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Deutsche Börse: RWE Bond With €1 Billion Volume Moves To Prime Standard For Corporate Bonds

Date 08/08/2013

The RWE Finance BV bond, issued on 10 February 2009 under the guarantee of RWE AG, has been listed in Deutsche Börse's Prime Standard for corporate bonds since Thursday. The bond (ISIN: XS0412842857) has a volume of €1 billion, an interest rate of 6.5 percent and runs until 10 August 2021. Its nominal denomination is €1,000. Applicant and specialist is Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG.

Bob Diamond Reported To Be In Talks Over Investment In Aquis

Date 08/08/2013

Bob Diamond, the Former Barclays chief executive, is reported to have held talks over investment in Aquis Exchange.

AlgoSpan Low Latency Exchange Access Infrastructure - Connects To The Order Machine (TOM)

Date 08/08/2013

AlgoSpan, the specialist market infrastructure provider, is pleased to announce that as of 1 August 2013, customers of AlgoSpan will be able to connect to TOM MTF over “AlgoNet”.

ASIC: Instinet Australia Pty Limited Pays $130,000 Infringement Notice Penalty

Date 08/08/2013

Instinet Australia Pty Limited (Instinet) has paid a penalty of $130,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The penalty was for not having in place at all times, as required, an appropriate automated filter in its Automated Order Processing (AOP) system to address the issue of wash trades or trades where there is no change in beneficial ownership (NCBO). 

CME Group Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

Date 08/08/2013

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $0.45 per share, payable September 25, 2013, to shareholders of record September 10, 2013.

Dow Jones S&P GSCI® Index: Market Attributes - Performance Of The Commodities Market In July

Date 07/08/2013

Key highlights from the S&P GSCI® include:

• The 24 S&P GSCI commodities were generally positive in July, with 15 commodities posting gains, driving the index up 4.9% MTD.
• The S&P GSCI Energy gained significantly, up 7.1% MTD, due to fundamentals driving up oil and unleaded gasoline. Gas had its fourth greatest July gain ever.
• The S&P GSCI Gold was up 7.1% in July, rebounding after its worst month in June since 1981. Fundamental support from bank buying bolstered the metal.
• The worst-performing sector in the index was S&P GSCI Agriculture, losing 2.8%. Corn, the worst performing commodity in July, lost 8.8% mainly due to weather. 
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Dow Jones UBS (DJ-UBS) Commodity Index: Market Attributes - Performance Of The Commodities Market In July

Date 07/08/2013

Key highlights from the Dow Jones UBS (DJ-UBS) Commodity Index include:

• 14 of the 22 commodities in the DJ-UBS Commodity Index posted gains for the month, driving the index up 1.4% MTD.
• DJ-UBS Energy is up 4.2% MTD, with fundamentals driving up oil and unleaded gasoline. DJ-UBS Petroleum was up 8.1 for the index.
• DJ-UBS Gold was up 7.1% in July—supported by bank buying of the metal—rebounding after its worst month in June since 1981.
• The biggest losing sector in the index for the month was DJ-UBS Agriculture, losing 3%. Corn lost 8.8% MTD, pushing the YTD return down to -17.3%. 

Russell Indexes And NYSE Technologies Announce New Enhancements To RussellTick Real-Time Market Data Program

Date 07/08/2013

Russell Indexes, a leading global index provider and NYSE Euronext, one of the world's premier exchange operators and technology innovators, today announced new enhancements to RussellTick™, an index feed for real-time, intra-day values for the Russell family of global indexes.  These enhancements represent an additional step in the growing global alliance between Russell Indexes and NYSE Euronext. The alliance, announced in January, includes the migration of RussellTick to NYSE Technologies Global Index Feed (GIF) as well as a commitment to introduce additional products in the U.S. and Europe including index-based options. 

TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – July 2013: Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange

Date 07/08/2013

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for July 2013.

Kinetic Partners Comment On Suggested Change Of AIFMD Registration Date

Date 07/08/2013

The FCA have announced that they are advising firms to submit applications to register under AIFMD before the end of January 2014. This is six months ahead of the formal deadline of July 22nd 2014.