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UK's Financial Services Authority To Adjust Bank Liquidity Guidance In Light Of Improved Bank Of England Facilities

Date 29/06/2012

The FSA emphasises that its liquidity guidance regime means that liquid asset buffers can be drawn down in the event of liquidity stress and used for the duration of the period of stress.
Oslo Børs To Reduce Opening Hours

Date 29/06/2012

Oslo Børs will from 6 August reduce the opening hours for trading equities and derivatives with one hour, and close at 16:30 CET. The measure is done to improve quality and liquidity throughout the trading day and at the same time strengthen the strongest Nordic market for capital issues by allowing more time for fundraising after exchange opening hours.
Athens Exchange Market Operations Committee Decision

Date 29/06/2012

The Market Operations Committee of ATHEX, during today's session, approved the application of price fluctuation limits of ±10%, for July 2012, for the low turnover velocity Stocks of the ATHEX Main Market (monthly average velocity of last month less or equal to 0.01%) presented in Table 1, according to the ATHEX Board Decision 22.
Pension Funds As Owners And Investors: A Voice For Working Families By SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar

Date 29/06/2012

Thank you very much for that kind introduction. It is an honor to be here with you, at the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys’ 25^th Anniversary Legal Education Conference. Thank you for the work you do to help ensure retirement security for the millions of American workers who rely on public pension plans. Before I begin, let me issue the standard disclaimer that these remarks are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Securities and Exchange Commission, my fellow Commissioners, or the Commission’s staff.
NYSE Liffe U.S. Celebrates First Year As The Home Of Mini MSCI Futures - Volume Up 75% And Open Interest Up 175% - Offers Exposure To Growth Of Emerging Markets, Which Represent 50% Of Global GDP Growth - Offers Access To MSCI EAFE With $1.3 Trillion Currently Benchmarked Globally

Date 29/06/2012

NYSE Liffe U.S., the innovative U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX) today celebrates the one-year anniversary as the sole U.S. futures exchange trading contracts based on MSCI indices by announcing key performance and customer adoption metrics. These metrics demonstrate that mini MSCI futures on NYSE Liffe U.S. have experienced significant growth in volume and open interest over the past year, particularly in the contracts based on the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets and MSCI EAFE indices. They also reflect growing interest in global investing, especially in emerging markets, and improved liquidity in the contracts.

José Manuel Durão Barroso President Of The European Commission Statement By President Barroso At The Press Conference Following The European Council Of The 28-29 June 2012 Joint Press Conference/Brussels 29 June 2012

Date 29/06/2012

Let me begin with a word of thanks for Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her excellent team. They have put an enormous amount of work into their Presidency which has been shown by the results they have achieved. I want to thank Helle for the extremely good cooperation personally, and between our teams.
ESMA Has Published Its Feedback Statement - Call For Evidence On Empty Voting

Date 29/06/2012

ESMA has published its Feedback Statement to its Call for Evidence on Empty Voting launched in September 2011. Click here for further information.
Thomson Reuters Position Paper - The Practical Aspects Of Delivering A European Consolidated Tape

Date 29/06/2012

Click here to download a Thomson Reuters position paper produced to help inform the discussions around the delivery of a consolidated tape for Europe.
NASDAQ OMX BX Options Options Exchange Joins OCC

Date 29/06/2012

OCC and The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. announced today that NASDAQ OMX BX Options^SM has become an OCC participant exchange. NASDAQ OMX BX Options ^SM began operations today, Friday, June 29.
NYSE Euronext Raised $17.1 Billion In Global IPO Proceeds In First Half Of 2012 - Global IPO Proceeds Of $17.1 Billion On 66 IPOs - Led The U.S. Market For Number Of IPOs, Bringing 56 New IPOs To Market - NYSE Gained Eight Listing Transfers In The U.S. - In Europe, Raised €1.2 Billion In Proceeds On 16 New Listings - NYSE Euronext Encouraged For Second Half Of 2012 With Over 115 IPOs In The Pipeline

Date 29/06/2012

In the first half of 2012, NYSE Euronext (NYX) raised $17.1 billion in total global proceeds from Initial Public Offerings (IPO) on 66 IPOs. In the U.S., NYSE Euronext listed 62% of all U.S. IPOs bringing 56 new IPOs to the U.S. market, recently ending the quarter with the successful listing of ServiceNow, Inc. (NYSE: NOW). Additionally in the U.S., NYSE gained eight listing transfers. In Europe, NYSE Euronext had 16 new listings, with approximately €1.2 billion in proceeds.