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Japan's Financial Services Agency: Establishment Of “Council Of Experts Concerning The Follow-Up Of Japan’s Stewardship Code And Japan’s Corporate Governance Code”

Date 07/08/2015

1. Purpose

The Japan Revitalization Strategy as revised in 2015 (Cabinet Decision, June 30, 2015) states that “we need to work actively to prevail and to promote the adoption of Japan’s Stewardship Code, established and released in February 2014 (“JSC”), and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code, which entered into force in June 2015 (“JCGC”), as ‘the two wheels of a cart’ such that the sustainable growth of companies will be promoted by both sides of investors and companies.

Nasdaq July 2015 Volumes

Date 06/08/2015

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) today reported monthly volumes for July 2015, on its investor relations website. 

Stephen W. Warren Named The Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency’s Chief Information Officer

Date 06/08/2015

Stephen W. Warren today was named Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

Platts Pre-Report Survey Of Analysts Results: UNICA Sugarcane Crush - Advance Estimates Suggest A 2H July Cane Crush Of 47.27 Million Mt In Brazil's Center-South - Likely 43.75% Sugar Mix For 2H July 2015: Analysts

Date 06/08/2015

Platts Survey of Analysts

• Cane crush: 47.27 million metric tons (mt)
• Cane yield (ATR*): 135.36 kilograms per metric ton
• Sugar production: 2.67 million mt
• Total ethanol production: 2.113 billion liters (ltr)
• Hydrous ethanol production: 1.230 billion ltr
• Anhydrous ethanol production: 861.67 million ltr
• Sugar mix: 43.75 %
• Ethanol mix: 56.25%

Three Swiss Banks Reach Resolutions Under US Justice Department's Swiss Bank Program

Date 06/08/2015

The Department of Justice announced today that Privatbank Reichmuth & Co., Banque Cantonale du Jura SA and Banca Intermobiliare di Investimenti e Gestioni (Suisse) SA have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program.

Vienna Stock Exchange - Market Analysis: Market Behavior In The Later Stage Of A Bull Market Cycle

Date 06/08/2015

International equity markets delivered high returns with very low volatility for quite some time. Since the market low on March 9th 2009 the MSCI World Index returned more than 180% in EUR terms – more than 20% per year. The low interest rate environment supported the hunt for yield, investors came back to equity markets step by step. Price-Earnings-Ratios returned from very low levels to the historical mean and above. Today the vast majority of international stock market indices are slightly overvalued – be it on trailing or forward Price/Earnings. The same is true for Price/Book and similar valuation measures. 

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: Opening Bell Ceremony With Real Estate Company Vitania

Date 06/08/2015

On the morning of August 4, Vitania participated in the opening bell ceremony at TASE, after last week's successful completion of its initial public offering in the amount of 79 million NIS, according to a post-money market cap of 460 million NIS.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The securities

Date 06/08/2015

The following risk parameters for the securities MGNT will be changed:

IMF Publishes Worldwide Government Revenue Database

Date 06/08/2015

The IMF today published for the first time the World Revenue Longitudinal Dataset (WoRLD), which provides data on tax and non-tax revenues for 186 countries over the period 1990-2013. The database includes broad country coverage and time periods, and it is the result of combining in a consistent manner data from two other IMF publications -- the IMF Government Finance Statistics and World Economic Outlook (WEO)-- and drawing on the OECD’s Revenue Statistics and Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Weekly Review: Aug 02-06, 2015

Date 06/08/2015

• Trading on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) on the first week of August, was ended up in most of the leading share indices; 
• The real estate company "Vitania" made an IPO of shares; 
• Further offerings in the bond market