CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the successful launch of S&P 500 and E-mini S&P 500 Monday Weekly options on futures. The total volume through the first two trading days was 5,490 contracts with participation from 10 firms. Open interest reached 5,319 as of today, April 4th. Launched in…
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Forex volume on CME Group it was announced earlier averaged 978,000 contracts per day in March 2017, up 7% from March 2016 and up 28% from February 2017. Last month Brazilian real currency contracts helped drive volume, as the Latin American country's currency has come back after being battered over the past few years. Highlights for March…
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In March 2017, total trading volumes across Moscow Exchange`s markets amounted to RUB 85.3 trln. Turnover grew on the Equity and Bond Market (+55.3%), Money Market (+22.7%) and FX Market (+19.0%). Equity and Bond Market Total trading volumes on the Equity and Bond Market grew by 55.3% to RUB 3,057.0 bln (March 2016: RUB 1,968.8…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 10 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR). The MiFID II Q&A provide clarifications on the following topics: Best execution; Suitability; Post sale reporting; Inducements…
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Rate hike expectations support trading volumes With the release of March's turnover on Deutsche Börse’s cash markets also comes the first quarter report of derivatives exchange Eurex. With further US interest rate hikes on the horizon and a looming end to Quantitative Easing, demand for market instruments to hedge risk has been growing strongly in the first quarter. Hedging…
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The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) published a summary of the feedback submitted in response to the public consultation launched in November 2016 on the future performance simulations offered to retail investors. It is also publishing a draft recommendation and best practices for this area. In November 2016, the AMF launched a consultation on the future…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm The Loan Expert / www.theloan.expert. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of…
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SIX Swiss Exchange just announced that March was the strongest month so far this year in terms of both trading turnover and the number of transactions. However, in January there were two and in February three fewer trading days than in March. But even when this factor is taken into account, the two figures are…
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Turnover on Deutsche Börse's cash markets totalled €135.7 billion in March, a significant increase on the €120.9 billion seen in the same month of 2016. This increase was largely driven by the daily auctions in Xetra trading, which are held at opening, midday and end of trading. Order book turnover in auctions provided 52% of…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that on 24 March 2017, the Index Committee of Moscow Exchange decided to recommend that the Exchange set the following free float coefficients: Ticker Issuer Free float DSKY Detsky mir, ordinary shares 34% EPLN Europlan, ordinary shares 35% FTRE FG FUTURE, ordinary shares 20% The Committee also proposed to consider…
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