Global investor confidence was not much uplifted in May, growing only 0.3 points to a reading of 73.3, where a reading of 100 would be neutral.

The World Federation of Exchanges, an industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has drawn attention in a report to measures the industry has taken to become more resilient to cyber-attacks during the pandemic, as exchanges and CCPs across the world successfully moved to operate remotely.

Chicago-based derivatives marketplace CME Group is set to launch options on its Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts. The new options will be available for trading in the fall of 2020, pending regulatory review.

Refinitiv is expanding its data distribution agreement with Yieldbroker to provide Bank Bills pricing to customers. The partnership enables Refinitiv to provide market participants with information relating to short-term funding, balance sheet management, hedging strategies, necessary instrument valuation, and risk management.

China’s response to the coronavirus crisis will only speed its ascent to become the world’s largest economy, argues Hong Kong asset manager Value Partners in its newly published whitepaper, outlining the case for investing in the country. 

Markets are pricing in a V-shaped recovery, which may be too optimistic considering current valuations and the extent of the drawdown, according to the latest analysis from NN Investment Partners.

The Opus Global Growth Fund has become the first fund established in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to be listed on a recognised European stock exchange, after joining The International Stock Exchange (TISE).

ChartIQ, a financial software company, has launched its term structure graph for the fixed income and derivatives markets.

The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) has become a member of the UN Global Compact and will now establish closer relations with its Polish office, the Global Compact Network Poland which maintains the national secretariat and co-ordinates the co-operation of United Nations Global Compact members.

Intercontinental Exchange, a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has reported record March and first quarter 2020 trading volume, related revenue statistics and provided an updated operating expense outlook.