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Dubai International Financial Centre Rolls Out Traditional Emirati Red Carpet At Its Ramadan Majlis In Partnership With The Ritz-Carlton, DIFC Recreates Unique Ramadan Experiences - Offers Authentic Live Entertainment, And Scrumptious Middle Eastern Cuisine With Live Cooking During Iftar And Suhoor

Date 22/06/2015

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has rolled out the red carpet for this holy month of Ramadan with its annual majlis offering a wide selection of Middle Eastern cuisine, entertainment and warmth.

Euronext Sees Record Trading Volumes In CAC40® Mini Futures - Record Week For Trading In CAC40® Mini Futures On Euronext Paris

Date 22/06/2015

Euronext, the primary exchange in the Eurozone, today announced that trading in its CAC40® Mini Futures achieved record daily and weekly volumes last week. In the week of 15 June a total number of 8427CAC40® Mini Futures contracts were traded on Euronext Paris. On 18 June a new total daily volume record was reached with 3189 contracts traded.

NICE Actimize Introduces Customer Due Diligence Suite With Industry-Leading Risk Assessment And “Branch To The Bank” Protections

Date 22/06/2015

NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE) business and the largest and broadest provider of financial crime, risk and compliance solutions for the financial services industry, announces the launch of the new Actimize Customer Due Diligence (“CDD”) Suite, the first enterprise-ready, out-of-the-box solution that addresses “branch to bank” customer risk, while managing requirements for due diligence and entity monitoring regulations. The new Actimize CDD Suite seamlessly integrates with third party data sources and proactively monitors breaking news with “always on” risk assessment to provide continually updated customer risk profiles and enriched investigations.

TARGET2-Securities Successfully Launched Today

Date 22/06/2015

• TARGET2-Securities (T2S), the Eurosystem’s landmark platform for securities settlement, started live operation this morning
• A first group of securities depositories and their user communities from Greece, Malta, Romania and Switzerland are now connected to T2S for settlement of euro transactions
• T2S will be fully deployed across 21 European countries by February 2017, covering almost 100% of securities transactions in euro
• T2S is an important step towards greater integration of European capital markets
• T2S will cut the cost of securities settlement and facilitate liquidity and collateral management

IFC Launches Bond Program To Expand Turkish Lira Financing For The Private Sector

Date 22/06/2015

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, introduced an innovative financial instrument to expand the availability of Turkish lira financing, becoming the first multilateral institution to issue lira-denominated discount notes.

Cairo Amman Bank Weekly Economic Monitor And Amman Stock Exchange Report

Date 22/06/2015

Cairo Amman Bank has issued their Weekly Economic Monitor and Amman Stock Exchange Report.

EEX/ECC: Supervisory Board Extends Terms Of Office For Dr. Thomas Siegl

Date 22/06/2015

The Supervisory Board of the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) has confirmed Dr. Thomas Siegl in his respective position as member of the Management Board and extended his terms of office by five years, ahead of the schedule.

ICE Benchmark Administration Announces Two New Direct Participants To The Gold Auction

Date 22/06/2015

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that two new direct participants have been approved by ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) to participate in the gold auction, which is used to determine the LBMA Gold Price.

Korea Exchange: Trend Of Trading Activity And Market Value Ratio By Foreign Investors In The KOSPI Market

Date 22/06/2015

DFM Enrols “Al Wathbah Shares & Bonds Center” To Margin Trading Members

Date 22/06/2015

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that “Al Wathbah Shares & Bonds Center” has been accredited to provide Margin Trading service, lifting the total number of DFM brokerage firms providing this service to 29 companies.