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Dalian Commodity Exchange: Circular On Adjustments To Minimum Trading Margin And Price Limits And After-Hours Trading Time For The Qingming Festival Of 2015

Date 02/04/2015

A Delegation From The U.S. Treasury Office Visited The Amman Stock Exchange

Date 02/04/2015

The CEO of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), Mr. Nader Azar, received a delegation of the Debt Management Assessment Mission headed by Mr. Barry Q. Gray, Senior Advisor at Government Debt & Infrastructure Finance / the U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance. 

Speech By Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen At The "Economic Mobility: Research And Ideas On Strengthening Families, Communities, And The Economy," A Community Development Research Conference Sponsored By The Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2015, Opening Remarks

Date 02/04/2015

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Federal Reserve System's community development research conference, which this year focuses on economic mobility. I would like to commend the organizers for their foresight in choosing a topic that has risen to the top of the global agenda. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, the gap between rich and poor now ranks as a major concern in the minds of citizens around the world. In advanced economies still feeling the effects of the Great Recession, people worry that children will grow up to be worse off financially than their parents were. In the United States, roughly 80 percent of Americans across the ideological spectrum see inequality as a moderately big or very big problem.

Today «Edita Food Industries» Shares Start Trading on The Egyptian Exchange And London Stock Exchange

Date 02/04/2015

Heavily oversubscribed private and public offering sees leading snack food producer Edita starts trading with market cap of EGP 6.7 billion, in conjunction with the start of trading on the company's shares in the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) and in form of global depository receipts (GDRs) in London Stock Exchange.

Account Of The Monetary Policy Meeting Of The Governing Council Of The European Central Bank Held In Nicosia On Wednesday And Thursday, 4-5 March 2015

Date 02/04/2015

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 previous monetary policy meeting on 21-22 January 2015, the announcement of the ECB’s expanded asset purchase programme (APP) had had a significant impact on euro area financial markets, contributing to lower government bond yields and money market rates, particularly at longer maturities, while the euro had depreciated further against the US dollar especially in the days leading up to the meeting.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF Futures

Date 02/04/2015

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 9 April 2015, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

CME Group Volume Averaged 15.0 Million Contracts Per Day In First-Quarter 2015, Up 10 Percent Versus First-Quarter 2014, Representing Second-Highest Quarterly Volume Ever

Date 02/04/2015

• March volume averaged 13.7 million contracts per day, down 3 percent
• Monthly FX volume increased 27 percent
• Monthly energy volume increased 28 percent

Live And Direct: Latest Charles Li Direct: HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li Blog - Improving The Bridge We Built

Date 02/04/2015

With a record high Southbound trading turnover for Stock Connect today of $5.998 billion, HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li writes a blog to discuss what HKEx has done to make stock connect better

Statistics From The Baltic Securities Market For March 2015

Date 02/04/2015

Statistics from the Baltic Securities Market for March 2015 are available at 
http://www.nasdaqomxbaltic.com/market/?pg=bulletins&bb_id=263

Euronext Expands Spotlight Options Segment With Options On Grandvision N.V. - Spotlight Options On Altice S.A. Promoted To Standard Segment, Obtaining Longer Maturities

Date 02/04/2015

Euronext has expanded its Spotlight options offering with options on GrandVision N.V.. The new products follow the company’s successful IPO on Euronext Amsterdam in February and are available for trading on the Amsterdam market with immediate effect. The contracts will have short-term maturities of one, two and three months.