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Decision On Cessation Of OSE-FX

Date 18/04/2014

OSE-FX will be put in cessation on October 23, 2014(Trading Session Ends is 6 00 am on October 24, 2014).

IMF Completes Eleventh Review Under An EFF Arrangement With Portugal, Approves €851 Million Disbursement

Date 17/04/2014

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the eleventh review of Portugal’s performance under an economic adjustment program supported by a 3-year, SDR 23.742 billion (about €26.58 billion) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. The completion of the review enables the immediate disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 760 million (about €851 million), bringing total disbursements under the EFF arrangement to SDR 22.942 billion (about €25.68 billion).

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report For The Week Ended 17 April 2014

Date 17/04/2014

It was a four-day trading week as the Federal Government of Nigeria declared Friday 18th and Monday 21st April 2014 as public holidays to mark “Good Friday” and Easter celebrations.

US President’s Working Group On Financial Markets Releases Terrorism Risk Insurance Report

Date 17/04/2014

The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) today released its report and analysis to Congress on terrorism risk insurance.  The report, mandated by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), requires the PWG to conduct, on an ongoing basis, an analysis of the long-term availability and affordability of insurance for terrorism risk.

Robert Pickel To Step Down As CEO Of ISDA

Date 17/04/2014

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Robert Pickel, will step down from his role later this year.

Financial Industry Associations Send Comment Letter On Bank Involvement In Commodities Activities

Date 17/04/2014

The Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the American Bankers Association (ABA), the Financial Services Forum (FSF), Financial Services Roundtable (FSR), and the Institute of International Bankers (IIB), collectively the "Associations," yesterday evening filed a comment letter with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on complementary activities, merchant banking, and other activities of financial holding companies (FHCs) related to physical commodities. The letter is accompanied by a joint memorandum of law drafted by four law firms.

CFTC Orders Florida Resident Derek J. Bridges And His Companies, Empire Sterling Metals Corp. And I.P.M. Investments, Inc., To Cease Illegal Fictitious Precious Metals Sales - Order Includes Restitution Award And Prohibitions Against Future Activity

Date 17/04/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Derek J. Bridges, a resident of Coral Springs, Florida, and his companies, Empire Sterling Metals Corp. (Empire) and I.P.M. Investments, Inc. (I.P.M.), for engaging in illegal, off-exchange precious metals transactions.

Thomson Reuters Monthly Market Share Reports Updated To Include March 2014 Data

Date 17/04/2014

Monthly Market Share Reports

Trading is increasingly fragmented. Find out by how much and which venues in the Thomson Reuters summarised monthly reports.

CFTC Issues Notice Of Temporary Registration As A Swap Execution Facility To GTX SEF, LLC

Date 17/04/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved the application of GTX SEF, LLC (GTX) for temporary registration as a swap execution facility (SEF). GTX is the 20th SEF temporarily registered by the CFTC to date. GTX is a Delaware limited liability company, and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Gain Capital Holdings, Inc., a publicly-traded company.

BTP Italia: More Than €20 Billion Raised On MOT

Date 17/04/2014

• Institutional investors offer period closed early this morning
• Retail investors offer period closed yesterday raising over €10 billion
• Annual (real) coupon rate is set a 1.65%