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Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Adjusting Minimum Trading Margin Standard And Trading Limits Of The Products Of Coking Coal, Coke, Iron Ore And Egg

Date 14/04/2014

SGX Aligns Names Of Shares In Trading Counter And CDP Statement

Date 14/04/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) will from 14 April 2014 standardise how shares of listed companies are identified on their trading counters and on investors’ Central Depository (CDP) statements.

CME Group Statement: Regarding The Lawsuit, Braman v. CME Group And The Board Of Trade Of The City Of Chicago

Date 13/04/2014

CME Group, today released the following statement regarding the lawsuit, Braman v. CME Group and The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago:

"The suit is devoid of any facts supporting the allegations and, even worse, demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of how our markets operate. It is sad when plaintiffs' lawyers bring a suit based on a desire for publicity, and in the rush to file a suit fail to undertake even the most basic effort to determine if there is any basis for their allegations. The case is without merit, and we intend to defend ourselves vigorously."

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report March 2014

Date 13/04/2014

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 213 at the end of March 2014. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 24 at the end of the month.

Amendment Of Non-Qatari Investors Ownership Limit In CBQ To 25% Of Its Total Shares

Date 13/04/2014

Qatar Stock Exchange would like to inform investors in the Qatari market that the Qatar Central Securities Depository Company has amended its systems in compliance with the approval granted by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce on a resolution issued by the EGM of the Commercial Bank to amend article 13 of its Articles of Association amending the ownership limit of Non-Qatari investors to 25% of the total of the Company’s shares.

Communiqué Of The Twenty-Ninth Meeting Of The International Monetary And Financial Committee (IMFC) - Chaired By Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister Of Singapore And Minister For Finance Press Release No. 14/169, April 12, 2014

Date 12/04/2014

Global activity continues to strengthen. However, the recovery is still fragile and downside risks remain. Creating a more dynamic, sustainable, balanced, and job-rich global economy remains our paramount collective goal. We will implement ambitious measures to sustain the recovery, proceed with structural reforms, place government debt on a sustainable track, promote financial stability, and reinforce cooperation to manage spillovers. We welcome the Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda.

March 2014 FIF Market Share And Market Dynamics Reports – Executive Summary

Date 12/04/2014

U.S. Equities Market Share

• Share volumes traded across Tape A, B, and C totaled144.7 billion shares, an increase of 8.7% monthly, an increase of 18.1% annually.
• In March 2014, off-exchange trading accounted for35.5% of the shares traded in NMS Equity Securities, a decrease of 0.2% compared to last month.
• NYSE-listed securities share volume was 72.1 billion shares, an increase of 3.3% monthly and increase of5.1% annually.
• Share volume in NASDAQ-listed securities was 46.9 billion shares, a 17.1% monthly increase and 37.9% annual increase.

SIFMA AMG Survey Shows Separate Accounts Do Not Pose Systemic Risk - Survey Data From 9 Asset Managers, With Combined $4 Trillion In Separate Account Assets Shows: 99% Invested In Long-Only Investment Strategies - Less Than 4% Employed Leverage, Less Than 2% Held Illiquid Securities - Separate Accounts Are Subject To Multiple Layers Of Regulation

Date 12/04/2014

A SIFMA Asset Management Group (SIFMA AMG) survey of nine asset managers, with an aggregate AUM of $11.2 trillion, demonstrates that separate accounts do not pose systemic risk.  SIFMA AMG conducted this survey to provide data on the assets and investment strategies of separate accounts managed by asset managers, and to clarify important misconceptions.

Canadian Securities Administrators: Derivatives Trade Reporting Implementation Date To Be Extended

Date 11/04/2014

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced yesterday that it intends to extend the date for the commencement of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trade reporting until October 31, 2014 for clearing agencies and dealers, and until June 30, 2015 for all other OTC derivatives market participants. 

SIFMA Pushes For Broad Use Of LEIs To Promote Financial Stability

Date 11/04/2014

SIFMA today submitted a letter encouraging Jacob Lew, Treasury Secretary and Chairperson of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), to leverage his role as FSOC Chairperson to advocate for a more fulsome adoption and use by the US regulatory community of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).  SIFMA believes FSOC and its members should work to expand the US adoption of the LEI and its related benefits by requiring LEIs to be used broadly in US regulatory reporting and other supervisory practices.