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Malawi Stock Exchange Second Quarter Market Performance Report-2013

Date 03/07/2013

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's second quarter market performance report-2013.

Warsaw Stock Exchange: Derivatives Market In June 2013

Date 03/07/2013

• The volume of trading in all derivatives was 1.5 million instruments in June 2013.
• The number of open interest was 197.9 thousand at the end of June 2013.

BATS Chi-X Europe Continues Growth In Spain With Monthly Market Share Record; Also Sets New Record In Finland - Reports 10.4% U.S. Equities Market Share

Date 03/07/2013

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported that BATS Chi-X Europe set another new monthly market share record of 14.4% and also a new one-day record of 19.5% for Spain’s IBEX 35, and a new monthly record of 28.6% in Helsinki’s OMXH25 Index.

MIAX Options Exchange Penny Pilot Classes For Option Classes To Start Trading On July 3, 2013

Date 03/07/2013

Regulatory Circular 2013-37 identifies option classes to be included in the MIAX Penny Pilot Program starting on July 3, 2013.

European Parliament : Small Investors To Be Shielded Against Reckless Risk Taking By Investment Funds

Date 03/07/2013

Small investors should be better protected against investment funds that take excessive or unnecessary risks with their money, thanks to a draft law approved by a show of hands on Wednesday. The law clarifies who is liable for mismanagement of funds and tailors fund managers' remuneration rules to encourage them to take reasonable risks and a long-run view.

ADX Appoints Assistant Chief Executive

Date 03/07/2013

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced the appointment of Mr. Abdul Aziz Al Neaimi as Assistant Chief Executive for Support Services at the exchange. 

EEX Trading Results In June

Date 03/07/2013

In June 2013, the total volume traded in power derivatives on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) amounted to 91.8 TWh compared to 83.2 TWh in June 2012. The Power Derivatives Market volume contained 47.0 TWh from OTC clearing.

European Parliament - Financial Transaction Tax: Wide Scope And Attention To Pension Funds And SMEs

Date 03/07/2013

Parliament kept up the pressure on Wednesday for a comprehensive financial transaction tax in 11 EU countries with a wide scope and rates of 0.1% for trades in stocks and bonds and 0.01% for those in derivatives. Lower rates should apply until 1 January 2017 for trades in sovereign bonds and pension fund industry trades. Finally, a new legal ownership principle was inserted to make tax avoidance more costly.

Global Systemically Important Banks: Updated Assessment Methodology And The Higher Loss Absorbency Requirement

Date 03/07/2013

The framework text sets out the Basel Committee's methodology for assessing and identifying global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). It also describes the additional loss absorbency requirements that will apply to G-SIBs, the phase-in arrangements for these requirements and the disclosures that banks above a certain size are required to make to enable the framework to operate on the basis of publically available information.

Press Conference By Taro Aso, Japan's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Of Finance, And Minister Of State For Financial Services - Personnel Changes - Securities And Exchange Surveillance Commission

Date 03/07/2013

At today’s (Friday, June 28, 2013, from 10:05 am to 10:35 am) Cabinet meeting the Cabinet approved changes in senior officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Financial Services Agency, and I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the main changes.