CBOE CEO, Ed Tilly, sees more exchange consolidation coming. "The synergies that are inherent in a deal in the exchange space — because at the end of the day these are huge technology companies — still make sense." Reported by Financial News.
CME changed the payment date for its $3.50 annual variable dividend to 16-Jan-2018 from 15-Jan-2018.
CME will require a 47% initial margin on Bitcoin futures and a 43% maintenance margin.
CBOE created the Cboe Gemini Bitcoin Futures Index, a new strategy performance benchmark index that replicates a constant one-month position in Cboe XBTSM Bitcoin Futures.
ICE Clear Credit, ICE Clear US and ICE Clear Europe are considering using customer funds to invest in French and German sovereign debt, reported by Global Investor.
DB1: EEX Exchange Council approved new contracts including a Liquid Milk contract as well as the introduction of further short term power contracts.
ENX won recognition by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) to provide Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) and Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) services.
LSE: shareholder advisory group PIRC recommended that shareholders abstain in a vote to oust chairman Donald Brydon according to Reuters.
SGX cleared the world’s first futures contract for LNG delivered to Dubai, Kuwait and India.
DB1 and several associations warned that MiFID ll rules on the provision of research services will fundamentally change and will cause challenges to smaller issuers.
DB1: Eurex received approval to launch a settled-to-market model for OTC IRS trades, letting subscribers use variation-margin payments in disbursement. Reported by FOW.
CME post-trade head, Kim Taylor, will retire at year-end, according to Reuters.
trueEx's post-trade processing arm, TruePTS, signed Citigroup and JP Morgan as its first clients after the platform resolved a legal dispute with legacy post trade provider, IHS Markit.
Vanguard plans to use blockchain in index data updates. . SIFMA expects the SEC to allow broker-dealers to submit client-trading information without revealing personal identifiers attached to each individual investor, according to Bloomberg.
European Commission allowed European investors to continue trading in shares listed in stock exchanges in the United States, Australia and Hong Kong after MiFID II comes into force on 3-Jan.
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