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CFTC Chairman Massad To Testify Before U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Regarding CFTC’s FY 2016 Proposed Budget Request

Date 04/05/2015

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Tim Massad to testify before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee to review CFTC’s FY 2016 proposed budget request.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange: April 2015

Date 04/05/2015

• Trading turnover since the start of 2015: CHF 534.3 billion (+33.1% versus the same period in the prior year of 2014)
• Number of trades since the start of 2015: 18,297,635 (+39.9% versus the prior year period)
• Average trading turnover per day of CHF 6.5 billion

CFTC Staff Issues Interpretive Letter To Ford Motor Credit Company LLC

Date 04/05/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Division of Clearing and Risk (Division) today published a letter interpreting Section 2(h)(7)(C)(iii) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to clarify that a securitization special purpose vehicle that is wholly-owned by, and consolidated with, an entity described in Section 2(h)(7)(C)(iii) of the CEA qualifies as a captive finance company and, therefore, is eligible to elect the end-user exception from a clearing requirement determination issued by the Commission under Section 2(h) of the CEA.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces New Portfolio For Ibovespa And Other Indices Valid For May-August 2015

Date 04/05/2015

BM&FBOVESPA announces the new BOVESPA Index (Ibovespa) theoretical portfolio, which will be valid for the period of May 04-September 04, 2015, based on the closing of the April 30, 2015 trading session. SMLE3 (SMILES ON) is a new addition to this portfolio, which is now made up of 66 stocks from 62 companies.

EBA Updates Its Monitoring Of Additional Tier 1 Capital Instruments

Date 04/05/2015

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an update of its first report on the monitoring of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) capital instruments issued by EU institutions and released on 7th October 2014 . This update is partly based on the review of new AT1 issuances and includes some final conclusions of the EBA on issues previously flagged as being under investigation. The EBA expects to gather further insight on the basis of future issuances. 

Platts Names Martin Fraenkel Chief Content Officer - Former CME Global Head Of Energy To Lead Platts’ Global Editorial Team As Company Evolves Its Offerings In Data, Price Assessments, News And Analytics

Date 04/05/2015

Platts, a leading global energy and commodities information provider and premier source of benchmark price references, today announced it has named Martin Fraenkel, most recently managing director and global head of energy at CME Group Inc., to the position of chief content officer.  In this role, Fraenkel will be responsible for managing the global editorial team, as well as for developing strategies for price assessments and analysis, and all publications for the global commodities markets that Platts covers.

EPEX SPOT SE Power Trading Results Of April 2015 - More Than 2 TWh Traded On Swiss Day-Ahead

Date 04/05/2015

In April 2015, a total volume of 36.6 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (April 2014: 29.7 TWh). For the first time, the Swiss Day-Ahead market saw more than 2 TWh of trading volume, exceeding its last record volume from July 2013 by 8%. The French Day-Ahead market continued its path towards growth with a 69% year-on-year jump in April.

Average Daily Volume Of 8.3 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In April

Date 04/05/2015

In April 2015, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 8.3 million contracts (April 2014: 8.7 million). Of those, 5.9 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (April 2014: 6.1 million), and 2.4 million contracts (April 2014: 2.6 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). In total, 118.0 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 50.0 million at the ISE.

Turnover At Deutsche Börse’s Cash Markets At 137.1 Billion Euros In April

Date 04/05/2015

Order book turnover on Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange across all asset classes stood at €137.1 billion in April (April 2014: €96.4 billion).

The Spanish Stock Exchange Traded €88.7 Bn. In April, Up 13% Year On Year

Date 04/05/2015

The best month of April since 2010 

• The equity trading volume to April was up 30%, at €349.1 billion
• The ETF trading volume grew 44% in April
• The trading volume in the Warrants and Certificates market to April was up 59% year-on-year
• The trading volume in the Derivatives market in April was 2.9 million contracts
• Corporate Debt trading in April was €65.5 billion and €224.7 billion in the first four months