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MTS And B2SCAN Launch Initiative To Enhance Liquidity In Credit Market

Date 07/01/2015

• Improves buy-side access to pre-trade information
• Initiative gains broad buy-side support

Algomi Recruits Head Of Asia-Pacific As It Accelerates Global Expansion - Jesper Bruun-Olsen, Formerly Of Tradeweb Joins To Head Up APAC Operations - Move Follows Algomi CEO Involvement In Recent Mayor Of London And UKTI Delegation To Singapore And Malaysia To Promote UK Fintech

Date 07/01/2015

Algomi, the network company providing information-matching solutions for the optimisation of fixed income liquidity, today announced the next step of its global expansion with the recruitment of Jesper Bruun-Olsen as its Head of Asia-Pacific operations. Jesper joins with immediate effect and will be responsible for establishing Algomi’s APAC presence in Singapore and Hong Kong in 2015, expanding the Algomi Honeycomb network to facilitate APAC bond market liquidity.

Westpac MNI China CSI Improves In December - Rate Cut Boosts Expected Business Conditions; Real Estate Attitudes Firm

Date 07/01/2015

Chinese consumer sentiment improved in December, bouncing back further from the three year low seen in October as consumers were increasingly optimistic about the outlook for business conditions and confidence in the real estate market edged higher.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Winners Of FY2014 Listed Company Awards

Date 07/01/2015

Tokyo Stock Exchange hereby announces that the Listed Company Award Selection Committee (Chairman: Professor Kunio Ito of Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Commerce and Management) has selected the winners of the Corporate Value Improvement Award and the Corporate Activity Award for FY2014.

Bank Of England Court Minutes June 2007 – May 2009

Date 07/01/2015

The Bank of England today published, in a special release, the minutes of Court and related meetings from the crisis period of 2007-09, in appropriately redacted form[1].  This follows the Bank’s 11 December 2014 announcement of a series of proposals to enhance the transparency and accountability of the Bank. As part of this announcement, the Governor committed to publishing the 2007-2009 Court minutes, as requested by the Treasury Committee[2].

MGEX Announces The Launch Of Calendar Spread Options

Date 07/01/2015

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces the launch of calendar spread options (CSOs)for the North American Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) contract. MGEX HRSW CSOs will be available for trade on CME Globex® as of February 1, 2015, for trade date February 2.

BATS Proposes Elimination Of One-Size-Fits-All U.S. Equity Market, Reduction Of Some Access Fees By More Than 80% - Tiered Access Fee Proposal Also Designed To Encourage Trading In Less Liquid Securities

Date 06/01/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today proposed market structure initiatives designed to benefit all investors and issuers, including a reduction of more than 80% in access fees for the U.S. stock market’s most liquid securities.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #14-67: BATS Issues Open Market Structure Letter To Industry

Date 06/01/2015

Dear BATS Global Markets customers and members of the trading community,

We’ve recently spoken with many of you and share your strong desire for forward-looking market structure initiatives that will maintain the healthy market quality gains investors have realized in the past decade, while achieving further optimizations to our equity market in the years to come. 

Federal Reserve Board Appoints Thomas Laubach As Director Of The Division Of Monetary Affairs

Date 06/01/2015

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the appointment of Thomas Laubach as director of the Division of Monetary Affairs, effective January 11, 2015.

ISDA Insight Survey: End Users Uncertain About New Margin Requirements

Date 06/01/2015

Derivatives end users are concerned about the impact of new margin requirements for non-cleared derivatives, with a large number unsure whether they will even have to comply with the rules, according to new survey published today by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA).