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ESMA Publishes Its 2012 Regulatory Work Programme

Date 07/05/2012

ESMA’s annual regulatory programme aims to provide information on the planned technical standards, technical advice and guidelines & recommendations to be issued by ESMA in 2012.

ICAP Reports Total Electronic Broking Volumes On BrokerTec And EBS Platforms Of US$714.2bn For April

Date 07/05/2012

ICAP, the world’s leading interdealer broker, announces today that average daily volumes on the BrokerTec and EBS platforms for April were US$714.2bn, a decrease of 5% month-on-month. This reflects the seasonal slowdown over the Easter period. For April year-on-year volume, there was a decrease of 13%.

ESMA Launches A Call For Evidence On Transaction Reporting

Date 07/05/2012

This call for evidence seeks to collect interested parties’ views on what elements ESMA should consider in its work on guidelines on harmonised transaction reporting, as well as opinions on what areas of the OTC derivatives guidelines need to be updated. On the basis of responses received to this call for evidence, ESMA will define its further work on guidelines on harmonised transaction reporting and launch a full public consultation.

Asia Pacific (Ex-Japan) ETF/ETP Industry As At End Of April 2012 - Preliminary Findings

Date 07/05/2012

Summary for Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) listed ETFs

• At the end of April 2012, the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF industry had 350 ETFs, with 458 listings, assets of US$60.3 Bn, from 82 providers on 14 exchanges.

Korea Exchange Fee Schedule - Effective From May 2, 2012

Date 07/05/2012

The Korea Exchange has released a new fee schedule, which is effective from May 2, 2012.  Please click here for details. 

NZX: Resignation Of Officer - Caroline Leckie, Head Of Market Supervision

Date 06/05/2012

NZX advises that Caroline Leckie has resigned as Head of Market Supervision, effective 18 May, to take up a position with Lehman Brothers in the UK.

DGCX Establishes New Monthly Volumes Record In April

Date 06/05/2012

• Exchange registers 559,781 contracts in April, valued at $22.42 billion, a growth of 146% from April 2011
• Exchange crosses 2 million mark in 82 trading days; Year-to-date volumes on DGCX exceeds2.1 million contracts, a 131% rise from 2011 
• Indian Rupee Futures establish new monthly volumes record of 499,478 contracts in April
• New Copper Futures contract gets off to a good start with 15,582 contracts in the first seven trading days

Tehran Stock Exchange Bulletin April 2012

Date 06/05/2012

Click here to download Tehran Stock Exchange's bulletin for April 2012.

Olli Rehn Vice-President Of The European Commission And Member Responsible For Economic And Monetary Affairs And The Euro Restoring Growth In Europe: Confidence, Reforms And Investment Institute Of European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels, 5 May 2012Brussels, 5 May 2012

Date 05/05/2012

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Many thanks for the invitation to give this dinner speech in your anniversary event. I would like to start by congratulating the alumni, faculty and friends of the Programme on International Legal Cooperation of the Institute of European Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel for the 40th anniversary, and pay tribute to you for your high quality research and teaching. Your work continues to provide a very important contribution to building a strong, stable and prosperous Europe, particularly in the fields of European law and policy-making.

SIFMA Applauds Progress In S&ED Talks

Date 04/05/2012

SIFMA today released the following statement from Tim Ryan, president and CEO, after the conclusion of the fourth round of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue held in Beijing, China.