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LCH.Clearnet And CLS Partner To Deliver Settlement For Cleared FX Options

Date 03/08/2015

• New service enables clearing of the $275bn a day FX options market, with other physically settled FX products to follow
• Bringing capital efficiency to the FX markets
• Planned launch in 2016, subject to regulatory approval

Moscow Exchange: RUB Interest Penalty Rate Change From August 4, 2015

Date 03/08/2015

Upper REPO Penalty Rate (HPenRate) on Equity Market will be changed to 22% starting from August 4, 2015.

EBRD Partners With QNB Alahli To Finance Small Firms And Boost Trade In Egypt

Date 03/08/2015

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is partnering with Egypt’s fourth largest commercial bank QNB AlAhli to step up its support for small businesses in Egypt with a $100 million credit.

EPEX SPOT Trading Results Of July 2015: Intraday Markets Top 4 TWh -

Date 03/08/2015

In July 2015, a total volume of 37.0 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (July 2014: 30.9 TWh). 

Exegy Unveils Data Entitlement And Usage Reporting Hub

Date 03/08/2015

Exegy Inc., a leading provider of managed services and technology for market data normalization and distribution, has announced today a new product that allows Exegy hardware-accelerated appliances to interoperate with multiple third-party data entitlement and usage reporting tools such as Thomson Reuters DACS.  “Market participants employ our hardware-accelerated appliances and managed services in order to build a market data infrastructure with higher capacity, lower latency, more efficient scalability, and lower total cost.  The Exegy Entitlement Hub now allows these firms to retain their data entitlement and usage reporting regime to minimize migration risk, effort, and cost,” says chief technology officer David Taylor.

Hellenic Capital Market Commission Announcement: Reopening Of Markets

Date 03/08/2015

The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), during its 725/3.8.2015 Board of Directors' meeting and taking into account the Legislative Act «Urgent restrictions on the transfer of capital and on cash withdrawals» (Official Gazette of the Greek Republic, number 84/18.7.2015) and the Decision of the Minister of Finance "Lifting of the restrictions of the Legislative Act regarding transactions in financial instruments on greek regulated markets" (Official Gazette of the Greek Republic, number 1617/31.7.2015), decided the following:

• The reopening of the ATHEX regulated markets and the Multilateral Trading Facility of "EN.A." (Alternative Market of the Athens Exchange), taking also into account the relevant decision of the Athens Exchange Decision Committee,
• The reopening of the Electronic Secondary Market "HDAT", for government bonds, operated by the Bank of Greece, taking also into account the relevant decision of the Bank of Greece,

Alize Trading Goes Live With Horizon For Prop Algo Trading

Date 03/08/2015

Horizon Software announced today that Paris-based algorithmic prop house Alize Trading has gone live with Horizon Platform to develop its algorithmic trading business.

DGCX Records 15% Growth In Daily Volumes And Highest Monthly Open Interest In July

Date 03/08/2015

• Highest monthly Open Interest recorded with 78,391 contracts , growing 43% from last month average
• Newly launched Quanto products contributed to 13% of the overall monthly volumes 

Thomson Reuters Adds Foreign Exchange Trading Capability Into Eikon For Corporate Treasurers - Thomson Reuters Integrates FXall QuickTrade Into Eikon To Provide Direct Access To Fxall Liquidity And Straight-Through Processing Capabilities

Date 03/08/2015

Thomson Reuters today announced the addition of foreign exchange trading capabilities for corporate treasurers on its flagship financial markets desktop Thomson Reuters Eikon. The Company has integrated FXall QuickTrade, its state-of-the-art request for stream service, to provide corporate treasury customers trading smaller FX volumes with a complete solution that combines news, data and market analysis with direct access to 140 FXall liquidity providers.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Volume In July 2015

Date 03/08/2015

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in July was 110,017 ( △ 40.9% MoM / △ 43.6% YoY) and its average daily volume was 5,001 .