.rostro.com), the diversified fintech and financial services company, has today announced the appointment of Saul Knapp into the newly created post of Managing Director, Futures and Options. Based in London, Saul will also continue in his role as Rostro’s Chief Risk Officer.
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Only 22% Of Organisations Have Implemented Measures To Prevent AI-Driven Identity Fraud - Financial Institutions Must Close The Gap And Invest In AI-Driven Identity Fraud Prevention By 2025.
Date 23/01/2025
As AI-driven identity fraud escalates, Signicat’s report The Battle Against AI-driven Identity Fraud reveals a gap between awareness and action. While over 76% of fraud decision-makers recognise the growing threat of AI in fraud, only 22% of organisations have started implementing AI-driven fraud prevention measures. This delay in action leaves companies vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated fraud techniques as they enter 2025.
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EGX: Finalizing The Second Phase Of Digitizing The Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) System
Date 23/01/2025
As part of The Egyptian Exchange's (EGX) Board of Directors' development strategy and the implementation of target (32)—which aims to "develop an automated system to replace the manual processes for GDR transactions, establish connectivity with Misr for Central Clearing, Depository, and Registry (MCDR), brokerage firms, and custodians, and enhance the regulations governing GDR transactions"—the EGX's IT Team, in collaboration with the Operations team and MCDR, has developed a fully digital system for GDR operations. This system digitizes all current procedures to eliminate the need for email submissions of required documents to EGX and MCDR, minimize human intervention, and improve operational quality and efficiency to accommodate current and future increases in transaction volume.This initiative builds on the cumulative efforts of successive EGX administrations to enhance work systems and performance, while preserving and building upon previous achievements to establish a strong institutional work culture. Notably, EGX was the first exchange in the region to handle GDR transactions, beginning in 1996.
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Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Summary
Date 23/01/2025
The average daily trading volume for the period 19/01 – 23/01 reached JD (4.9) million compared to JD (6.5) million for the last week, a decrease of (24.1%). The total trading volume during the week reached JD(24.6) million compared to JD (32.4) million during the last week. Trading a total of (14.6) million shares through (9885) transactions.
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Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Expands Listed Structured Fund Offerings In Hong Kong
Date 23/01/2025
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today sets out new regulatory requirements in a circular for product issuers, with a view to broadening the range of listed structured funds that may be offered to the public in Hong Kong, notably adding to their product mix Single Stock Leveraged and Inverse (L&I) Products and Defined Outcome Listed Structured Funds.
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The Shanghai Stock Exchange Holds A Special Training Course For Institutional Investors And Updates The List Of Co-Signing Institutions For The "Three Investments" Proposal
Date 23/01/2025
From January 16 to 17, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), together with the Shanghai Asset Management Association (SAMA), held the first special training course for institutional investors in 2025 on the SSE and updated and released the list of co-signing institutions of the Proposal for Rational Investment, Value Investment, and Long-term Investment in the Capital Market. Through special training and further expanding the co-signing scope of the Proposal, SSE aims to guide institutional investors to practice the "Three Investments" concept and implement the memorandum arrangements by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government regarding the cooperation mechanism for capital market's support for accelerating the construction of the "Five Centers" in Shanghai. The Shanghai Office of CSRC participated in the preparation of the special training course as a supporting unit. Eighty-one senior and mid-level managers from member institutions of the SAMA participated in the training course, with the types of institutions covering bank wealth management, securities asset management, public and private equity funds, insurance asset management, trust institutions, and industrial funds, among others.
