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Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Securities

Date 15/07/2015

The following risk parameters for the security GAZP will be changed:

• Lower REPO Penalty Rate (LPenRate)

Clearstream’s June 2015 Figures

Date 15/07/2015

• Assets under custody up 9 percent compared to June 2014
• 17 percent increase in investment fund transactions compared to June 2014
• Berthold Kracke: “Giving customers the top service they deserve”

Bucharest Stock Exchange Launches New Initiative In The Field Of Financial Education, Called "Fluent In Finance"

Date 15/07/2015

On July 15th, Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) has officially launched new educational initiative under the name “Fluent in Finance”. “Fluent in Finance” project aims to support personal and professional development of the employees of Romania-based companies as well as increase their awareness about managing own finances.

ICAP plc - Trading Statement

Date 15/07/2015

• Strong growth in Electronic Markets
• Continued to expand our addressable market
• Further investment in financial technology assets

Greece: An Update Of IMF Staff’s Preliminary Public Debt Sustainability Analysis

Date 15/07/2015

Summary: Greece’s public debt has become highly unsustainable. This is due to the easing of policies during the last year, with the recent deterioration in the domestic macroeconomic and financial environment because of the closure of the banking system adding significantly to the adverse dynamics. The financing need through end-2018 is now estimated at Euro 85 billion and debt is expected to peak at close to 200 percent of GDP in the next two years, provided that there is an early agreement on a program. Greece’s debt can now only be made sustainable through debt relief measures that go far beyond what Europe has been willing to consider so far.

Trading, Registration And Settlement Principles On Borsa İstanbul Markets Due To The Religious Holiday

Date 15/07/2015

The first session will be held on Thursday, July 16, and the markets will be closed for the whole day on Friday, July 17, 2015. Please click here for further information.

Eid Al Fiter Holiday For Qatar Exchange

Date 15/07/2015

Qatar Stock Exchange would like to inform you that: Eid Al Fitr Holiday will be three working days, started from Sunday 19 July 2015 Up to Tuesday 21 July 2015.

Ere Misery Made Me Wise[1] — The Need To Revisit The Regulatory Framework Of The U.S. Treasury Market, SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, United States Securities and Exchange Commission[2]

Date 15/07/2015

I. Introduction

Yesterday, staff members of the federal agencies that comprise the Interagency Working Group for Treasury Market Surveillance (“Working Group”) issued a joint report concerning the so-called “flash crash” that occurred in the U.S. Treasury market on October 15, 2014 (the “Report”). I commend the staff of all the agencies for their hard work in putting together the Report, which examined the events of that day and the broader forces that have changed the Treasury market in recent years. This was a difficult undertaking, but the report does an excellent job of discussing the known factors, while acknowledging that more work needs to be done

ISDA Publishes EMIR Classification Letter

Date 14/07/2015

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) has published a new classification letter that will enable counterparties to notify each other of their status for clearing and other regulatory requirements under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).

A Tough 3-Year Programme For Greece

Date 14/07/2015

"We fought a tough battle for six months now and to the end we fought in order to strive for the best, an agreement that would give the country a chance to stand on its feet and for the Greek people to be able to continue to fight," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said to reporters yesterday, at the conclusion of an all-night grueling Euro Summit in Brussels ,where anagreement with creditors was reached.