Nasdaq Dubai, a stock exchange operating in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has admitted brokerage SHUAA Securities to trade on its equity derivatives market. read more »
Middle East & Africa
DFM proposes sweeping changes to Nasdaq Dubai trading
Dubai Financial Market (DFM), the emirate’s principal stock exchange, has proposed a series of changes to the equities operation of Nasdaq Dubai, the exchange it acquired at the end of 2009. read more »
Malaysian and Bahraini bourses join forces for Islamic products
Exchange groups Bursa Malaysia and the Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a commercial agreement for the provision of financial products to Islamic market participants and strengthen bilateral ties. read more »
Cheuvreux offers access to Saudi equities through p-notes
Broking house Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux has started offering clients the ability to gain exposure to the Saudi Arabian equities market using proprietary notes (p-notes). read more »
Dubai exchange launches surveillance system
Dubai Financial Market (DFM), a Dubai-based stock exchange, has successfully implemented the SMARTS Integrity Platform, a market surveillance solution developed by Australia-based technology firm SMARTS. read more »
Nasdaq OMX sells Dubai stake to DFM
Dubai Financial Market (DFM), the exchange subsidiary of government-owned holding company Borse Dubai, has agreed a deal to purchase Nasdaq OMX’s stake in Nasdaq Dubai. read more »
Interactive Data to offer Nasdaq Dubai data
Interactive Data, an analytics and market data provider, is to start supplying real-time market data from Nasdaq Dubai using XData, a market data solutions provider for the Middle East and Africa. read more »
Fidessa connectivity network deepens Middle East coverage
Fidessa, a trading technology provider for buy- and sell-side firms, has added Middle Eastern brokerage Mubasher Financial Services (MFS) to its global connectivity network. read more »
Turkish bourse to use Aleri for trading surveillance
Turkish derivatives exchange TurkDEX has chosen technology firm Aleri’s Coral8 complex event processing engine to develop applications for monitoring trading on its platform. read more »
EFG-Hermes moves towards automated broking
Middle Eastern investment bank EFG-Hermes has said joining global FIX-based connectivity networks will allow it to improve handling of high-touch client orders by reducing the inefficiencies of manual trading methods. read more »
