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MGEX Reports 5th Best Exchange And Electronic Volume

Date 01/07/2014

MGEX, a Designated Contract  Market  (DCM)  and  Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces top five monthly records from June in both total volume and electronic volume. This is the fifth month this year that the Exchange has finished with total volume in the top 25 all-time. All futures and options contracts traded totaled 214,007, a 70 percent increase from June 2013.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Introduces Dow Jones Commodity Index; Index Based On Straightforward Design, Equal-Weighted Approach - Diversification & Liquidity Hallmarks Of Dow Jones Commodity Index

Date 01/07/2014

S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI) has introduced today the Dow Jones Commodity Index which is designed to serve as a broad-market commodity index with diversification and liquidity as its intrinsic characteristics. The Index may be used as a well-diversified, core beta exposure, or as a simple building block for customizable indices or product creation. The Dow Jones Commodity Index will serve as a complement to the S&P GSCI® – the first investable commodity index and its family of indices.

Turnover At Deutsche Börse’s Cash Markets At 93.7 Billion Euros In June

Date 01/07/2014

EBA Supports Capital Treatment Of Covered Bonds, But Calls For Additional Eligibility Criteria

Date 01/07/2014

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an opinion on the preferential capital treatment of covered bonds and a detailed report on the European covered bonds frameworks. While expressing support for the current approach laid down in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), the EBA recommends additional criteria to qualify for preferential treatment. The opinion also calls for further clarifications on current disclosure requirements and provides advice on the preferential treatment of some specific cover assets. Finally, based on the analysis presented in the report, the EBA has identified a series of best practices ensuring a robust and consistent regulatory framework for covered bonds.

NASDAQ OMX Global Indexes Now Available Through Informa Investment Solutions

Date 01/07/2014

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) a market leading provider of innovative, transparent indexes, announced the following 21 NASDAQ Indexes are now available to clients of Informa Investment Solutions' Zephyr StyleADVISOR. They will also be launched within Informa Investment Solution's PSN Enterprise in the coming months.

EBA Publishes Guidelines On Harmonised Definitions And Templates For Funding Plans Of Credit Institutions

Date 01/07/2014

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on harmonised definitions and templates for funding plans of credit institutions. These Guidelines aim at harmonising reporting of funding plans across the EU.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority: Temporary Restriction In Short Selling

Date 01/07/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) notifies that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following instruments under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps.  This follows a decision made by another EU Competent Authority.

Moscow Exchange's Turnover At RUB 37.2 Trln In June 2014

Date 01/07/2014

Moscow Exchange's turnover was RUB 37,154 bln in June 2014 (June 2013: RUB 40,973 bln). Equity, FX, Precious Metals, and Money Market (repo with the CCP) turnover increased, as did open interest on the Derivatives Market.

OCC Reports First Quarter Trading Revenue Of $6.1 Billion

Date 01/07/2014

Insured U.S. commercial banks and savings associations reported trading revenue of $6.1 billion in the first quarter of 2014, up $3.2 billion, or 108 percent, from $2.9 billion in the fourth quarter, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reported today in the OCC's Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities. "The seasonal rebound in trading revenue occurred, as it does every year,” said Kurt Wilhelm, Director of the Financial Markets Group.

Eze Software Launches Cloud-based Technology Framework - Eze Data Services First Offering Released On New Framework

Date 01/07/2014

Eze Software Group, a premier provider of global investment technology, today announced the launch of a new technology framework for the cloud. The first offering to leverage this new framework will be Eze Data Services, a cloud-based data hub and integration service to support position and transaction interfaces across the company’s front-to-back product suite.