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SGX Index Edge To Calculate Nikkei Asia300 Series

Date 05/10/2016

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Nikkei Inc. (Nikkei) today announced a collaboration that will see SGX Index Edge developing and managing the headline Nikkei Asia300 Index and related indices.

Boerse Stuttgart Generates Turnover Of Around EUR 6.3 Billion In September - Trading In Investment Products Exceeds Total For Previous Month

Date 05/10/2016

Based on the order book statistics, turnover at Boerse Stuttgart in September 2016 was around EUR 6.3 billion. The lion’s share of this total was attributable to securitised derivatives with a trading volume of around EUR 2.7 billion. Within this category, leverage products accounted for roughly EUR 1.2 billion of the total, while investment products contributed over EUR 1.5 billion – an increase of nearly 5 percent on the previous month.

10.5 Billion Dirhams Of Facilities Financing Margin Trading On ADX - The Service Financed A Large Segment Of Traders – Al Blooshi

Date 05/10/2016

The total value of margin trading in Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has reached 10.5 billion Dirhams during the first nine months of 2016.

FCA Publishes Proposals On Transaction Cost Disclosure

Date 05/10/2016

The Financial Conduct Authority has today published proposed rules and guidance aimed at standardising the disclosure of the transaction costs incurred by pension investments.

Investor Activity On GPW Group Markets In September 2016

Date 05/10/2016

• Decrease of the value of trade in equities on the Electronic Order Book[1] on the Main Market by 2.8 percent YoY
  
• Historically high volume of trade in single-stock futures at 178.9 thousand contracts, representing an increase of 58.3 percent YoY
  
• Decrease of the value of trade in bonds on the Electronic Order Book on Catalyst by 9.6 percent YoY 
  
• Increase of the volume of spot transactions in gas by 44.3 percent YoY and the volume of spot transactions in electricity by 25.8 percent YoY

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission Bans Chen Chia Hui For Life

Date 05/10/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Ms Chen Chia Hui, a former employee of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), from re-entering the industry for life following her conviction for bribery.

FCA Fines Aviva Pension Trustees UK Limited And Aviva Wrap UK Limited £8.2m For Client Money And Assets failings

Date 05/10/2016

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Aviva Pension Trustees UK Limited and Aviva Wrap UK Limited (together Aviva) £8,246,800 for failings in its oversight of its outsourced providers in relation to the protection of client assets.

EEX New Participant: Atlantic Cobalt AG

Date 05/10/2016

Atlantic Cobalt AG has been admitted to exchange trading for Phelix Futures/Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures/Options, French Financial Power Futures/Options, Italian Financial Power Futures/Options, Spanish Financial Power Futures/Options, Swiss Financial Power Futures, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Greek Financial Power Futures and Romanian Financial Power Futures.

ICE Data Services Launches Best Execution For Fixed Income In EMEA

Date 05/10/2016

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced ICE Data Services has expanded coverage for its Best Execution service to include sovereign and corporate bonds in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Best Execution leverages ICE’s fixed income Continuous Evaluated Pricing to measure best execution, and offers a trade-by-trade measure of execution quality relative to comparable market transactions.

EEX New Participant: Vattenfall Europe Generation AG

Date 05/10/2016

Vattenfall Europe Generation AG has been admitted to exchange trading for Spot Contracts on Emission Rights (Secondary Market), Futures on Emission Rights, Phelix Futures/Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures/Options, French Financial Power Futures/Options, Italian Financial Power Futures/Options, Spanish Financial Power Futures/Options, Swiss Financial Power Futures, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Greek Financial Power Futures and Romanian Financial Power Futures.