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ICE Futures U.S. To Introduce World Cotton Contract On November 2

Date 21/09/2015

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced that ICE Futures U.S. will launch a World Cotton contract on November 2, 2015. The World Cotton contract will price delivery of multiple origins and allow delivery in multiple locations around the world. The new contract will trade alongside ICE’s benchmark Cotton No. 2® contract.

OptionScape™ Announces Compatibility With Thomson Reuters Eikon - Agreement Represents First Initiative In Major Expansion By OptionScape

Date 21/09/2015

OptionScape^TM, creator of the most versatile educational and strategy modeling tool for exchange-traded options, announced today that its stand-alone software version is now available alongside Thomson Reuters Eikon with full data integration. 

EEX New Participant: Total Gas & Power Ltd.

Date 21/09/2015

Total Gas & Power Ltd. additionally has been admitted to exchange trading for Nordic Financial Power Futures and Nordic Financial Power Options.

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report August 2015

Date 21/09/2015

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 220 at the end of August 2015. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 31 at the end of the month.

Brown Brothers Harriman Selects Omgeo Alert To Improve Settlement Processes - Brown Brothers Harriman Is The First Global Custodian To Go Live On The New Omgeo ALERT Global Custodian Direct (GC Direct) Service - Marks A Key Milestone As Omgeo ALERT Evolves Into The Industry’s Standing Settlement Instruction (SSI) Utility

Date 21/09/2015

Omgeo, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the global standard for institutional post-trade efficiency, today announced that Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) was the first global custodian to go live on the new Omgeo ALERTSM GC Direct service. This milestone is an important step in improving the management of account information and Standing Settlement Instruction (SSI) data related to the trade settlement processes between global custodians, funds and investment managers, and is the main goal of the SSI Utility.

UK’s The Financial Conduct Authority And Payment Systems Regulator Boards Appoint New Members To Decision-Making Committees, Including New Chair And Two Deputy Chairs

Date 21/09/2015

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) Boards have appointed new members to four decision-making committees: the FCA’s Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC) and Competition Decisions Committee and the PSR’s Enforcement Decisions Committee (EDC) and Competition Decisions Committee.

ESMA Updates List Of Authorised CCPs – CME Clearing Europe Extends Services

Date 21/09/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an update of its list of central clearinghouses (CCPs) which are authorised under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) and its Public Register for the Clearing Obligation.

The Spanish Stock Market Admits To Trading The First Multi Products On Currencies

Date 21/09/2015

• Offering leveraged exposure that is 3 or 5 times as much as the daily performance of short/long strategies with US dollars and Euros

Cairo Amman Bank Weekly Amman Stock Exchange Report

Date 21/09/2015

Click here to download Cairo Amman Bank's weekly Amman Stock Exchange report.

Thomson Reuters Digital Islamic Economy Report For 2015 Indicates Growing Significance Of Muslim Consumers To The Global Digital Economy - Digital Islamic Economy Growing At A Faster Rate Than The Global Digital Economy; Growth Underpinned By Increasing Consumption Of Bespoke Digital Islamic Lifestyle Services

Date 21/09/2015

Muslim consumers worldwide contributed US$107 billion to global digital economy of nearly US$2 trillion in 2014, and their spending will grow faster than the rest of the digital economy by 2020. These are among the key findings from the [second] and latest edition of the report issued by Thomson Reuters and Dubai-based growth strategy and advisory firm DinarStandard, “Digital Islamic Economy Report”.