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Measuring Emerging Markets…Defensively: Russell Emerging Markets Defensive Index Outperformed Its Dynamic Counterpart For One, Three & Five-Year Annualized Return As Of July 23rd

Date 25/07/2013

An analysis of Russell Emerging Markets Index performance over the five years ended July 23rd shows defensive stocks significantly outperformed their dynamic counterparts in emerging markets. The Russell Emerging Markets Defensive Index outperformed the Russell Emerging Markets Index and its Dynamic counterpart for 2013 year-to-date, one year, three year and five years as of July 23rd.

World Federation Of Exchanges Publishes 2013 First Half Market Highlights - Share Trading Value Increases 23% While Exchange-Traded Derivative Volumes Rebound

Date 25/07/2013

The World Federation of Exchanges’ (WFE) semi-annual survey of global markets found that the value of share trading on its member exchanges increased 23% during the first half of 2013, while the volume of exchange-trade derivatives increased 14% after a negative performance in 2012.

DelphX Chooses Thomson Reuters Elektron Treasury Feed To Support Its Real Time MAV=N Fair-Value Pricing Engine For Fixed Income Market - Thomson Reuters Streaming U.S. Treasury Pricing Data Will Be Used to Calculate MAV=N Fair-Value Prices and Adjust Orders on DelphX ATS in Real Time

Date 25/07/2013

DelphX, the forthcoming Alternative Trading System for real time fair-value pricing and informed all-to-all trading of fixed income securities, today announced it has chosen Thomson Reuters Elektron Treasury Pricing Feed to calculate its real time fair-value pricing of more than 25,000 corporate bonds and to continuously adjust the Treasury-spread pricing of orders entered on the DelphX ATS.

UBS MTF Trading Notification: Order Accept And Order Replace Amendments

Date 25/07/2013

This notice is to inform you that as part of UBS MTF’s continuous programme of enhancements and in response to demand, UBS MTF will modify the way our Matching Engine handles New Order and Order Replacement requests. The new behaviour will reduce the number of messages Members currently receive for every New Order or amendment resulting in a reject.

CFTC Announces That Mandatory Clearing Of iTraxx CDS Indices For Category 2 Entities Begins Today

Date 25/07/2013

The Division of Clearing and Risk (Division) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) announces that the second phase of required clearing for certain iTraxx credit default swap (CDS) indices begins today for Category 2 Entities. Category 2 Entities include commodity pools, private funds, and persons predominantly engaged in activities that are in the business of banking, or in activities that are financial in nature, except for third-party subaccounts. These entities are required to begin clearing iTraxx CDS indices that are subject to the clearing requirement under section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Regulations 50.2 and 50.4(b) executed on or after July 25, 2013.

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation On Euro Area Policies

Date 25/07/2013

S&P Dow Jones Indices, TMX Group Launch High Income Energy Index - Index Licensed To Guggenheim Investments For ETF Development

Date 25/07/2013

S&P Dow Jones Indices and TMX Group announced today the launch of the S&P/TSX High Income Energy Index. The new index has been licensed by S&P Dow Jones Indices to Guggenheim Investments for an Exchange Traded Fund listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

BondDesk And S&P Capital IQ To Develop An Innovative Odd-Lot Fixed Income Pricing Service

Date 25/07/2013

Recognizing the need for improved price transparency in the odd-lot fixed income markets, BondDesk Group LLC and S&P Capital IQ today announced a new pricing service for U.S. corporate and municipal bonds, Odd-Lot Valuations™.  The evaluated prices in this new service will be derived using S&P Capital IQ’s proprietary methodologies and factor in market data from the BondDesk ATS, the largest odd-lot fixed income trading venue in the United States.

UK Government Must Drive Implementation Of Kay Review, Says Business, Innovation And Skills Parliamentary Committee

Date 25/07/2013

The Government must be willing to pick up a ‘regulatory stick’ to drive implementation of the Kay Review, says the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee in a Report published today.  The Committee urges the Government to immediately publish clear, measureable and achievable targets for implementation of each of Professor Kay’s 17 recommendations.  This should include a clear measure of success for the recommendation (a target); who is responsible for achieving the target; a clear deadline by which the target needs to be achieved, and the action the Government will take if it is not.

FOA Members’ Vote Paves The Way For Affiliation With FIA

Date 25/07/2013

Members of the Futures and Options Association (FOA) voted yesterday in support of a special resolution to adopt new articles of association which pave the way for the affiliation of the Association with the Futures Industry Association (FIA) under one global structure and brand called FIA Global, and the change of name to FIA Europe.