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ESMA Approves Greek HCMC Short Selling Ban On Bank Shares

Date 30/09/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued its official opinion agreeing to an emergency short selling prohibition by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) under the Short Selling Regulation which replaces the prohibition that is expiring at 24:00:00 (CET) on Wednesday 30 September 2015.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes: Index Dashboard Europe

Date 30/09/2015

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CFTC Orders Deutsche Bank AG To Pay A $2.5 Million Civil Monetary Penalty For Swaps Reporting Violations And Related Supervision Failures - CFTC Finds That Deutsche Bank Did Not Diligently Address And Correct Errors Until After Bank Was Notified Of CFTC Investigation

Date 30/09/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Deutsche Bank AG, a global banking and financial services company and provisionally registered Swap Dealer, for failing to properly report its swaps transactions from in or about January 2013 until July 2015 (the Relevant Period). The CFTC Order also finds that Deutsche Bank did not diligently address and correct the reporting errors until the Bank was notified of the CFTC’s investigation, and failed to have an adequate swaps supervisory system governing its swaps reporting requirements.

IISL Index Dashboard For The Month Ended September 2015

Date 30/09/2015

Summary:

• CNX Nifty closed at 7948.90 as on September 30, 2015, a marginal decline of 22.40 points (-0.28 %) as against 7971.30 as on August 31, 2015. The free float market capitalization of CNX Nifty index was USD 430.95 Bn. as on September 30, 2015 as against USD 425.32 Bn. as on August 31, 2015. The free float market capitalization of CNX Nifty Junior index was USD 83.31 Bn. as on September 30, 2015 as against USD 84.15 Bn. as on August 31, 2015.
• CNX Realty index gained the most (11.03%) amongst all the indices during the month whereas the CNX Metal index (-9.57%) was the biggest loser during the one month period ending September 30, 2015.
• During the 3 month period ending September 30, 2015, the biggest gainer is CNX IT Index (9.01%). Duringthe same period, other significant gainers are CNX Media Index (6.48%) CNX Pharma Index (5.87%) and NI15 (5.73%).
• The biggest gainers during the 1 year period ending September 30, 2015 in their respective index categories are CNX Nifty Junior (15.33%) in broad market index category, CNX MNC (12.66%) in thematic index category, CNX Alpha (23.39%) in strategy index category and CNX Pharma (19.10%) in the sectoral index category.
• On September 22, 2015, IISL announced rebranding of all its existing indices and will include Nifty in the names of all its indices. NSE's flagship CNX Nifty index will be rebranded as Nifty 50 index. The rebranding of IISLs indices will be effective from November 09, 2015. 

TheCityUK Responds To latest World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report

Date 30/09/2015

Responding to the latest World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report, Chris Cummings, Chief Executive, TheCityUK, commented:

“While the UK has slipped one place in the global ranking this year, it remains in the top ten and scores particularly strongly in its ability to attract overseas talent, its highly educated workforce, and its strong financial markets.

SEC Fee Rate Advisory #2 For Fiscal Year 2016

Date 30/09/2015

When fiscal year 2016 starts on October 1, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission does not expect to have received a regular appropriation for FY 2016.  Accordingly, the fees paid under Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act will remain at their current rate until 60 days after the enactment of a regular appropriation for the SEC.

European Commission: Introductory Remarks By Commissioner Jonathan Hill At The Launch Of The Capital Markets Union Action Plan

Date 30/09/2015

I am very pleased to be here and to have the chance after a number of months to publish our Action Plan on the Capital Markets Union. And I have just come from the College where there was very strong support for this package because I think my colleagues all see that the Capital Markets Union is a central part of our overall effort to encourage jobs and growth. And I'm particularly pleased that this is the first of three big single market initiatives set out by President Juncker on which the Commission is taking action.  It lies at the heart of our economic agenda alongside our drive on free trade and our drive on better regulation. 

Qatar Stock Exchange: QE Index, QE Al Rayan Islamic Index And QE All Share Constituents October 1st 2015

Date 30/09/2015

QE Index

Al Meera Consumer Goods Company will replace Qatari Investors Group in QE Index with a weight of 1.09% of the Index.

Amman Stock Exchange: The ASE index Quarterly Review

Date 30/09/2015

Mr. Nader Azar the CEO of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) said that the ASE has conducted the periodic quarterly review of the ASE index constituents in purpose of ensuring that the ASE General Price Index reflects the market performance and the trading activity of the listed companies. By this rebalancing, the activity of listed companies in regard to trading during the last quarter has been reviewed. After that, the ASE has conducted its screening process for all listed companies using the full market capitalization of the companies and the number of trading days during last quarter. It is worth mentioning that the criteria adopted by the ASE are similar to the international practices applied in this field. These criteria are applied in a number of leading international index providers such as the S&P Dow Jones.

EBRD Steps Up Green Financing In Build Up To Paris Climate Conference

Date 30/09/2015

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is scaling up its contribution to the global fight against climate change with a sharp increase in green financing over the next five years