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Board Succession At AFME

Date 16/07/2013

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has named Frédéric Janbon as its Chairman Elect. Frédéric Janbon will take up the role at the end of September when AFME’s current Chairman, Gaël de Boissard, Global Head of Fixed Income, CEO of the EMEA Region and Member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse, stands down.

Sharp Rise In The Participation Of Households In The Spanish Stock Market - BME 2012 Report On Share Ownership Structure In Spain

Date 16/07/2013

• Non-resident investors remain the main owners of Spanish listed shares, at 39.2% of the market value
• Households are again the second most relevant share owners, a position they had lost to non-financial firms in 2004
• For the first time in 20 years shares beat investment funds as the preferred savings instrument of Spanish families

Eka Acquires Stake In Commodity Handling Software Specialist MatrixGroup

Date 16/07/2013

Eka Software Solutions, a global provider of end-to-end commodity solutions, today announced that it has extended its commodity management platform with MatrixGroup, the state-of-the-art automated commodity handling software vendor.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 15 July,2013 (Issue 8)

Date 16/07/2013

Shenzhen market ended last week with a positive note. Shenzhen Component Index closed at 8012.8 points after gaining 2.0%. SME Index rose 0.9% to 4691.3 points. ChiNext Index jumped 3.7% and stood at 1096.3 points. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$76.7 bn, or a 2.3% decrease from the week before.

Answer To Reporters’ Request On Dalian Commodity Exchange Arbitrage Management Measures

Date 16/07/2013

CalPERS Reports Preliminary 2012-13 Fiscal Year Performance Of 12.5 Percent - Global Equity And Real Estate Lead Asset Classes With Strong Returns

Date 15/07/2013

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today reported a 12.5 percent return on investments for the 12 months that ended June 30, 2013, outperforming its benchmark by 1.5 percentage points. CalPERS assets at the end of the fiscal year stood at more than $257.8 billion.

SIFMA Welcomes EU Commissioner Barnier Comments On TTIP

Date 15/07/2013

SIFMA today released the following statement from former Senator Judd Gregg, CEO, and Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., president, after EU Commissioner Michel Barnier called for financial services to be included in negotiations between the European Union and the U.S. on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Triparty Settlement Interoperability - Speech By Benoît Cœuré, Member Of The Executive Board Of The European Central Bank

Date 15/07/2013

Ladies and gentlemen,

It is a great pleasure to host today at the ECB, the signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding on Triparty Settlement Interoperability, and to be together with key representatives from the European Repo Council (ERC), and the repo market infrastructures who have worked together on this initiative for many years now.

COGESI Workshop On Collateral Eligibility Requirements - Speech By Benoît Cœuré, Member Of The Executive Board Of The European Central Bank

Date 15/07/2013

Ladies and gentlemen,

It is a privilege for me to say a few words at this occasion, when we present the report on collateral eligibility requirements. The work conducted by the “ ECB Contact Group on Euro Securities Infrastructures” – known simply as COGESI - together with members of the ECB Money Market Contact Group has been remarkable.

MarketAxess Files Swap Execution Facility Application With CFTC

Date 15/07/2013

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income securities, filed its application onFriday July 12, 2013 to become a swap execution facility (SEF) under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Dodd-Frank Act.