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UK's Serious Fraud Office Confirms Deferred Prosecution Agreement In Principle With Rolls-Royce PLC

Date 16/01/2017

Following the Regulatory News Service announcement by Rolls-Royce PLC today, the Serious Fraud Office confirms that a Deferred Prosecution Agreement, subject to approval by the Court, has been reached between the SFO and Rolls-Royce PLC.

European Commission - Progress In Relations Between The EU And Switzerland

Date 16/01/2017

Following Switzerland's adoption of the Federal Act on Foreign Nationals on 16 December 2016 and the meeting of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee on 22 December, the Commission welcomes the progress in EU-Swiss relations in several areas.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: Trading Halts Shortened To Half An Hour

Date 16/01/2017

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) announces that the changes regarding the shortening of trading halts will come into effect on 16 January 2017.

Kepler Cheuvreux, New Member Of The Madrid Stock Exchange

Date 16/01/2017

The company Kepler Cheuvreux has become a new member of the Madrid Stock Exchange, once all the necessary actions for its membership to become effective have concluded.

Borsa İstanbul Group Launches New Office Buildings On Its 143rd Anniversary

Date 16/01/2017

• President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan participated in Borsa İstanbul’s 143rd anniversary celebrations and the launch of its new office buildings.
• Borsa İstanbul Group participations Takas İstanbul, Merkezi Kayıt İstanbul and Gold Custody Center were launched with a ceremony participated by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

BlackRock ETP Landscape: A Record Year For Flows

Date 16/01/2017

INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS

Global ETPs set a new flows record in 2016, posting another year of double digit organic growth.

• Global ETP flows of $379.5bn represented 13% organic growth and exceeded last year's record of $350.7bn, fueled by record flows for fixed income, a second-half surge in U.S. equities and renewed appetite for broad emerging markets equities
• Fixed income flows set a new annual record of $115.0bn, driven by new highs for investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. TIPS and emerging markets debt funds
• U.S. equity flows rallied in the second half of 2016 led by large caps with $82.3bn and boosted by new annual flow records in small cap and dividend funds
• Broad emerging markets equities gathered $26.7bn in 2016, breaking a three-year streak of outflows, lifted by a leveling in commodities prices and a more stable U.S. dollar in the period before the U.S. presidential election

Sources: Markit

UBS MTF Market Notice RoE Update

Date 16/01/2017

UBS MTF would like to announce an update to the FIX Rules of Engagement to clarify the content of the ExecId field on Execution Reports effective with the introduction of the Large in Scale & Order Book Sweep execution facilities on January 16. 

Trading On The Moscow Exchange Equity & Bond Market On 16 January

Date 16/01/2017

At approximately 14:30 MSK on 16 January 2017, the Exchange's IT team observed inaccurate operation of software used to produce order tables for one of the repo trading modes. The malfunction could potentially result in errors in accepting orders from trading participants in other trading modes of the Equity & Bond Market.

PEGAS Achieves Record Results In 2016

Date 16/01/2017

PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, recorded its best annual traded volume with a total of 1,733.3 TWh traded in 2016. This represents an increase of 69% compared to 2015 (1,024.8 TWh). This development was achieved across all PEGAS market segments. 

President Of Kazakhstan Visits Abu Dhabi’s International Financial Centre

Date 16/01/2017

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre in the capital of the UAE, today received the President Nursultan Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan during his official visit to the country.