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ESMA Adds Athens Exchange Clearing House To Its List Of Authorised CCPs

Date 22/01/2015

ESMA has today added Athens Exchange Clearing House to its list of authorised CCPs under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
ICE Endex Sets Daily Volume Record In TTF Natural Gas

Date 22/01/2015

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that the ICE Endex TTF Natural Gas futures and options contracts achieved a daily volume record of 58,335 contracts (42.3 TWh) on January 21, 2015. This record more than doubles the previous TTF daily volume record, which was set on November 25, 2014 with 27,569 contracts (20.1 TWh) traded.
BATS Successfully Completes Direct Edge Integration - U.S. Market Share Remains 21% - 99% Of Customers Participated Week Of Jan. 12th - Market Share Higher Than December

Date 22/01/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS), a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, today reported the successful and complete migration of the legacy Direct Edge stock exchanges, EDGX and EDGA, to the proprietary BATS technology.
Egyptian Exchange Vacation On 25 January 2015 For Police Day And 25th Of January Revolution Day

Date 22/01/2015

Next Sunday 25 January 2015 will be an official vacation for the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) for the occasion of Police yearly day and 25 th of January revolution day. Trading will be resumed effective Monday 26 January 2015.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Weekly Review: 18-22 January 2015

Date 22/01/2015

Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the third week of 2015 was characterized by declines in prices of all the leading share indices led by telecommunications shares that fell by 5.4%

Statement By IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde On ECB Decisions

Date 22/01/2015

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement regarding today’s decisions of the European Central Bank (ECB):

“We welcome the measures announced today that will strongly reinforce the ECB’s accommodative stance. The planned expansion of the ECB’s balance sheet will help lower borrowing cost across the euro area, raise inflation expectations and reduce the risk of a protracted period of low inflation. These measures will also strongly increase the prospects of the ECB achieving its price stability mandate."

Irish Stock Exchange Publishes Statistics For Q4 2014

Date 22/01/2015

Very strong demand for Irish shares continues into Q4
Volume of equity trades reaches a record high in 2014
ISE debt listings reach major milestone during Q4
€300m raised by ISE listed companies during Q4 – bringing total for 2014 to €1.3bn

SEC Charges Former Executive At Tampa-Based Engineering Firm With FCPA Violations - Company To Pay $3.4 Million In Deferred Prosecution Agreement

Date 22/01/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former officer at a Tampa, Fla.-based engineering and construction firm with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by offering and authorizing bribes and employment to foreign officials to secure Qatari government contracts.
ECB QE - "The ECB's Money Printing Bazooka Is No Magic Wand" - Comments From David Lamb, Senior Dealer At The Foreign Exchange Specialists FEXCO

Date 22/01/2015

David Lamb, senior dealer at the foreign exchange specialists FEXCO, comments:

"The first victim of the ECB's war on deflation was the Euro. The single currency duly hit the deck within seconds of Mario Draghi's announcement that he is finally pulling the QE trigger."
Draghi’s ‘QE Battleship’ Sinks The Euro - Tom Elliott, International Investment Strategist, deVere Group

Date 22/01/2015

Investors will welcome with caution the ECB’s “shock and awe” announcement and will look to buy eurozone equities – particularly exporters - and to a lesser degree the Danish Krona and gold, affirms a leading global analyst with one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.