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European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism Revised To Shield Non-Euro Area Countries From Risk

Date 05/08/2015

On 4 August 2015, the Council approved a regulation amending the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM) in order to protect non-euro area member states from any risk arising from financial assistance given to a euro area country. 

Irish Stock Exchange Hosts Opalesque Roundtable Focused On The Funds Industry In Ireland

Date 05/08/2015

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) was delighted to host the inaugural Opalesque Ireland roundtable which took place at the end of June 2015 on the ISE’s historic trading floor.

Wiener Borse: ATX Watchlist For July 2015

Date 05/08/2015

The watchlist is used as a basis for the admission and/or deletion of ATX stocks at the semiannual (March and September) reviews of ATX basket.

PEGAS Futures Market Increased By 81% In July - Trading Results July 2015

Date 05/08/2015

PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, today announced that a total volume of 71.6 TWh was traded in July 2015. This represents an increase of 57 % compared to the previous year (July 2014: 45.8 TWh).

New York Federal Court Orders New York Financial Advisor Wayne P. Weddington III And His Companies To Pay More Than $1 Million For Commodity Pool Fraud And Unregistered Activity

Date 05/08/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a Consent Order of permanent injunction against Defendants Wayne P. Weddington III of New York, New York and his companies — Brunswick Capital LLC of New Canaan, Connecticut, and Brunswick Capital Partners LP, a Delaware corporation licensed to do business in New York.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Corporate Fact Sheet July 2015

Date 05/08/2015

Fast Facts 

• Market capitalization (Excluding ETNs):
• Equities:US$238 billion;
• Bonds:US$216 billion

Investor Activity On GPW Markets: July 2015

Date 05/08/2015

• The value of trade on the Electronic Order Book[1] in equities on the Main Market was PLN 17.5 billion in July 2015, an increase of 16.3% year on year
• The volume of trade in index futures was 357.6 thousand contracts, an increase of 24.7% year on year
• The total volume of spot and forward trading in gas stood at 15.9 TWh in July 2015 and more than tripled year on year

CME Group And CFETS Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 05/08/2015

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Shanghai today.

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – July 2015

Date 05/08/2015

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 4.2% in July 2015. This performance was stronger than all other major markets, including Germany up 3.3%, the UK up 2.7%, the US up 2.0% and Japan up 1.7%. Hong Kong was down 6.1% and Singapore down 3.5%.

Establishing A Registration Framework For Dealers And Major Participants In The Derivatives Market, SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, Aug. 5, 2015

Date 05/08/2015

The financial crisis of 2008, and the ensuing turmoil, shook the global economy to its core and exposed the weaknesses of our regulatory regime. Years of lax attitudes, deregulation, and complacency allowed an unregulated derivatives marketplace to cause serious damage to the U.S. economy, resulting in significant losses to investors. As a result, Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act tasked the SEC and the CFTC with establishing a regulatory framework for the over-the-counter swaps market. In particular, the SEC was tasked with regulating the security-based swap (SBS) market and the CFTC was given regulatory authority over the much larger swaps market, covering products such as energy and agricultural swaps.