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SWIFT Announces 10% Rebate On 2014 Messaging - 2014 Rebate Returns More Than EUR 30 Million To SWIFT Users Worldwide

Date 06/01/2015

SWIFT announces a 10 percent rebate on 2014 messaging fees which will return more than EUR 30 million to SWIFT users worldwide. The rebate will be paid in early March 2015.

Malaysian Derivatives Volume Hit All Time Record High In 2014 - Total Volume Averaged 50K Contracts Per Day, Up 17% From 2013 With FCPO Surging Beyond 10M Contracts Per Annum, Up 28% From 2013

Date 06/01/2015

Bursa Malaysia’s total derivatives daily volume averaged an all time record high of 50,654 contracts in 2014, registering a 17% growth from 2013’s volume of 43,315 contracts.

ICAP Electronic Broking Volumes – December 2014

Date 06/01/2015

Major Institutional Changes In The Korea Exchange (KRX) Securities And Derivatives Markets In 2015

Date 06/01/2015

Summary

① Expansion of daily price limit in the stock market (1st half 2015) 
② Introduction of market making system for low liquidity issues (1st half 2015) 
③ Improvement in the price range of quotes for treasury stocks (1st half 2015) 
④ Provision of more market data (1st half 2015) 
⑤ Opening of new derivatives market to strengthen the capital market dynamics (Derivatives, In 2015) 
⑥ Provision of risk management tools for the capital market (Derivatives, In 2015) 
⑦ Reinforced investor protection in derivatives market (Derivatives, Dec 29, 2014) 
⑧ Improvement in price stability (Derivatives, 1st half 2015) 
⑨ Change in quotation unit (Derivatives, 1st half 2015)
⑩ Exemption of the Securities Transaction Tax for derivatives market makers (1st half 2015) 
⑪ Reprioritization of financial resources for resolving settlement failure (after law amendments) 
⑫ Launch of Carbon Emission Rights (CERs) market (Jan 12, 2015) 

Tehran Stock Exchange Performance In 2014

Date 06/01/2015

Total equity trading volume of the Exchange shrank about 4 percent in 2014 and surpassed 166 billion shares, comparing 174 billion shares in 2013. The downturn also occurred in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)’s equity trading value. TSE’s total equity turnover was IRR 650.5 trillion in 2014, 25 percent below IRR 868 trillion in 2013. Likewise, number of trades fell about 2.9 percent in 2014 to be around 14.3 million transactions. 

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – December 2014

Date 06/01/2015

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 0.1% in December 2014. This performance was in contrast to declines in other major markets, including the UK down 2.3%, Germany down 1.8%,Hong Kong down 1.6%, the US down 0.8% and Japan down 0.1%. The Singapore market was up 0.4%. 

SGX Derivatives Volume At Record In December And 2014

Date 06/01/2015

ASX Compliance Monthly Activity Report – December 2014

Date 06/01/2015

New listings for the month were 8I Holdings Ltd (8IH), Aconex Limited (ACX), Arena REIT Limited (ARF), Australian Careers Network Limited (ACO), Catapult Group International Ltd (CAT), CBG Capital Limited (CBC), Centuria Metropolitan REIT No. 1 (CMA), Centuria Metropolitan REIT No. 2 (CMA), DTI Group Ltd (DTI), Enverro Ltd (ERR), Estia Health Limited (EHE), Evolve Education Group Limited (EVO), Godfreys Group Limited (GFY), LatAm Autos Limited (LAA), Lovisa Holdings Limited (LOV), oOh!Media Limited (OML), Perpetual Equity Investment Company Limited (PIC), SMART ABS Series 2014-4 Trust (SSE) and Surfstitch Group Limited (SRF). 

CME Group Announces The Launch Of Physically Delivered Gold Kilo Futures - Gold Kilo Futures Will Provide Global Gold Market With Precise Risk Management Instrument - New Product Will Be Specifically Tailored For Price Discovery In The Asian Market And Physical Delivery In Hong Kong

Date 06/01/2015

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of physically delivered Gold Kilo Futures contracts (contract code GCK) to begin trading on January 26, 2015, pending all regulatory review periods.

Bitstamp: "An Important Message To Our Customers"

Date 06/01/2015

We have temporarily suspended Bitstamp services. Bitstamp customers can rest assured that their bitcoins held with us prior to temporary suspension of services on January 5th (at 9am UTC) are completely safe and will be honored in full.