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CFTC Chairman Massad Announces The Appointment Of Eileen T. Flaherty As Director Of The Division Of Swap Dealer And Intermediary Oversight

Date 24/07/2015

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad today named Eileen T. Flaherty as the agency’s Director of the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight. Ms. Flaherty has more than 25 years of direct experience in the financial services industry.

Second FSB Annual Report

Date 24/07/2015

Abstract

In 2008, the G20 committed to fundamental reform of the global financial system. Since then, FSB members have agreed and are implementing a broad range of policy reforms that address the major fault lines that caused the crisis. 

Federal Reserve: Staff Economic Projections For The June 16-17, 2015, FOMC Meeting Inadvertently Included In File Posted To The Board's Website

Date 24/07/2015

Economic projections prepared by Federal Reserve Board staff as background for the June 16-17, 2015, meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) were inadvertently included in a computer file posted to the Board's public website on June 29. Because the information has already been released, the Federal Reserve is today providing general public notification and making those projections more easily accessible on our website within the FRB/US model package (ZIP) data folder.

Financial Stability Board: Progress In Implementing OTC Derivatives Market Reforms

Date 24/07/2015

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published today its ninth progress report on implementation of OTC derivatives market reforms.

EEX: First trades In Nordic Power Futures

Date 24/07/2015

Yesterday, the first trades were registered for Nordic Power Futures at the European Energy Exchange (EEX). The trades were concluded for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2015 with a volume of 6,627 megawatt hours, traded at a price of EUR 25 per MWh.

UBS MTF Trading Notice - Membership Criteria Changes

Date 24/07/2015

Further to UBS MTF's update on 19 June 2015 (Notice N8 - Rulebook and Membership Criteria Changes), this notice is to remind all Members that from 1 September 2015, the Membership Criteria defined in the UBS MTF Rulebook will be amended through the removal of section 2.2 (b) (i) (B). 

Plato Partnership In Exclusive Discussions With Turquoise

Date 24/07/2015

Plato Partnership today announces that it is entering into a period of exclusive discussions with Turquoise around a commercial collaboration. While these exclusive discussions may or may not lead to a binding agreement, any collaboration would have to meet Plato Partnership’s underlying principles to be not for profit, reduce trading costs, simplify market structure and act as a champion for end investors.

HKFE Announces Margin Rates For Adjusted Ping An Insurance Futures Contracts

Date 24/07/2015

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 27 July 2015, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Limited (PAI) futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The margins are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

ACER Approves First Third-Party Registered Reporting Mechanisms And Invites Stakeholders To A Workshop On REMIT Implementation

Date 24/07/2015

The Agency has today approved the first five third-party Registered Reporting Mechanisms (RRMs) under REMIT. RRMs can report records of transactions and orders to trade as well as fundamental data on behalf of a market participant directly to the Agency. The first phase of REMIT reporting will start on 7 October 2015.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report - 24th July, 2015

Date 24/07/2015

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading report for 24th July, 2015.