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Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Weekly Review: 5 April - 8 April 2015

Date 08/04/2015

Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the first trading week of April was marked by a mix trend for TASE indices; shares of oil & gas companies and partnerships rose by 7.5%

Nasdaq And KBW Announce Strategic Index Partnership

Date 08/04/2015

• Partnership expands access to indexes and ETFs with more than $770 million in licensed Assets Under Management (AUM)
• Indexes to be re-branded "KBW Nasdaq" in June 2015

Borsa Italiana Monthly Update March 2015

Date 08/04/2015

Click here to download Borsa Italiana's monthly update for March 2015.

Plant Advanced Technologies (PAT) Lists On Alternext Paris - Raises €7 Million, Market Capitalisation Totals €26 Million

Date 08/04/2015

EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the market for SMEs[1],today congratulated Plant Advanced Technologies (PAT), a company specialised in identifying and producing rare plant molecules, on its successful listing on Alternext in Paris.

New Solactive Bond Index Covering 7-10 Year Treasuries - Horizons ETF Providing US Treasury Bond Exposure To Canadian Investors

Date 08/04/2015

Solactive AG has launched the Solactive US 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Index comprised of US Treasuries with a time to maturity of 7 to 10 years. The total return version of the Index has been licensed for the Horizons US 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (HTB) listed today on the Toronto stock exchange.

Federal Reserve Board: Remarks On Monetary Policy - Speech By Governor Powell At The C. Peter Mccolough Series On International Economics Council On Foreign Relations, New York, New York

Date 08/04/2015

Thanks for the opportunity to speak to you today. In these brief remarks, I will discuss the progress of the economy and the path forward for monetary policy.1 The current expansion is almost six years old and is now one of the longest since World War II. While the pace of improvement has at times been frustratingly slow, by some measures the recovery is now well advanced. By other measures, there is still room for improvement. Assessing the scope for further improvement will be important in judging the appropriate path for monetary policy.

Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: New UBS Bond Index ETF Launched On Xetra - ETF Offers Access To US Corporate Bonds With Currency Hedging

Date 08/04/2015

A new bond index ETF on liquid US investment grade corporate bonds from UBS Global Asset Management has been tradable on Xetra in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Wednesday. 

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Launches Morning Disclosure, A Big Move For Deepening Information Disclosure System Reform

Date 08/04/2015

Shenzhen Stock Exchange recently promulgated the Notice of Implementing the Information Disclosure Express Practice during Morning Sessions of Trading Days and Non-trading Days, which will initiate the morning information disclosure practice in China’s securities markets. Succeeding the launch of midday disclosure in August 2007, it is another great move of SZSE to implement CSRC’s work deployment of regulatory transition which is centered by information disclosure system.

HKEx: Day Of Records Of Securities Market As Stock Connect Trading increases

Date 08/04/2015

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited's (HKEx) securities market turnover rose to an all-time high of $252.4 billion today (Wednesday), exceeding the previous record of $211 billion set on 3 October 2007, as trading through Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect surged to its best level since launch.  The market capitalisation of Hong Kong-listed shares also reached a record high, climbing to $28.6 trillion.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: 2 New ETFs To Be Listed On April 27, 2015(Mon.) ‐Daiwa Asset Management‐ “Daiwa ETF Japan Nikkei225 Inverse Index / Daiwa ETF Japan TOPIX Inverse (-1x) Index”

Date 08/04/2015

Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listings of new ETFs managed by “Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd.”. These ETFs will be listed on Monday, April 27, 2015.