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Council Of The European Union: Permanent Representatives Committee Agrees On Directive Improving Rules For Collective Investment Funds

Date 04/12/2013

EU Permanent Representative Committee (COREPER II) on December 4 in Brussels has confirmed the Member States agreement on the Directive amending the current legislation on the harmonised functioning of collective investment funds and aiming at strengthening investors confidence.

NYSE Euronext Announces Trading Volumes For November 2013 - Global Derivatives ADV Up Year-Over-Year And Month-Over-Month, Excluding Bclear - European Cash Equities ADV Up Year-Over-Year But Down Sequentially - U.S. Cash ADV Down Year-Over-Year And Down Sequentially

Date 04/12/2013

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced trading volumes for its global derivatives and cash equities exchanges for November 2013.  Global derivatives average daily volume ("ADV") of 6.6 million contracts, excluding Bclear in November 2013 increased 1.6% compared to November 2012 and increased 1.7% from October 2013.  U.S. equity options volumes in November 2013 decreased 7.8% compared to November 2012 and decreased 4.4% sequentially.  ADV in U.S. cash equities declined 12.6% year-over-year and decreased 5.2% month-over-month. European cash equities ADV in November 2013 increased 14.4% compared to November 2012, but decreased 3.3% from October 2013 levels. 

New Indices On Warsaw Stock Exchange From The Beginning Of 2014

Date 04/12/2013

• As of January 2014, WSE starts the publication of new indices derived from WIG30: WIG30short and WIG30lev
• WSE will provide historical data of the indices WIG30 and WIG30TR for the period from December 2007

Antitrust: European Commission Fines Banks € 1.71 Billion For Participating In Cartels In The Interest Rate Derivatives Industry

Date 04/12/2013

The European Commission has fined 8 international financial institutions a total of € 1 712 468 000 for participating in illegal cartels in markets for financial derivatives covering the European Economic Area (EEA). Four of these institutions participated in a cartel relating to interest rate derivatives denominated in the euro currency. Six of them participated in one or more bilateral cartels relating to interest rate derivatives denominated in Japanese yen. Such collusion between competitors is prohibited by Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement. Both decisions were adopted under the Commission's cartel settlement procedure; the companies' fines were reduced by 10% for agreeing to settle. See also MEMO/13/1090.

Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report November 2013

Date 04/12/2013

Click here to download Ljubljana Stock Exchange's monthly statistical report for November 2013.

ICE Endex Sets Daily Volume Record In Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures

Date 04/12/2013

IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that ICE Endex reached a daily volume record of 15,125 contracts in Dutch TTF natural gas futures on December 3, 2013. The previous ICE Endex and ICE Futures Europe volume records were 10,295 and 12,630 contracts respectively on October 11, 2012 and September 17, 2013.

EEX Trading Results In November

Date 04/12/2013

In November 2013, the total volume traded in power derivatives on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) amounted to 103.6 TWh which is an increase of 12 percent compared to the previous year. The overall volume included 45.7 TWh from Trade Registrations, the registration of trades for clearing.

Tehran And Muscat Stock Exchanges Signs MoU

Date 04/12/2013

Tehran Stock Exchange and Muscat Securities Market signed an MoU following Federation of Euro-Asian Stock exchange (FEAS) 2013 general assembly, which was held in Oman on 4 December 2013.

Antitrust: European Commission Fines Banks € 1.71 Billion For Participating In Cartels In The Interest Rate Derivatives Industry - Frequently Asked Questions

Date 04/12/2013

A) The products and benchmarks concerned

What are financial derivatives?

Financial derivatives are financial agreements (i.e. contracts) between two counterparties that derive their value from the level of an underlying asset, index, benchmark interest rate, etc.

BATS Global Markets In November: European Trade Reporting Service Becomes Market Leader - 1Q14 Close Projected For Direct Edge Merger - U.S. Equities Market Share Totals 10%, BATS Chi-X Europe Posts Another New Record In Spain

Date 04/12/2013

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reports that its pan-European trade reporting service, BXTR, became the industry leader in its first month of operation while BATS Chi-X Europe remained Europe’s largest stock market in November.