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Mergers: European Commission Welcomes General Court Judgment Upholding Its Prohibition Of The NYSE Euronext/Deutsche Börse Merger

Date 09/03/2015

The European Commission welcomes today's judgment by the General Court (case T-175/12) which fully upholds the Commission's 2012 decision under the EU Merger Regulation to prohibit the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext. The judgment is important because it confirms that the merger would have eliminated healthy competition between trading and clearing platforms in Europe and that the Commission acted properly by prohibiting it. The merger would have caused significant harm to worldwide users of European financial derivatives and to the European economy as a whole.

ETFGI: 25th Anniversary Of The Listing Of The First ETF In Canada

Date 09/03/2015

Twenty five years ago on March 9th, 1990 the first ETF was listed in Canada on the Toronto Stock Exchange: the TIPs (Toronto 35 Index Participation Fund) tracking the TSX 35 index. The TIPS ETF listed nearly three years before the first ETF the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) was listed in the United States on January 29, 1993.

TheCityUK: Bolstering EU Infrastructure Spending Growth Would Trigger Over 1.1 Million Jobs And Stimulate Growth

Date 09/03/2015

An annual increase in infrastructure spending growth of only 5 basis points would create an additional 1.1 million jobs across Europe over six years, according to a new report released by TheCityUK’s International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG), co-sponsored with City of London Corporation.  The research, using an econometric model* developed by Accenture (NYSE: ACN), shows that in the first year of the investment spend, 125,000 new jobs would be created, with a further 975,000 over the subsequent five years.

Toronto Stock Exchange Celebrates 25 Years Of Listing And Trading Exchange Traded Funds -The World's First ETF Was Launched On TSX In 1990

Date 09/03/2015

2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of the world's first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). To celebrate this milestone, as well as the rapid growth of the Canadian and global ETF markets, Atul Tiwari, Managing Director, Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. & Vice Chair, Canadian ETF Association (CETFA), members of CETFA and ETF providers joined Ungad Chadda, Senior Vice President, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) to open the market on TSX today.

Monthly Summary Bulgarian Stock Exchange-Sofia February 2015

Date 09/03/2015

Click here to download the statistics for the market performance of the  Bulgarian Stock Exchange in February, 2015.

Xignite Recognized As Industry Leader In Cloud-Based Solutions For Financial Services - Leading Market Data Provider Shortlisted For 2015 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards

Date 09/03/2015

Xignite, the leading provider of cloud-based financial market data, announced today that it has been shortlisted in the category of Best Cloud Providerfor the 2015 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards.

OpenGamma Partnering With Derivatives Industry On Open Source Solution For Bilateral Margining

Date 09/03/2015

OpenGamma, a leading provider of OTC market structure solutions, is working with dealers and other OTC derivatives market participants to deliver an open source model to calculate the margin on bilateral derivatives trades. The solution will implement the final Standard Initial Margin Methodology (“SIMM”) being developed by ISDA, which will meet the requirements set by the Basel Committee and due to be implemented by December 2015.

Results of Dubai Financial Market PJSC AGM

Date 09/03/2015

The Board of Directors' of Dubai Financial Market PJSC held their Ordinary General Assembly Meeting  on Monday 09 March 2015 at 5:00 PM in the Dubai Financial Market Trading Hall at Dubai World Trade Center, with a legal quorum.

Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: New UBS ETF Launched On Xetra - ETF Provides Currency-Hedged Access To The CMCI Commodity Index

Date 09/03/2015

A new exchange-listed commodity index fund from the UBS Global Asset Management product range has been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Monday.  

ASX Clearing Fees

Date 09/03/2015