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Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC): Statement On House Passage Of H.R. 1847

Date 15/07/2015

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2015 (H.R. 1847):

CBOE’s Andy Lowenthal To Lead Business Development For CBOE, CFE, Livevol

Date 15/07/2015

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced it promoted Andy Lowenthal from Vice President to Senior Vice President, Business Development. Lowenthal’s promotion comes as part of a reorganization designed to better leverage the company’s business development efforts across its expanding line of futures and options products and services. 

Transforming Europe's Energy System - European Commission's Energy Summer Package Leads The Way

Date 15/07/2015

As part of the Energy Union strategy, today the Commission presented proposals to deliver a new deal for energy consumers, to launch a redesign of the European electricity market, to update energy efficiency labelling and to revise the EU Emissions Trading System.

C&V Water Control Bonds Will Inaugurate Bucharest Stock Exchange‘s ATS Bonds Market Segment

Date 15/07/2015

The bonds issued by C&V Water Control (CVW18) will be the first bonds listed on  Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) Alternative Trading System (ATS) bonds market segment, on Thursday, July 16, 2015.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Mark Wetjen On The DMO Made Available To Trade Process Roundtable

Date 15/07/2015

The Division of Market Oversight (“DMO”) will hold a roundtable today to discuss the “Made Available to Trade” (“MAT”) process. I continue to support ways to improve swaps trading and liquidity on swap execution facilities (“SEFs”), as I believe was the intent behind the Dodd-Frank Act and our SEF rules.

PM Of Greece: Full Responsibility For Deal

Date 15/07/2015

The result of the summit meeting in Brussels is the result of the pressure put on the country, but the agreement achieved could allow Greece to avoid exiting the euro and place the country on a sustainable path, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras noted in a long interview with state broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) yesterday. It was a bad deal, but the best available under the circumstances, remarked the PM, underlining that he is fully assuming responsibilities for any mistakes or oversights, "and for the responsibility of signing a text that I do not believe in, but that I am obliged to implement."

Energy Regulators (ACER/CEER) Welcome The Market-Based Solutions And Cross-Border Focus Of The European Commission’s Energy Market Design

Date 15/07/2015

ACER and CEER welcome the new energy market design consultation paper, launched today by the European Commission, and in particular the reinforced steer towards cross-border1 and market-based solutions. 

ISDA Publishes Recommendation For FpML Version 5.8

Date 15/07/2015

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today published its Recommendation for Financial products Markup Language (FpML) version 5.8.

Xignite And Nasdaq Provide Market Data To Fuel Fintech Innovation - Xignite Adds Nasdaq Basic Data To Market Data Cloud Platform

Date 15/07/2015

Xignite Inc., the leading provider of market data from the Cloud, announced today that it integrated Nasdaq Basic market data, providing real-time  Best Bid and Offer (QBBO) and Last Sale information for all U.S. Exchange listed stocks, on its market data cloud platform. With this agreement, Xignite fintech customers now have convenient API access to high-quality real-time quote data for all U.S. exchange-listed equities at a significantly lower cost. Nasdaq and Xignite will be co-hosting a FinTech Meetup on August 27 in New York to announce more details about the partnership.

Fair And Effective Markets Review - Speech By Tracey Mcdermott, Director Of Supervision, Investment, Wholesale And Specialists, At The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Delivered At The ICMA Public Sector Issuers Forum, London On 24 June 2015

Date 15/07/2015

Thank you for inviting me here today to talk about the Fair and Effective Markets Review.  

It is difficult to overstate the importance of your role as representatives of debt management offices and other agencies across Europe to the overall functioning of the markets. There are currently over EUR 9 trillion of outstanding government debt securities, forming a critical part of the holdings of many market participants. This group, of course, also sits within the broader ICMA structure, which aims to represent all sides of the global bond markets and to put bond markets in a real economic context.