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SEC Publishes Draft Strategic Plan For Public Comment

Date 03/02/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today published for public comment its Draft Strategic Plan that outlines the agency’s strategic goals for fiscal years 2014 to 2018.

ISDA 2014 Credit Derivatives Definitions To Go Live In September

Date 03/02/2014

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) announced today that the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions will go live from September 2014. The revised version of the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions will contain the basic terms used in the documentation of most credit derivatives transactions. 

Average Daily Volume Of 8.5 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In January 2014

Date 03/02/2014

SEC Seeks Stop Orders Against 20 Purported Mining Companies With Misleading Registration Statements

Date 03/02/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of stop order proceedings against 20 purported mining companies believed to have included false information in their registration statements.

Turnover At Deutsche Börse’s Cash Markets At 124.9 Billion Euros In January

Date 03/02/2014

Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at €124.9 billion in January (January 2013: €94.6 billion). Of the €124.9 billion, €112.9 billion were attributable to Xetra (January 2013: €85.5 billion). €5.8 billion were attributable to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (January 2013: €5.2 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €6.2 billion in January (January 2013: €3.9 billion).

ECB Makes Progress With Asset Quality Review, And Confirms Stress Test Parameters For Comprehensive Assessment

Date 03/02/2014

• Collection of first set of data completed, portfolio selection closes in mid-February
• Stress test will incorporate the results of the asset quality review
• As announced by the European Banking Authority, the capital thresholds for the baseline and adverse scenarios will be 8% and 5.5% Common Equity Tier 1 capital respectively

ESMA Publishes A Tender For CSD Regulation Technical Standards Cost-Benefit Analysis

Date 03/02/2014

ESMA invites responses to this tender by 10 February 2014.

Emerging Global Advisors Switches To FTSE As Index Benchmark Provider For Two ETFs

Date 03/02/2014

• 15 ETFs have transitioned to FTSE benchmarks in past 18 months
• More than 110 ETFs tracking FTSE benchmarks in North America
• EGA move reinforces FTSE’s growing US presence

January 2013: Good growth In Trading Volume On Oslo Børs

Date 03/02/2014

• The value of average daily turnover was NOK 4.4 billion, with 89,000 transactions. Compared to January 2013, the level of activity was up by 21% in terms of the number of transactions and up by 28% in terms of value. The chart below shows trends in market activity over the last 12 months.
• Following six months of successive increases, the Oslo Børs Benchmark Index fell by 2.4% in January.
• The Benchmark Index closed at a new all-time high on seven days in January. From its peak of 565.16 on 21 January, the Benchmark Index was down by 5.2% at the end of the month.
• Over the period since 1996, the Benchmark Index has risen in January in 11 years and fallen in January in eight years.

Egyptian Exchange Submits The Membership Rules Draft For A Community Dialogue

Date 03/02/2014

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) is sharing a copy of new membership rules initial draft on EGX's website for market participants review.  This comes as part of EGX's keenness to get the Stock Market community's participation in the formulation of the membership rules? proposed amendments.