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Overseas investor participation in HKEx's Securities Market remains high
Overseas investor participation in the securities market of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) remained high despite the market downturn during the global financial crisis, according to HKEx's Cash Market Transaction Survey 2008/09 (covering HKEx's securities market turnover from October 2008 to September 2009).
11 March 2010
National Stock Exchange of India and CME Group announce cross-listing relationship
The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), the largest stock exchange in India, and CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced cross-listing arrangements, including license agreements covering benchmark indexes for U.S. and Indian equities. The parties have also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with respect to other areas of potential co-operation, including related to development and distribution of financial products and services.
11 March 2010
Deutsche Börse to expand product offering on Xetra International Market Pan
European trading platform offers additional securities from markets already connected - additional ten countries to also be covered
10 March 2010
New York Stock Exchange’s next-generation trading floor goes live
The first phase of New York Stock Exchange’s next-generation trading floor went live today, with traders working for the first time from a workspace custom redesigned for the NYSE’s blend of high-tech, high-touch trading.
9 March 2010
CBOE grants license for volatility indexes to CME Group
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that it has entered into a license agreement with CME Group that extends the reach of CBOE's volatility franchise. CBOE will apply its proprietary CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) methodology to price data of, initially, up to five products that will be listed on one of CME Group's exchanges and create new volatility benchmark indexes that it will license for use to CME Group. CBOE also will disseminate real-time data on the new benchmark indexes to CME Group and industry data providers.
9 March 2010
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Expansion of TRACE in the U.S. fixed-income OTC market
Trade reporting and market transparency in the U.S. fixed income OTC market will expand substantially this year as trade reporting encompasses entire new classes of debt. Two initiatives by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) would ...
by N. Ola Persson, Director, TRACE and Fixed Income Strategy, FINRA
17 February 2010
Retail bond market for UK investors
On 1 February, the London Stock Exchange launched its order book for retail bonds. Opened in response to increasing demand from private investors in the UK, the initiative aims to make trading in bonds as straightforward as trading in shares by ...
by Pietro Poletto, Head of Fixed Income, LSEG
16 February 2010
European fixed-income: the MTS story
Fixed-income markets across Europe have undergone significant evolution in the past twenty years. When Mercato dei Titoli di Stato (MTS) was founded in 1988, it represented the first step in a large scale transformation of the secondary market for ...
by Jack Jeffery, CEO, MTS Group
16 February 2010