Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) today announced the launch of options contracts on the OMX Stockholm 30 ESG index. With the new contracts, Nasdaq’s ESG derivatives offering now includes both options and futures contracts based on the world´s first ESG benchmark index, which has grown into one of the most traded indexes in Europe since being launched in…
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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has served an initial enforcement order under section 72(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002 in relation to the anticipated acquisition of IHS Markit Ltd. by S&P Global Inc. Let’s recall that, on 20 October 2021, the parties offered undertakings in lieu of reference to the CMA for the purposes…
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Global institutional investment network Liquidnet today announced the appointment of Nicholas Stephan as Global Head of Fixed Income Product, Services and Dealer Relations. The appointment is the latest in a series of hires in EMEA and the Americas that has significantly increased the size and expertise of the fixed income team since Liquidnet’s acquisition by…
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FNG Exclusive… The copy trading world is getting a little more crowded. FNG has learned that Michael Berman, the longtime CEO of Australia based trading strategies provider PsyQuation, has launched a new licensed copy trading venture called Ditto, at website ditto.trade. Michael Berman
Sydney, Australia based online CFDs broker TMGM has announced that it is the Official Online Trading Platform of the upcoming AFF Suzuki Cup. The AFF Suzuki Cup is a biennial football competition organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). Through this deal brokered by SPORTFIVE, the exclusive commercial partner of the AFF Suzuki Cup, TMGM…
ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour has warned companies about regulatory risks when engaging the services of financial influencers (finfluencers). For some listed companies, finfluencer collaborations may seem like a fast, effective way to promote issued securities to the next generation of young retail investors. However, companies should be cautious when engaging finfluencers — as part of…
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Schroders today announced the appointment of Henrik Zeffer, who joins as a Senior Client Director to further strengthen the firm’s client relationship capabilities in the Nordics. Henrik Zeffer will assume an instrumental role in continuing to build a strong institutional and intermediary footprint across the Nordic region leveraging Schroders decades of experience in servicing local…
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ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) has launched its U.S. dollar SOFR ICE Swap Rate for use as a benchmark in financial contracts and financial instruments by licensees. The launch of the U.S. dollar SOFR ICE Swap Rate benchmark follows the successful publication of U.S. dollar SOFR ICE Swap Rate settings on an indicative, ‘Beta’ basis…
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Shortly after Euronext posted its new strategic plan, which, inter alia, concerns its clearing activities, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) issued a comment on the plan. In particular, LSEG noted Euronext’s clearing arrangements with LCH SA. In outlining its plan, Euronext says it has been, until now, the only market infrastructure that does not directly…
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Euronext today released its new three-year strategic plan, “Growth for Impact 2024”. It sets out the Group’s ambition to build the leading market infrastructure in Europe. The Group aims to make an impact on its industry and its ecosystem to shape capital markets for future generations. The “Growth for Impact 2024” strategic plan translates into the…
