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CFTC Commissioner Mark P. Wetjen Announces His Resignation

Date 14/08/2015

Today, Commissioner Mark P. Wetjen announced his resignation from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, effective August 28, 2015. Mr. Wetjen was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in October 2011 and served as Acting Chairman of the Commission from January 2014 to June 2014.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report - 14th August, 2015

Date 14/08/2015

Click here to download the Malawi Stock Exchange's  weekly trading report for the week ending 14th August, 2015

Thai Bourse And AIMC Holds The Mutual Fund Fair From Aug 14-15

Date 14/08/2015

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) continues to promote mutual fund investment among investors, through its cooperation with the Association of Investment Management Companies (AIMC), in the "Mutual Fund Fair" event, during August 14-15 at SET's building, encouraging Thais to gradually buy long-term equity funds (LTF) and retirement mutual funds (RMF) units.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Secures Interim Asset Preservation Orders Over PTT Limited And Steven Robertson

Date 14/08/2015

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has obtained interim asset preservation orders over the assets of PTT Limited, Steven Robertson and associated entities, from the High Court in Auckland.  This is part of an ongoing investigation into PTT Limited. The FMA has concerns that client funds may be at risk and the company may be operating in breach of financial market legislation. Neither Mr Robertson nor PTT is registered on the Financial Services Provider Register.

Account Of The Monetary Policy Meeting Of The Governing Council Of The European Central Bank, Held In Frankfurt Am Main On Wednesday And Thursday, 15-16 July 2015

Date 14/08/2015

1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options

Financial market developments

Mr Cœuré reviewed recent financial market developments.

Since the Governing Council’s monetary policy meeting on 2-3 June 2015, financial markets had again been characterised by volatility, in part driven by uncertainty related to developments in Greece. The Eurosystem nevertheless continued to smoothly execute the expanded asset purchase programme (APP), in line with the announced moderate frontloading of purchases.

SGX Urges Caution When Dealing In CEFC Shares - Notes Small Number Of Offshore Accounts Accounted For 40% Of Recent Buying

Date 14/08/2015

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today notes CEFC International Limited’s 10 August announcement of a placement of about 705 million shares at $0.35 each. This follows the company’s 21 July reply to SGX’s public query, saying that it was not aware of any information about the company that was not previously announced, apart from a potential joint venture and related funding, which if known might explain the trading activity in its shares. SGX issued a Trade with Caution warning after CEFC’s 21 July reply. 

SEC Market Structure Data: Q2 2015 Data Now Available

Date 14/08/2015

SEC Staff is pleased to provide you with the following updates:

• Updated Metrics. Data series containing daily cancel-to-trade ratios, trade-order volumes, hidden rates, and odd-lot rate metrics for Q2 2015 are now available. This data extends to 42 total months the data series you can view in the data visualization tool as well as download in CSV format. The visualization for quote-life data now defaults to Q2 2015.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces Results For The Second Quarter Of 2015

Date 14/08/2015

• 19.4% top line year-on-year growth reflects higher volumes in derivatives and equities combined with increased revenues from other services not related to volumes
• Adjusted net income[1] grew 17.2% to R$436.8 million; adjusted EPS grew 19.8% to R$0.243
• Payout practice: maintenance of a payout ratio of 80% of the IRFS net income with a higher proportion of total payout for the year in the form of interest on capital

Statement At The End Of An IMF Staff Visit To Greece

Date 14/08/2015

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Delia Velculescu, visited Athens during July 30-August 12 to participate in technical discussions between the Greek authorities and the European Commission, European Central Bank and European Stability Mechanism (ESM) on an economic program that could be financially supported by the ESM.

Canadian Securities Regulators Propose Harmonized Reporting For The Exempt Market

Date 13/08/2015

Today, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions that would introduce a new harmonized report of exempt distribution.