Welcome to Exchange Invest Issue 1021 which correlates with a fascinating (apparently lost) Porsche 356A which appears to have been the 21st of the 20 speedsters built…
Euro Clearing Essential Background:
1) Prosperity UK Panel – Brexit, Euro Clearing & Financial Market Structure: panel with Barney Reynolds, Jeff Sprecher, Michael Spencer and one Patrick L Young lurking in the background.
2) My CapX article explaining The EU’s Euro Clearing Plan Is An Act Of Protectionist Self-Harm.
In Today’s Exchange Invest
EU looks to bolt one of many flapping stable doors in MIFID II. CDSL IPO a staggering 170 times oversubscribed while Sebi permits hedge fund trading in commodity derivatives. MSCI upgrades China A shares, IEX suggests more data revenue disclosure would be welcome.
And there’s more, happy scrolling:
In BigWorld
Over in Bigworld, micronation Hutt River Province is in trouble with Australian tax authorities, who have demanded arrears on a series of areas where the HRP’s Prince deems his sovereignty applies…
Public Markets
HK Boosts Link Between Mainland, Overseas Markets
China Daily
The Index Inclusion A Giant Leap For Opening Up
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
PLY: MSCI Upgrades China, launching a whole new “A train.”
Alex Brummer: Carney Riposte
This is Money
PLY: Firm support for Carney’s remark in his Mansion House speech that the EU is seeing to undo the G20 reforms and thus damage the world economy through their misguided protectionist instincts.
Brief-Singapore Exchange Increased Investment In SGX Bond Trading Pte
Reuters
Increased its investment in SGX-BT, by increasing share capital of SGX-BT from S$30 million to S$55 million, paid cash.
Athens Exchange Group CEO Optimistic About Greek Economy
Bloomberg
Socrates Lazaridis, Athens Exchange Group CEO, discusses Greece’s debt issues and the Greek economy.
London Stock Exchange Group Plc Transaction In Own Shares
MondoVisione
Private Markets
CDSL IPO Sees Overwhelming Response, Subscribed 170 Times On Last Day
Livemint
Sebi’s ‘Show Cause’ Notice To NSE In Algo-Trading Case Points To Another Shoddy Investigation
Livemint
PLY: Withering criticism from the excellent Mobis Philipose.
Sebi To Rope In Forensic Auditor To Probe NSE’s Co-Location High Frequency Trading Case
Financial Express
IEX Says Stock Exchanges Should Disclose More On Data Revenue
Reuters
Exchanges: At The Core Of The Future Energy Market. Our Vision For An Evolving Energy Sector – Europex Study
EUROPEX
Special Section: FTI, NSEL, India at the Crossroads
No news today.
Technology
NGM Stock Exchange Provides Trading System To AktieTorget
MondoVisione
PLY: Interesting tie-up between funding platforms in the Scandinavian SME field.
Products
EU Seeks To Close Banks Trading Loophole In Late Hour Move
Reuters
PLY: One tiny step against the curse of systematic internalisation amidst a giant mire of chaos in MIFID II.
India Allows Hedge Funds To Invest In Commodity Derivatives
Reuters
PLY: Sebi lets Category III AIFs into the commodity market. A sensible push by Sebi albeit once we see a market soar then the usual Indian reactionaries will try to blame the free market.
“Unlawful” Sukuk Threaten Dubai’s Islamic Finance Ambitions
Reuters
PLY: At issue is the often tortuous discrepancies in what amounts to religiously acceptable practice which itself varies wildly across the different regions and strands of Islam.
Tokyo Financial Exchange: Suspension Of Trading Over-Night Call Rate Futures
MondoVisione
PLY: In the event of an outbreak of a yield curve, the products will return…
Career Paths
ESMA Calls Experts To Join Post-Trading Panel
ESMA
OpenFin Names Goldman Sachs Alum Paul Walker To Board Of Directors
MondoVisione
Crowdfunding
SMEs & P2P Lenders Back Brexit-Heavy Queen’s Speech
P2P Finance News
PLY: The launch of the new UK government’s programme is BREXIT-rich with some interesting P2P financing opportunities. The good news was the Queen did make it on time to Royal Ascot after this last minute addition to her planned schedule.
Other Stories
Strengthen Europe’s Position in Global Capital Markets
FESE
PLY: I admire the optimism of FESE in pushing an agenda for growth and a free market economy.
CFTC Issues Order Of Registration To The Dubai Mercantile Exchange To Permit Trading By Direct Access From The U.S.
CFTC
CFTC Swaps Report Update
CFTC
Call For Papers: 7th Behavioural Finance And Capital Markets Conference, 25-27 September 2017
MondoVisione
Striving To Build Shenzhen Stock Exchange Into An Innovation Capital Formation Center – Speech By Mr. Wang Jianjun, President And CEO Of SZSE, At The 2017 (19th) China VCl & PE Forum
MondoVisione
Have a great Thursday, thanks for reading Exchange Invest.
All the best,
Patrick
Patrick L Young
Executive Director DV Advisors