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Office Of Financial Research Update: "Regulatory Arbitrage In Repo Markets"

Date 29/10/2015

The OFR released a working paper today entitled, "Regulatory Arbitrage in Repo Markets," and an accompanying blog by Greg Feldberg, OFR Acting Deputy Director for Research and Analysis. This paper documents a pattern of broker-dealers owned by foreign banks reducing their borrowing in the U.S. triparty repo market, a key source of short-term funding in the financial system, at quarter end and immediately returning to the market when a new quarter begins. This activity reduces their capital requirements under the leverage ratio.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Trading Summary: October 25 - 29, 2015

Date 29/10/2015

• Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the fourth week of October was marked by a mixed trend in all the leading stock indices;
• The US biomed company "MannKind", whose shares are traded on NASDAQ, made a dual listing for trading on the TASE; 
• Continued offerings in the bond market.     

FIA Releases SEF Tracker Report For September

Date 29/10/2015

In the latest month, trading volume averaged $416.61 per day, up 12% from August and 8% from September 2014. The increase was mainly driven by the roll-out of new credit default indices as well as increased trading of interest rate swaps. This issue also contains an updated spreadsheet with weekly data going back to January 2014 that measures volume based on the total notional amount traded on SEFs. 

Mercado Alternativo Bursátil Welcomes Neol Biosolutions - The Fifth Company To List On The Growth Segment In 2015

Date 29/10/2015

MAB today welcomed NEOL BIOSOLUTIONS to its segment for growth companies. It is the fifth company to join this segment in 2015 and the 33rd in this market.

European Parliament Adopts Commission Proposal To Improve Transparency Of The Shadow Banking Sector

Date 29/10/2015

Following a vote in the European Parliament, new EU rules are set to improve the transparency of certain financial transactions and help supervisors and investors better understand risks.

Oslo Børs: Merkur Market Launch In CDS

Date 29/10/2015

As previously announced the Merkur Market launch in Oslo Børs Millennium’s CDS-environment is November 2 2015. As the necessary changes needs to be implemented over a period of two days, Oslo Børs will start the setup of Merkur Market in CDS today, Thursday 29 October. This means that some reference data content will be added in the files created later today, valid for tomorrow Friday 30 October.

EBRD Director Named One Of Poland’s Top 10 Women In Finance

Date 29/10/2015

Lucyna Stańczak-Wuczyńska, EBRD Director for EU Banks in the Financial Institutions Group, has been named one of Poland’s top 10 women in finance.

Thomson Reuters To Provide Reference Data To SmartStream’s Reference Data Utility, SPReD - Agreement Provides Reference Data To SmartStream With Access To Thomson Reuters PermID, Streamlining Complex Data Collection For Clients

Date 29/10/2015

Thomson Reuters today announced that it will now deliver reference data to SmartStream’s Reference Data Utility, known as Securities Product Reference Data (SPReD).  As part of the agreement, SmartStream will have access to Thomson Reuters PermID, the machine-readable identifier developed to create a unique reference for any data item. SPReD will provide services for instrument reference data normalization and validation across all asset classes to many of the industry’s leading banks. 

Three New Climate Change Index Series Launched By S&P Dow Jones Indices And Toronto Stock Exchange

Date 29/10/2015

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), one of the world's leading providers of financial market indices, and Toronto Stock Exchange have today announced the launch of three new climate change index series for Canada: S&P/TSX 60 Carbon Efficient Index, S&P/TSX 60 Carbon Efficient Select Index and S&P/TSX 60 Fossil Fuel Free Index. All three indices are derived from the constituents of the S&P/TSX 60, Canada's leading equity benchmark.

Oslo Børs Millennium Exchange: Merkur Market Launch In CDS

Date 29/10/2015

As previously announced the Merkur Market launch in Oslo Børs Millennium’s CDS-environment is November 2 2015. As the necessary changes needs to be implemented over a period of two days, Oslo Børs will start the setup of Merkur Market in CDS today, Thursday 29 October. This means that some reference data content will be added in the files created later today, valid for tomorrow Friday 30 October.