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European retail brokers plan institutional and listed derivatives expansion in the face of CFD restrictions

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LONDON, March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Retail brokers in Europe are targeting growth in institutional markets and expanding into listed futures and options should restrictions on contract for difference (CFD) markets continue to spread across the continent, a study by Acuiti has found. 

Last year, Spain became the latest European country to introduce new restrictions on instruments aimed at retail investors banning the promotion and distribution of CFDs as well as restricting leverage on other instruments. The move by the Spanish regulator follows curbs in other European countries on the promotion of certain retail-focused instruments.

Retail Revolution: How retail brokers are planning to counter CFD restrictions, released today and produced in association with ION, is based on a survey of retail-focused brokerages across Europe and a separate survey of institutional sell-side and trading firms.

The study analyzes the impact on retail brokers of expanded restrictions and how they plan to respond. In addition, we asked institutional firms about attitudes to the crackdowns on retail offerings and how firms view both the threat and the opportunity posed by the potential of retail expansion into listed markets.

The study found high levels of concern among retail brokers about the potential for increased curbs on retail instruments. This was particularly evident regarding CFDs, which would have the most significant impact on the business models of the majority of retail brokers that participated in the study.  

Were widespread restrictions to come into force across Europe, 77% of retail brokers planned to expand in other regions, 69% would seek to grow in institutional markets, and just over half would look to offer futures and options instead of OTC retail instruments, such as CFDs.

For incumbent institutional brokers, this presents a competitive challenge. However, only around half of the institutional sell-side firms that participated in the survey expected increased competition from retail firms, and none anticipated a significant challenge.

“There are several examples globally of brokers who initially focused on retail and subsequently became major players in institutional markets,” said Will Mitting, founder of Acuiti. “In Europe, there is the potential for significant numbers of brokers to enter the institutional market over the next three years.”

“Should retail trading shift to listed derivatives markets, the overall market available to institutional brokers will grow. However, there will also be major disruption as the retail firms bring fresh competition to the markets. Our view based on this research is that the institutional incumbents underestimate the extent of the potential disruption.”

The study found that retail brokers were planning to invest in technology across the trade workflow to expand their offerings, with investment in trading, risk management, reconciliations, and straight-through processing to achieve front-to-back efficiency the most common.

“The insights from this study reinforce our commitment to automating workflow throughout the cleared derivatives trade lifecycle and the derivatives clearing process,” says Bruce Roberts, ION Cleared Derivatives. “Our suite of XTP products caters for automation of the full trade life-cycle including trading, clearing, trade processing and real-time risk management , enabling firms to seamlessly scale their business and operations as they expand their product offering and customer base into new market segments.”

Download the full report here: https://iongroup.com/resource-center/markets/retail-revolution-how-retail-brokers-are-planning-to-counter-cfd-restrictions/

About Acuiti
Acuiti is a management intelligence platform designed to provide Senior Industry Professionals in the Derivatives Industry with high-value insight into industry-wide performance and business operations. Acuiti provides a platform through which our exclusive network of Senior Industry Executives can share and source information on day-to-day operational challenges, providing them and their management teams with increased transparency and in-depth analysis to make more informed decisions and benchmark company performance. Financial Institutions benefiting from our services include Banks, Non-bank FCMs, Brokers, Proprietary Trading Firms, Hedge Funds and Asset Managers.

About ION
ION provides mission-critical trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporate organizations. Our solutions and services simplify complex processes, boost efficiency, and enable better decision-making. We build long-term partnerships with our clients, helping transform their businesses for sustained success through continuous innovation. For more information, visit https://iongroup.com/.

About ION Markets
ION Markets provides transformative technology and solutions to financial institutions dealing in asset management, cleared derivatives, equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, and secured funding. Our award-winning end-to-end solutions simplify clients’ operations by automating the full trade lifecycle, providing tools to manage risk, and maximizing access to liquidity, while giving real-time access to critical information required for timely operational decisions and execution on a global scale. For more information, visit https://iongroup.com/markets/.

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Eoptolink Releases OSFP 1.6T DR8 and 2FR4 Series Transceivers for AI/ML Clusters and Cloud Datacenter Networks

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CHENGDU, China, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd. (SZSE: 300502), a leading innovator and provider of advanced optical transceiver solutions, announces the release of its OSFP 1.6T DR8/DR8-2 and 2xFR4 transceivers enabling the next generation high bandwidth networks for AI/ML clusters and cloud datacenters.

Eoptolink 1.6T OSFP transceivers have 8 electrical host interfacing lanes and 8 optical lanes operating at 212.5Gb/s (106GB with PAM4). Equipped with the industry’s latest DSP, these modules support transmission distances of up to 2km without the need to regenerate the FEC. The 1.6T DR8 and DR8-2 modules comes with either one MPO-16 adapter for point-to-point (P2P) connections or two MPO-12 adapters for 2x800G breakout applications. The 1.6T 2xFR4 modules are designed with a dual duplex LC connector running with 2 pairs of fibers only, which could help users to save fiber resources compared to DR8 and DR8-2 versions.

The 1.6T DR8/DR8-2 and 2FR4 Portfolio consists of: – 

EOLO-13T-5H-XMX    OSFP 1.6T DR8, 1×1.6TbE, 500m, MPO-16
EOLO-13T-5H-XDX    OSFP 1.6T DR8, 2x800GbE, 500m, Dual MPO-12
EOLO-13T-02-XMX    OSFP 1.6T DR8-2, 1×1.6TbE, 2km, MPO-16
EOLO-13T-02-XDX     OSFP 1.6T DR8-2, 2x800GbE, 2km, Dual MPO-12
EOLO-16T-02-XXX     OSFP 1.6T 2FR4, 2x800GbE, 2km, Dual Duplex LC

Eoptolink OSFP 1.6T transceivers feature both EML and SiPh-based solutions, and testing has demonstrated excellent performance. “We are very proud of our optical and RF design teams, says Sean Davies, VP Sales, Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd. “Our 1.6T OSFP modules do not need an additional FEC on the optical side and this results in lower latency and power consumption of the modules simplifying the complete system and helping our AI and cloud customers in their work.”

About Eoptolink

Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd. (SZSE: 300502), a publicly traded company in China, is a leading innovator and provider of advanced optical transceiver solution for data center, enterprise and telecom networks. Eoptolink is dedicated to research, develop, manufacture and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance optical transceivers for AI, Cloud Data Center, 4G/5G wireless, Transport & Datacom and FTTX applications all over the world.

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Flat Ads Makes Its Mark at DMEXCO 2024: Showcasing Strength in Programmatic Advertising

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COLOGNE, Germany, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — In September, Flat Ads makes its mark at DMEXCO 2024, the prestigious European event of digital marketing and technology. The highly successful exhibition boasts 650 exhibitors, 850 speakers, and thousands of participants. At the event, Flat Ads showcased the strength of programmatic advertising platform in ad delivery, traffic optimization, and brand safety.

Flat Ads programmatic advertising platform has an exclusive developer traffic of 700 million and an extensive network spanning over 200 countries and regions worldwide. It cooperates with over 200 leading DSP/SSP partners, including FreeWheel, PubMatic and Criteo, leveraging an efficient and complete bidding system, as well as automatic delivery algorithms, to achieve precise marketing and advertising effectiveness maximization.

With its exclusive platform strategy algorithm, Flat Ads programmatic advertising platform can continuously conduct automatic exploration and matching based on the characteristics of DSP and traffic, optimize and adjust the algorithm model in real-time. This not only ensures the sustainability of DSP budgets, but also maximizes traffic utilization and enhances monetization revenue of advertisements.

Moreover, brand protection is among the top priorities of Flat Ads. In addition to accessing to authority agency Pixalate to test the effectiveness of ads, it has also accessed HUMAN, the global cybersecurity authority to safeguard its clients by preventing bot attacks, digital fraud and abuse, ensuring a stable, reliable, and secure programmatic advertising transaction platform.

By participating in DMEXCO 2024, Flat Ads showcased its outstanding strength and fruitful achievements in the programmatic advertising field, attracting the attention of numerous advertisers and developers for cooperation. Flat Ads boasts not only robust technical capabilities and innovative prowess, but also an active and open attitude towards emerging technologies, embracing and exploring them. It remains committed to providing more professional and efficient global marketing services to advertisers and developers worldwide, helping clients stand out in the fiercely competitive market and achieve business growth.

As a globally leading mobile advertising marketing platform, Flat Ads currently operates offices in Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou, serving over 1000 clients with global marketing solutions. If you’re interested in Flat Ads’ programmatic advertising services, please visit www.flat-ads.com.

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Tulufan, Xinjiang: For the first time, a new energy plant and station has achieved “all-green electricity” operation

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TULUFAN, China, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On September 19, employees of State Grid Tulufan Electric Power Supply Company came to State Power Investment Zhongli Tenghui Qiquanhu Photovoltaic Power Station to provide comprehensive technical support and guidance for new energy enterprises.

Seven wind power and photovoltaic power generation enterprises, including Xinjiang Jize Power Generation Company in Tulufan, have obtained 6.035 million KWH of grid electricity by purchasing 6,035 “green certificates” to achieve “green electricity – green electricity” and achieve green energy use in the whole link of new energy power generation.

The green power certificate, referred to as “green certificate”, is the only certificate that identifies the production and consumption of renewable energy power. Promoting the all-green operation of new energy power generation is an important measure to promote the green consumption of renewable energy.

“Before, we were just ‘producers’ of green electricity. Now the buyers of green certificates have become green electricity consumers, and the production process is fully green.” Qiquan Lake photovoltaic power station inspection officer Forzati Dilishati said.

Since the launch of the green electricity and green certificate market, State Grid Tulufan Electric Power Supply Company has actively promoted green electricity trading, promoted the supply of green electricity and green certificates in multiple scenarios, promoted the rapid promotion and popularization of related services in Tulufan, and helped build a new power system.

In the first eight months of this year, the cumulative volume of green electricity transactions in Xinjiang reached 1.174 billion KWH, 93.83 times that of the whole year of 2022.

 

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