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Eurex Clearing Will Meet ISLA’s Guidelines For CCPs In European Securities Lending Markets

Date 14/07/2009

Eurex Clearing published today its written response to an initial report on “A Central Counterparty in the European Equity Securities Lending Market” released recently by The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) CCP Working Group. The response can be found here: http://www.eurexclearing.com/documents/publications/flyer_en.html.
FORTS Weekly Trading Results: July 6 – July 10, 2009

Date 14/07/2009

For the week of July 6 – July 10, 2009 the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 224.3 billion roubles or 9.5 million contracts, including 47.0 billion roubles during the evening trading session. The total open interest as of the last day of the week, July 10, 2009 reached 76.8 billion roubles or 4.3 million contracts.
Xtrakter: Asset Backed New Issuance Drops 54.1% In Q2 2009

Date 14/07/2009

(LONDON, UK) Xtrakter, the market utility, released the following figures today: Fixed income new issuance was valued at USD 1 trillion for Q2 2009 representing a 15% (USD 180 billion) drop on Q2 2008 figures. During the same period asset backed new issuance accounted for USD 100.6 billion of all issues down by 45.8% (USD 118.7 billion) and the overall size of the international capital market rose by 10.3% (USD 1.3 trillion) to a total value of USD 14.1 trillion.
RTS Stock Market Weekly Trading Results: July 6 – July 10, 2009

Date 14/07/2009

Over the week of July 6 – July 10, 2009, the RTS Index went down by 12.1% to reach 835.23 points (950.24 points as of July 3, 2009). Most of the negative impact on the Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (minus 22.9 points), Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) (minus 15.0 points) and ordinary shares of ??? "LUKOIL" (LKOH) (minus 11.2 points).
CME Group Announces The Launch Of Cleared OTC London Gold Forwards

Date 14/07/2009

CME Group Inc., the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced the launch of clearing services for over the counter (OTC) London gold forwards. Clearing services will be available through CME ClearPort((R)), a set of flexible clearing services open to OTC market participants to substantially mitigate counterparty risk and provide capital efficiencies across asset classes. Clearing services for house business will commence on August 23 for trade date August 24, wi

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange To Close On Sunday 19 July

Date 14/07/2009

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) today announces it will be closed on Sunday 19 July, Rajab 26 1430, for the occasion of the Israa and Me’raj.
FFastFill Adds LCH.Clearnet Freight OTC Post Trade Processing To Eclipse

Date 14/07/2009

As part of its commitment to the growing freight OTC derivative sector FFastFill has today announced a new post trade processing facility for the LCH.Clearnet Enclear freight service.
STOXX Launches An Optimised Family Of European Sector Indexes In Collaboration With Source

Date 14/07/2009

STOXX Limited, the leading provider of European equity indexes, today launched the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Optimised Supersector Indexes, a new series of European sector indexes developed in collaboration with Source, the specialist provider of exchange-traded products founded earlier this year by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Key factors addressed in the construction of the new equity indexes are concentration, diversification, liquidity and availability to bor
Calastone Voices Support For UK Platform Group Selection Of ISO 20022 For Re-Registrations

Date 14/07/2009

Calastone Limited, the independent cross-border transaction network for the mutual funds industry, today voiced its support for the UK Platform Group’s decision to elect ISO 20022 standards to underpin future platform to platform registrations.
The State Of The Global Economy And The Relationship Between The United States And The Gulf Region - Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner - Speech At Jeddah Chamber of Commerce – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Date 14/07/2009

Thank you Chairman al-Fadl. And, thank you to the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry for hosting this event. Over the past sixty years, as Saudi Arabia’s oldest Chamber of Commerce, this institution and its diverse membership have been a key force driving the Kingdom’s economic growth.