Fong currently serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of 3M Company, a position he has held since June 2019. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel of 3M Company between 2012 and 2019. Before joining 3M Company, Fong was General Counsel of the US Department of Homeland Security…
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Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, is planning a launch of a new blockchain trading platform and a native token Sberbcoin. Russian business news outlet RBC reported on Monday that Sberbank plans to release its digital currency Sberbcoin in 2021 around the same time as the Russian Central Bank prepares the launch of the digital ruble. Sberbank has…
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Stock markets globally gained yesterday as Democratic nominee Joe Biden neared victory in the US presidential election. On a monumental day that saw Biden gather the most votes of any Presidential candidate in history, US stock futures then extended those gains yesterday evening as more states turned blue. The big winners were technology giants and…
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Cboe’s October highlights include: Cboe C2 Options Exchange set a new monthly volume record with 22.3 million contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 21.5 million contracts set in September 2020. ADV in Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) options was 492,200 contracts, up 35% MoM and up 21% YoY. ADV in Mini-SPX options (XSP) reached 29,868 contracts,…
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Edward T. Tilly, Cboe Global Markets Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer commented: Our third quarter results highlight continued robust engagement among retail customers offset by decreased trading among institutional investors as a result of ongoing uncertainty regarding the global macro-environment. We continued throughout the quarter to diversify our products and services for customers of…
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CLS, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has released its operating metrics for September 2020. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD 1.785 trillion, up 8.2% from USD1.649 trillion in August 2020. TMX Group Limited announced Moe Kermani and Claude Tessier as the company’s newest additions…
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Ed Tilly, Cboe Global Markets Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer said: We are pleased to build upon our innovative and successful partnership with BIDS Trading, which began with the 2016 launch of Cboe LIS, now one of the largest European equities block trading platforms. The acquisition complements our US equities trading business by expanding…
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Global commodities specialist Marex Spectron announced the appointment of Phillip Price as head of ferrous metals trading. At his new position, Price will report to Simon van Den Born, President of the Group. Price joined the firm in September 2020 and has been instrumental in the development of the global steel derivatives market over the past…
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Cboe’s September highlights include: Total options volume up 34% YoY; ADV in SPX options, VIX futures and VIX options up 20%, 22% and 5%, respectively; Total U.S. equities volume up 34% YoY.
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Global digital asset exchange, Gate.io announced its partnership with crypto-friendly hotel booking platform Travala.com to integrate GateToken (GT) on the travel website’s platform. Users of the website can book more than 2.2 million hotels across 230 countries. Travala.com will accept crypto assets including GateToken, Bitcoin, Ethereum and AVA (Travala’s native cryptocurrency for bookings). Digital wealth manager…
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