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Palestine Securities Exchange Monthly Investor Newsletter-September 2015

Date 06/10/2015

Click here to download the September edition of the PEX Monthly Investor Newsletter.

Bucharest Stock Exchange: Monthly Report For Regulated Market September 2015

Date 06/10/2015

BET, the main index of Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), was almost flat in September, performing better than other regional stock markets which registered decreases between 2.3% - 4.5%.

Rival Systems Signs Cardinal Capital Management For Rival Trader

Date 06/10/2015

Chicago-based Rival Systems (Rival), a trading software company established earlier this year, announced today that Cardinal Capital Management (Cardinal) has deployed the new Rival Trader front-end derivatives trading and risk management platform.  Cardinal’s agricultural market making group is using the low latency platform for all of its trading activities.

Osaka Exchange: Cumulative Trading Volume Of JPX-Nikkei 400 Futures Hits 10 Million Contracts

Date 06/10/2015

On October 6th, 2015, the cumulative trading volume of JPX-Nikkei 400 futures exceeded 10 million contracts (preliminary estimates) since the contract was first listed on November 25, 2014. 

Borsa Italiana Hosts 15th STAR Conference In London

Date 06/10/2015

• Record number of meetings requested - more than 700
• 46 STAR companies participate in the Conference
• Capitalisation of the STAR segment increased by 35 per cent, to €30.58 billion, since last year’s London event
• For the first time 4 ELITE companies introduce themselves to the STAR Conference financial community

TOCOM Starts Publishing Market Structure Analysis Online

Date 06/10/2015

In September, TOCOM started publishing market structure analysis with more detail on market structures and market data for each individual listed commodity. This analysis includes average price movement, average daily volume and end-of-month open interest, broken out by session, membership category and geographic origin of trades. It provides monthly data for trading from April 2014.

Bucharest Stock Exchange: BVB Trading, The New BVB Mobile App Designed For Investors Always On The Move

Date 06/10/2015

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) launches the BVB Trading App, a dynamic and user friendly online trading application for investors who want to actively manage their portfolios and keep up with the market. The app is available free of charge in Google Play and App Store to clients of brokers offering Arena XT platform, the Direct Market Access Service provided by BVB.

Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) Q3 Volumes Up 36% With Gold Trading Leading The Way

Date 06/10/2015

• Q3 trading in Gold products grew 71% from Q2
• Q3 trading in Indian Rupee portfolio grew 37% from Q2
• Highest Open Interest recorded with 110,145 contracts in Q3, growing 143% from Q2
• Year-to-date volumes grew 19% and year-on-year volumes up 29%

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Introduces New Rules On Whistleblowing

Date 06/10/2015

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), alongside the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), has today published new rules in relation to whistleblowing. These changes follow recommendations in 2013  by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (PCBS) that banks put in place mechanisms to allow their employees to raise concerns internally (i.e., to ‘blow the whistle’) and that they appoint a senior person to take responsibility for the effectiveness of these arrangements.

PEGAS Volumes Increase 29 % Year-On-Year

Date 06/10/2015

PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, announced that a total volume of 70.6 TWh was traded in September 2015, representing a year-on-year increase of 29 % (September 2014: 54.8 TWh).