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Asia Leads Global Recovery, Further Reforms Will Help Address Medium-Term Challenges, Says Imf’s Asia-Pacific Economic Outlook

Date 29/04/2013

Asia is set to grow at 5.7 percent in 2013 (with growth in emerging Asia reaching 7.2 percent), leading the global three-speed recovery, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for Asia and the Pacific released today in Singapore.

SIFMA Issues Quarterly Government Securities Issuance And Rates Forecast For 2Q 2013

Date 26/04/2013

SIFMA today issued its quarterly government securities issuance and rates forecast for the second quarter of 2013. The full report is available here.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 26/04/2013

The current reports for the week of April 23, 2013 are now available.

Bermuda Stock Exchange To Open The Nasdaq - BSX Commemorates The Upgrade Of The BSX Exchange Technology Platform To NASDAQ OMX's State Of The Art Trading System, X-Stream

Date 26/04/2013

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) will celebrate the upgrade of the BSX exchange technology platform to NASDAQ OMX state of the art trading system, X-stream, by opening the NASDAQ at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square in New York City, NY on Monday, April 29, 2013. The Honorable Grant Gibbons, Bermuda’s Minister of Economic Development and Greg Wojciechowski, the CEO of the Bermuda Stock Exchange along with other leading Bermuda business executives and clients of the Bermuda Stock Exchange will be present at the opening.

Speech By CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia, Federal Reserve Bank Of New York, 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY - Foreign Exchange Committee, Forum On The Dodd Frank Act And The Foreign Exchange Market

Date 26/04/2013

As you know all too well, just over four years ago we suffered the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. In response, Congress passed the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) with the twin goals of increasing market transparency and reducing systemic risk. Many of the regulatory changes found in Dodd-Frank can be traced back to four principles agreed upon by the G-20 Nations at a September 2009 meeting held to discuss reform of the Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) derivatives market. The four principles include the following: 1-most OTC derivatives should be transitioned to trading on centralized platforms; 2-these derivatives should be cleared through a clearinghouse; 3-data on the derivatives should be reported to a swap data repository (“SDR”); and 4-derivatives that are not cleared should be subject to higher capital requirements.

Nigerian Stock Exchange: Stock Market Report For April 26, 2013

Date 26/04/2013

A turnover of 1.758 billion shares worth of N17.898 billion in 23,958 deals were transacted this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 2.114 billion shares valued at N26.678 billion that exchanged hands last week in 27,624 deals. At the close of trading activities for the week, the Financial Services sector (measured by turnover volume) came top and accounted for1.443 billion shares valued at N10.502 billion exchanged hands by investors in 14,600 deals. Consumer Goods sector followed in the activity chart with 69.691 million shares valued at N5.130 billion traded in 4,100 deals.

NYSE Euronext Announces 2013 Annual Meeting Of Stockholders Vote Results

Date 26/04/2013

At the NYSE Euronext (NYX) annual stockholders’ meeting held on April 25, 2013:

• 16 director nominees received a majority of votes cast, with an average approval rate of 96.35% of votes cast,
• Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013,
• Stockholders approved on an advisory, non-binding basis, the Company’s executive compensation,
• Stockholders approved a Company proposal amending and restating the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan,
• Stockholders reapproved the performance goals under the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan,
• Stockholders did not approve a Company proposal amending certain provisions in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Charter) to allow stockholders to call special meetings (Special Meeting Proposal), and
• Stockholders did not approve a Company proposal amending certain provisions in the Company’s Charter to allow stockholders to act by written consent (Written Consent Proposal).

TOM MTF Statistics Week 17 - 2013

Date 26/04/2013

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 17 - 2013.

Changes In The Composition Of The ATHEX Indices

Date 26/04/2013

Following the announcement of the results of the company «Coca-Cola HBC AG» to acquire all ordinary registered shares of company «Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A.» changes will take place in the composition of the ATHEX market indices.

IMF Statement On Spain

Date 26/04/2013

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement today:

“I strongly support the Spanish government's objectives of restoring a sound fiscal position while securing a recovery and creating jobs. Today's announcement to pursue a more gradual consolidation path is a welcome step toward meeting these goals, building on major reforms and structural fiscal improvements last year."