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Summary Of June 2015 Activities At TOCOM - June Volume Averaged 92,565 Contracts Per Day, Down 1.8% M-on-M - Open Interest Tops 400k Contracts For The First Time Since Feb. 2013

Date 02/07/2015

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that average daily trading volume for June 2015 was 92,565 contracts, down 1.8% from May 2015. Year-on-year it gained 18.2%. Platinum volume gained 19.1% to 14,062 contracts and Corn increased 71.5% to 2,163 contracts. These gains were overcome by decreases in TOCOM’s most actively traded products; Gold dropped 8.5% to 28,666 contracts and Crude Oil fell 10.5% to 11,415 contracts. Gold Daily Futures increased 1.0% to 11,350 contracts and its month-end open interest gained 37.4 % to 59,924 contracts.
TriOptima Eliminates ¥79 Trillion Notional In Latest JSCC Japanese Yen

Date 02/07/2015

TriOptima announces today that 18 financial institutions, including 7 major Japanese banks, have reduced notional principal outstanding in Japanese Yen (¥) interest rate swaps (IRS) by ¥79.02 trillion ($641billion USD) in JSCC’s third triReduce compression cycle. The notional reduced has doubled since the last JSCC cycle in March 2015 due to the increased participation of Japanese banks.
Börse Berlin: Turnover And Number Of Trades Rise - In Q2/2015 The Number Of Trades On Both Marketplaces, XONTRO And Equiduct, Increased By 21% To 2.3 Million Compared To The Second Quarter Of 2014 (1.9 Million). Turnover Rose By 26% To €17 Billion (Q2/2014: €13.5 Billion)

Date 02/07/2015

In broker aided XONTRO the number of trades soured by almost 58% compared to Q2/2014, from 36,215 to 57,157. Turnover decreased by nearly 23%, from €2.1 billion in Q2/2014 to €1.6 billion in the same period of time in 2015. The decrease in turnover is the result of the investors´ preference for equities instead of bonds.
ICAP Appoints Jenny Knott As CEO Post Trade Risk And Information Services

Date 02/07/2015

ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces the appointment of Jenny Knott as CEO Post Trade Risk and Information Services.
Rate Cut Fails To Boost India Consumer Sentiment - MNI India Consumer Sentiment Indicator Stable In June

Date 02/07/2015

The MNI India Consumer Sentiment Indicator remained stable at 119.5 in June compared with 119.6 in the previous month, with the Reserve Bank of India’s latest rate cut failing to provide a boost to consumer confidence.

Securities Commission Malaysia Revokes Licence Of Lim Chin Wat For Manipulative Securities Dealing

Date 02/07/2015

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has revoked the Capital Market Services Representative’s Licence (CMSRL) of Lim Chin Wat effective from 28 May 2015.
ASX Selects Nasdaq's Post-Trade Risk Technology To Manage Its Real-Time Risk Across Clearinghouses - New Technology Will Respond To Global Regulations Requiring Intraday Risk Management And Increased Margin Methodology Sophistication

Date 02/07/2015

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) announced today that Nasdaq has been selected to deliver ASX's next generation post-trade risk management solution. Sentinel Risk Manager will provide a single, real-time risk management system across both ASX clearing houses and all asset classes, including real-time margin calculation and related customer risk analytics. The new risk system will be implemented in five phases over the next two years.
Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Arrangements For The Days Off And Market Closure During The 70th Anniversary Of Victory In The Chinese People's War Against Japanese Aggression And The World Anti-Fascist War

Date 02/07/2015

According to the documents of the “Notice of State Council on Adjusting the Days off During the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War” and the “Notice on Arrangements for the Days off and Market Closure During the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War” (General Office of CSRC [2015] No. 26 Document) released by the General Office of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the arrangements of DCE for the days off and market closure during the anniversary are notified as follows:

The market shall be closed from September 3 (Thursday) to September 6 (Sunday), and the market shall open as usual on September 7 (Monday). After-hours trading shall not be conducted on the night of September 2 (Wednesday).
Former Silk Road Task Force Agent Pleads Guilty To Extortion, Money Laundering And Obstruction - Ex-DEA Agent Used Undercover Status To Fraudulently Obtain Digital Currency Worth Over $700,000

Date 01/07/2015

A former DEA agent pleaded guilty today to extortion, money laundering and obstruction of justice, which he committed while working as an undercover agent investigating Silk Road, an online marketplace used to facilitate the purchase and sale of illegal drugs and other contraband.
Moody's Downgrades Greece's Government Bond Rating To Caa3; On Review For Further Downgrade

Date 01/07/2015

Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded Greece's government bond rating to Caa3 from Caa2 and placed the rating on review for further downgrade. The short-term rating is unaffected by this rating action and remains Not Prime (NP). Moody's government bond rating applies to privately-held debt only.