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Korea Exchange Market Oversight Commission: Disciplinary Measures Taken Against A Member Company As A Result Of The Spot Market Inspection

Date 10/03/2015

The Market Oversight Committee of the Korea Exchange (KRX), at its meeting held for the second time in 2015 (Friday, March 6, 2015), took the following actions against the e-Trade securities company and related staff that were found to have violated the market oversight regulations during the inspection of the spot market.

Catella: Debt Expansion Ahead

Date 10/03/2015

Catella's Real Estate Debt Indicator (CREDI) Main Index rose to 60.3 in February 2015, from 56.6 in October 2014. The trend of slowdown that began in October 2013 is thus broken, and both lenders and borrowers are more optimistic than in October 2014.
WisdomTree Lists First Six ETFs On SIX Swiss Exchange

Date 10/03/2015

SIX Swiss Exchange is pleased to welcome WisdomTree as a new issuer of ETFs. WisdomTree launches six products based on fundamentally weighted equity indices.
Platts China Steel Sentiment Index Rebounded In March - Sentiment Improved On Better Expectations For Domestic Demand Post-Chinese New Year

Date 10/03/2015

The outlook for China’s steel market over the next month rebounded dramatically after the Chinese New Year holiday period on expectations of stronger domestic orders, according to the latest Platts China Steel Sentiment Index (Platts CSSI), which showed a headline reading of 72.2 out of a possible 100 points in March.
McKay Brothers Launches Route Between Slough And Frankfurt In 4.64 ms: Lowest Known Latency - McKay’s Rapidly Expanding European Network Sets Another Latency Record

Date 10/03/2015

McKay Brothers Microwave has launched the industry-leading private bandwidth service between Slough and Frankfurt. McKay’s latency between Slough-LD4 and Frankfurt-FR2 is 4.64 milliseconds (ms) round trip, the lowest known. The company is finalizing more routes between the UK and Frankfurt as well as a London Metro service.

MNI India Consumer Sentiment Indicator: Low Inflation Helps Boost India Consumer Sentiment - Inflation Expectations Close To The Lowest In The Series’ History

Date 10/03/2015

Consumer sentiment improved for the second consecutive month in February, providing a further sign that the extended downturn in confidence has come to an end.
Osaka Exchange: Change Of Central Contract Months In 10-Year JGB Futures Trading

Date 10/03/2015

Concerning 10-year JGB Futures, since the trading volume of the June 2015 contract (second contract) surpassed that of the March 2015 contract (nearest contract) in today’s auction market, the central contract month pertaining to temporary trading halt (Circuit Breaker rule) are as follows from March 11, 2015 (trading day).
Shanghai Stock Exchange Bond Market Liquidity To Be Improved With Entry Of Money Brokers

Date 10/03/2015

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) released the “Notice on Relevant Issues of SSE Bond Market’s Institutional Investors Accepting Services of Money Brokers” on March 2, specifying issues on intermediary services provided by money brokers for bond trading upon entrustment by institutional investors in the SSE bond market. The market holds that investors in the exchange-traded bond market could make their transactions easier with the help of money brokers, which will play a positive role in improving the liquidity of the secondary bond market.
Bank Of England: Investment banking - Linkages To The Real Economy And The Financial System - Quarterly Bulletin 2015 Q1

Date 09/03/2015

Investment banking: linkages to the real economy and the financial system
By Kushal Balluck of the Bank’s Banking and Insurance Analysis Division

Most people are familiar with the main functions of retail or 'high street' banks, such as accepting savers’ deposits, making loans and providing payment services. In contrast, the functions of investment banks are typically less well understood. This article describes what investment banks do – as well as some of the risks that they can pose – assuming little prior knowledge. Along the way, it attempts to explain some of the terminology frequently used in relation to investment banking – from 'SPVs' and 'CDOs' to 'bid-offer spreads' and 'dark pools'.
Assets In ETFs/ETPs Globally Reached A New Record High Of 2.919 Trillion US Dollars At The End Of February 2015 According To ETFGI

Date 09/03/2015

Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs globally reached a new record high of US$2.919 trillion at the end of February 2015, according to ETFGI’s preliminary monthly ETF and ETP global insight report for February.