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Egyptian Exchange Eid El Adha Market Holiday

Date 28/09/2014

EGX decided that Eid El Adha vacation will start from Sunday 05 October 2014 till Tuesday 07 October 2014. Trading will be resumed effective Wednesday 08 October 2014.

Amman Stock Exchange Eid Al-Adha Holiday

Date 28/09/2014

According to the Prime Minister announcement on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha , the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) will have a holiday starting from Sunday morning 05 October 2014 until Tuesday evening 07 October 2014.

Cairo Amman Bank Weekly Economic Monitor

Date 28/09/2014

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Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Rings Bell To Celebrate Listing Of A 500 Million Dollar Emirates NBD Bond On NASDAQ Dubai

Date 28/09/2014

• Prominent banking group is now largest issuer on the exchange by total value of conventional bonds, at 2.25 billion dollars
• Bond underlines the exchange’s growth as centre of fixed income activity

CFTC Charges Delaware Depository Services Company With Confirming The Execution Of Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions - Order Requires Metals Depository To Pay $500,000 To Hunter Wise Receivership

Date 26/09/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges againstDelaware Depository Services Company, LLC (DDSC) for confirming the execution of off-exchange precious metals transactions relating to Hunter Wise Commodities LLC (Hunter Wise) in violation of Section 4(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act. DDSC is a precious metals depository located in Wilmington, Delaware, and has never been registered with the CFTC.

SEC Charges Four Insurance Agents In Securities Fraud Targeting Elderly Investors

Date 26/09/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against four insurance agents for unlawfully selling securities in what turned out to be a multi-million dollar offering fraud targeting elderly investors.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 26/09/2014

The current reports for the week of September 23, 2014 are now available.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report For The Week Ended 26 September 2014

Date 26/09/2014

A turnover of 1.586 billion shares worth N26.921 billion in 22,238 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of The Exchange in contrast to a total of 3.752 billion shares valued at N62.116 billion that exchanged hands last week in 22,109 deals. 

CalPERS Responds To News That Bill Gross Has Left Pimco

Date 26/09/2014

“CalPERS has respect for both Bill Gross and Pimco investment professionals. Pimco manages an international bond fund for CalPERS, valued at approximately $1 billion and representing 1.5 percent of our Fixed Income program. We will continue to monitor developments at the firm, and will conduct a thorough analysis of our exposure managed by them. We have no plans at this time to make changes with our Pimco mandate.”

Speech By William Amos, UK FCA Director Of Wholesale Banking And Investment Management At the Investment Week Fund Management Summit, London - Getting The Right Investor Outcomes

Date 26/09/2014

It’s a great pleasure to join everyone this morning and thank you for inviting me to speak at today’s summit, the FCA value opportunities to speak at such events so I do hope you all find this morning’s session valuable. As you know I’m going to spend some time talking about getting the right investor outcomes, but then, dig deeper in to the detail about what do right outcomes actually look like, why it is important to get the right outcomes for clients and why do we care? And finally, as you will recognise, the FCA approach is different so I will spend time on our Supervisory framework and our expectations of firms, cover some of the recent thematic findings in the asset management industry and finally talk to you about the role of our new fund authorisation and supervision team.