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Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Weekly Review: 1-5 February 2015

Date 05/02/2015

TA-25

The TA-25 index increased 0.9% over the week and decreased 0.2% since the beginning of the year, after an increase of 10.2% for the whole of 2014.

Advocating For Investors Saving For Retirement, SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, The American Retirement Initiative’s, Winter 2015 Summit, Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2015

Date 05/02/2015

Thank you, Keith [Green], for that kind introduction. I am once again pleased to sponsor The American Retirement Initiative’s (ARI) Winter Summit. We have had many successful ARI summits over the last few years, and I am glad that the ARI has continued its focus on the plight of our nation’s seniors and retirees. Protecting investors—especially those saving for their retirement—is an important mission for me. Before I continue my remarks, however, let me issue the standard disclaimer that the views I express today are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”), my fellow Commissioners, or members of the staff.

ESMA Is Renewing The CWG For The Investment Management Standing Committee

Date 05/02/2015

ESMA is today launching the process to renew the composition of the IMSC CWG. Interested parties should submit their application using the approriate form by 5 March 2015.

ICAP Energy’s Todd Creek appointed To CFTC EEMAC

Date 05/02/2015

ICAP Energy, the energy and commodities business of ICAP plc, announces today that Todd Creek, President of ICAP Energy and Commodities, has been appointed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to its Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC). Todd is an Associate Member appointed by CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo and approved by the Commission, effective immediately.  

Irish Stock Exchange: Statistics January 2015

Date 05/02/2015

January 2015 overall market statistics report          

January 2015 investment funds statistics

United Kingdom Parliament: Treasury Committee Questions The FCA

Date 05/02/2015

The Treasury Committee holds oral evidence hearings with the Financial Conduct Authority approximately every six months as part of the Committee's remit to scrutinise their work. The Committee is therefore taking evidence from John Griffith-Jones, Chairman, and Martin Wheatley, Chief Executive, Financial Conduct Authority.

Moscow Exchange Closing Auction Prices To Be Used In FTSE Index Calculations

Date 05/02/2015

Moscow Exchange is pleased to announce that FTSE will use MOEX's closing auction prices for listed Russian securities when calculating end-of-day values for its indexes. The new methodology will come into effect from 13 April.

Bank Of England Maintains Bank Rate At 0.5% And The Size Of The Asset Purchase Programme At £375 Billion

Date 05/02/2015

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £375 billion.

BM&FBOVESPA Publishes January Market Performance

Date 05/02/2015

BOVESPA Segment

Trading value in the equity market (BOVESPA segment) totaled BRL 133.30 billion in January, compared with BRL 156.22 billion the previous month. Average daily trading value was BRL 6.34 billion, from BRL 7.81 the previous month. Total volume reached 19,368,870 trades, from 17,170,799 the previous month. Average daily volume was 922,327 (858,540 in December).

Moscow Exchange: The Additional Trading Session Starts Later On 13 And 16 February 2015

Date 05/02/2015

Please note that the Derivatives market evening trading session will begin ten minutes later, i.e. at 7:10 pm MSK, on 13 and 16 February 2015, as these are the last trading days for options contracts (in accordance with clause 7.2 of the Rules of organized trading for the Moscow Exchange Derivatives Market).