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Tokyo Financial Exchange Trading Volume In June 2012

Date 02/07/2012

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 398,758 decreasing 15.1% in comparison to that of the previous year comparable month, and decreasing 9.3% in comparison to that of the previous month, and the daily average was 18,988 .

Osaka Securities Exchange: Trading Overview In June 2012 & First Half Of 2012 (January To June)

Date 02/07/2012

OSE announced a trading overview (preliminary estimates) in June  2012 & First Half of 2012 (January to June).

Agder Energi Further Expands Collaboration With Brady Plc For Managing Its Business-Critical Trading Operations

Date 02/07/2012

Brady plc (BRY.L), the leading global provider of trading, risk management and settlement solutions to the energy, metals and commodities sectors, announced today that Agder Energi, one of the largest energy groups in Norway, has made a firm commitment to further collaborate with Brady plc. Agder Energi has selected the Brady ETRM system to manage its financial and physical power trading operations in the Nordic energy market, in addition to the Brady Energy Power Scheduling solution, which will be deployed to manage Agder’s scheduling operations in Germany.

Barclays Board Changes - Resignation Of Chairman, Marcus Agius

Date 02/07/2012

Barclays today announces the resignation of its Chairman, Marcus Agius. The search for a successor both from within the existing Board members and from outside will be led by Sir John Sunderland and will commence today. Mr Agius will remain in post until an orderly succession is assured and Sir Michael Rake has been appointed Deputy Chairman.

DIFC Authority Publishes Its First Annual Review

Date 02/07/2012

The Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”), the financial and business hub connecting the region’s emerging markets with the markets of Asia, Europe and the Americas, today announced it has published its first Annual Review for DIFC Authority.

ASIC - New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Of Financial Advisers Announced

Date 02/07/2012

ASIC and New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA) have today announced mutual recognition arrangements for Australian and New Zealand financial advisers.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For June 2012 Contract

Date 02/07/2012

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for June 2012 contract is 47,110 yen.

MiFID II Pre-Trade Transparency Proposals On The Fixed-Income Market Will Impact Liquidity, Trading Costs And Ability To Raise Capital, Says TABB Group Study - Sees Potential Unintended Consequences For The Fixed-Income Markets, Its Investors, Corporations, Governments And European Economy

Date 01/07/2012

With an important vote looming in the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on MiFID II on July 9, TABB Group believes that current proposals to reform pricing practices in the fixed-income market will seriously undermine trading firms’ ability to provide liquidity, increase trading costs for investors and make it more difficult and expensive for governments and companies to raise capital.

SIFMA Cautions On CFTC Cross-Border Guidance

Date 29/06/2012

SIFMA today released the following statement from President and CEO Tim Ryan in response to proposed guidance issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that addresses cross-border treatment of derivatives rules under the Dodd-Frank Act.

CFTC Approves Phased Compliance Proposal For Certain Swap Regulations

Date 29/06/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today voted to propose a phased compliance program regarding certain swaps to non-U.S. swap dealers, non-U.S. major swap participants, U.S. swap dealers, U.S. major swap participants, and foreign branches of U.S. swap dealers and U.S. major swap participants. In order to ensure an orderly transition to the Dodd-Frank Act the Commission released for public comment a phased compliance regarding certain entity-level requirements (Entity-Level Requirements) and transaction-level requirements (Transaction-Level Requirements) subject in each case to specified conditions. The vote was conducted via a seriatim vote of the commission and was passed by a vote of 5 to 0. The Comment period is open for 30 days after the publication in the Federal Register.