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Taiwan Futures Exchange Monthly Newsletter- October 2015

Date 08/10/2015

Click here to downoad TAIFEX's October Newsletter.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Approval Of Initial Program’s Listing (TOKYO PRO-BOND Market): Credit Suisse International

Date 08/10/2015

Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange approved a program listing application from Credit Suisse International for listing on the professional-oriented TOKYO PRO-BOND Market.

CalPERS Names Mary Anne Ashley Chief Of Legislative Affairs

Date 08/10/2015

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has named Mary Anne Ashley the new Chief of its Legislative Affairs Division.

AccuWeather Global Weather Center U.S. Winter Forecast: Northeast To Dodge Winter's Brutal Cold - Rain, Snow To Dent California Drought

Date 07/10/2015

According to AccuWeather's 2015-16 U.S. Winter Forecast, winter will kick off with mild weather in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic as an intensifying El Niño influences the weather pattern across the country.

Platts Pre-Report Survey Of Analysts Results: UNICA Sugarcane Crush - Advance Estimates Suggest A 2H September Cane Crush Of 40.62 Million Mt In Brazil's Center-South - Likely 41.93% Sugar Mix For 2H September 2015: Analysts

Date 07/10/2015

• Cane crush: 40.62 million metric tons (mt)
• Total recoverable sugar (ATR):  147.68 kilograms per metric ton (kg/mt)
• Sugar production: 2.378 million mt
• Total ethanol production: 2.040 billion liters (ltr)
• Hydrous ethanol production:  1.229 billion ltr
• Anhydrous ethanol production: 811 million ltr
• Sugar mix: 41.93%
• Ethanol mix:  58.07%

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 07/10/2015

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

Boerse Stuttgart Launches New Exchange System, Xitaro, Powered By Nasdaq - Nasdaq's Genium INET Is Now Powering Germany's Leading Exchange For Retail Investors

Date 07/10/2015

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Boerse Stuttgart have officially announced that Boerse Stuttgart, Germany's leading exchange for retail investors, has gone live on Genium INET. The system named Xitaro will be used for trading of all asset classes including equities, fixed income, exchange traded products and securitized derivatives. In addition to delivering the exchange system, Nasdaq is also providing Boerse Stuttgart with hosting and technical operations services.

Office Of Financial Research Update - "The Difficult Business Of Measuring Banks’ Liquidity: Understanding The Liquidity Coverage Ratio"

Date 07/10/2015

The OFR released a working paper today entitled, "The Difficult Business of Measuring Banks’ Liquidity: Understanding the Liquidity Coverage Ratio" and an accompanying blog by Greg Feldberg, OFR Acting Deputy Director for Research and Analysis. The paper uses a series of increasingly complex examples to demonstrate issues in analyzing the Liquidity Coverage Ratio, a new metric bank regulators adopted after the financial crisis to help ensure banks maintain enough liquid assets to cover their financial obligations during times of stress.

Qatar Stock Exchange Announces Rights Issues Selling Mechanism

Date 07/10/2015

With reference to Selling Rights Issue Rules issued by QFMA pursuant to its Board decision no. (3) for the year 2014 dated 09.03.2014, published in the Official Gazette(fifth edition dated 25.03.2014). And further to the Qatar Stock Exchange Rulebook,QSE would like to inform you of the following:

First: Purpose:

The purpose of this Market Notice is to define the rights issues selling and pricing mechanism in QSE, in light of the QFMA regulations in this regards and in particular Article (7a) of the Rules. 

Blackstone Charged With Disclosure Failures - Private Equity Advisers To Pay Nearly $39 Million Settlement

Date 07/10/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that three private equity fund advisers within The Blackstone Group have agreed to pay nearly $39 million to settle charges that they failed to fully inform investors about benefits that the advisers obtained from accelerated monitoring fees and discounts on legal fees.  Nearly $29 million of the settlement will be distributed to affected fund investors.