Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index: 99,770.30 -883.21

News Centre

  • SIFMA Statement On SEC Report On Municipal Securities Market

    Date 31/07/2012

    SIFMA today released the following statement from Leslie Norwood, co-head of SIFMA’s municipal securities division after the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a comprehensive report on the state of the municipal securities market.  

  • CBOE Holdings, Inc. Board Increases Quarterly Dividend; Extends Share Repurchase Program

    Date 31/07/2012

    CBOE Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced that its Board of Directors approved a 25-percent increase to its quarterly cash dividend to $0.15 per share from $0.12 per share and authorized the company to repurchase an additional $100 million of its outstanding unrestricted common stock. 

  • SIFMA: US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2012 Q2

    Date 31/07/2012

    About the Report

    The municipal bond credit report is a quarterly report on the trends and statistics of U.S. municipal bond market, both taxable and tax-exempt. Issuance volumes, outstanding, credit spreads, highlights and commentary are included.

    Summary

    According to Thomson Reuters, long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $113.1 billion in the second quarter of 2012, a 44.8 percent and 70.1 percent increase, respectively, quarter-over-quarter ($78.1 billion) and year-over-year ($66.5 billion). Refundings as a percentage of issuance continued to stay elevated in the second quarter as issuers sought to take advantage of low rates, with approximately 62.5 percent of issuance in 2Q'12 derived from refundings, having abated slightly from the 66.7 percent in 1Q'12 but well above 48.9 percent in 2Q'11. Year-to-date, municipal issuance totaled $191.2 billion, a smidge shy of the 10-year average ($194.3 billion year-to-date).

  • Thomson Reuters Reports Second-Quarter 2012 Results

    Date 31/07/2012

    • Revenues grew 3% before currency
    • Adjusted EBITDA of $892 million with a margin of 28.0%
    • Underlying operating profit of $617 million with a margin of 19.3%
    • Adjusted earnings per share were $0.54 vs. $0.51 in the second quarter 2011
    • 2012 Outlook affirmed

  • ISDA: Response To The Third FSB Progress Report On Implementation Of OTC Derivatives Market Reforms

    Date 31/07/2012

    The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) would like to take this opportunity to respond  to  the  Financial  Stability  Board’s  Third  Progress  Report  on  Implementation  of  OTC Derivatives Market Reforms, as published on 15 June 2012 (“the Progress Report”).