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Peregrine Guernsey Limited Appoints Northern Trust For Global Custody And Fund Administration

Date 04/04/2016

Peregrine Guernsey Limited has appointed Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) to provide global custody and fund administration services for approximately US$725 million in assets.

Warsaw Stock Exchange - Investor Activity On GPW Markets: March 2016

Date 04/04/2016

• Decrease of the value of trade in equities on the Electronic Order Book on the Main Market by 13.4% YoY as the number of transactions increased (+12.6 YoY)
• Increase of the volume of trade in index futures by 5.7% YoY and single-stock futures by 69.9%
• Increase of the volume of spot and forward transactions in gas by 4.2% YoY

ICAP To Become Official Title Sponsor Of L’Etape London By Le Tour De France - Esteemed Cycle Sportive Teams Up With Leading Financial Service Provider

Date 04/04/2016

Human Race, the UK’s leading event organiser, announces that ICAP, a leading markets operator and provider of post-trade risk mitigation and information services, is to become Official Title Sponsor of L’Etape London by Le Tour de France. One of the UK’s foremost cycle sportives, ICAP L’Etape London by Le Tour de France will take place on Sunday 25 September 2016, starting and finishing at the Lee Valley VeloPark, home of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Boerse Stuttgart Reports March Turnover In Region Of EUR 6.9 Billion - Trading Volume On A Par With Previous Month - Figures Show Increased Trading In Equities And Bonds

Date 04/04/2016

Based on the order book statistics, turnover at Boerse Stuttgart in March 2016 was around EUR 6.9 billion, roughly on a par with the total for February.

DGCX Breaks Several Records In The First Quarter Of 2016

Date 04/04/2016

First quarter volumes on the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) grew 37% from the same period last year, trading more than 4.5 million contracts - the highest quarterly volumes in the history of the Exchange.  

HSBC Online Share Trading Joins mFund Service

Date 04/04/2016

HSBC Online Share Trading, part of HSBC Bank Australia Ltd, has today joined ASX’s mFund Settlement Service, bringing the number of mFund distribution partners to 18.

ASIC Releases Market Integrity Report

Date 04/04/2016

ASIC has released its six-monthly report on market integrity focusing on the three areas of deterrence, standards and education, and behavioural change.

Distinguished Economist Steven Joseph Davis Appointed MAS Term Professor At NUS Business School

Date 04/04/2016

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have jointly appointed Professor Steven Joseph Davis, William H. Abbott Professor of International Business and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, as the MAS Term Professor in Economics and Finance from 4 April to 3 May 2016. Professor Davis will be hosted by NUS Business School during the term of the Professorship.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Letter To Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras

Date 03/04/2016

His Excellency Mr. Alexis Tsipras
Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
Athens, Greece

Dear Prime Minister,

Thank you for your letter of April 2, in which you ask about the IMF’s position regarding the program negotiations with Greece.

My view of the ongoing negotiations is that we are still a good distance away from having a coherent program that I can present to our Executive Board. I have on many occasions stressed that we can only support a program that is credible and based on realistic assumptions, and that delivers on its objective of setting Greece on a path of robust growth while gradually restoring debt sustainability.

The Saudi Stock Exchange Announces The Publication Of The Monthly Stock Market Ownership And Trading Activity Report By Nationality And Investor Type)

Date 03/04/2016

The total value of shares traded for the month ending 31 March 2016 amounted to SAR 131.20 billion, increasing by 7.55% over the previous month; while total stock market capitalization reached SAR 1,437.29* billion at the end of this period, increasing by 2.55% over the previous month.