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KRX: KOSPI Opening A New Era With KRW 1,300 Trillion Of Market Capitalization

Date 13/04/2015

Platts And Fenwei Partnership Launches New China Metallurgical Coal Assessments - China Coal Index Metallurgical Series To Bring Transparency To Local Market

Date 13/04/2015

Platts, a leading global energy and commodities information provider, and Shanxi Fenwei Energy Consulting Company, China’s largest and most respected coal market information provider, have deepened their partnership to produce a new independent, editorially-assessed metallurgical coal price series for the Chinese domestic market.

Explanatory Brief: Monetary Authority Of Singapore (Amendment) Bill 2015

Date 13/04/2015

1    The Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”), Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, today moved the Monetary Authority of Singapore Bill (“MAS Bill”) for First Reading in Parliament. 

KVH Upgrades To 100G Backbone On SJC Between Tokyo, Singapore And Hong Kong

Date 13/04/2015

KVH Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading Information Delivery Platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan announced today that it has upgraded its network backbone between Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong to 100G on the South-East Asia Japan Cable System (SJC). Beginning April 15th, 2015, KVH will offer KVH etherXEN Global network services and Global DCNet on this newly acquired SJC capacity between these three major Asian cities. This SJC capacity illustrates KVH’s commitment to the Asia Pacific region as well as the company’s ability to operate and maintain high-bandwidth services.

Cairo Amman Bank Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 12/04/2015

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Qatar Stock Exchange And Carnegie Mellon Qatar Sign Memorandum Of Understanding Cooperation In The Fields Of Education, Training And Specialized Conferences

Date 12/04/2015

Qatar Stock Exchange and CarnegieMellon University in Qatar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) topromote future collaborations between the two organizations.

DGCX Sets Several Records In The First Quarter

Date 12/04/2015

• First quarter volumes grew 11% from Q4 2014 and 8% from Q1 2014
• March 2015 volumes up by 32%  while year-on-year volumes rose by 19%
• Indian Rupee Futures recorded the highest monthly volume since August 2013 with 1,026,331 contracts

CBOE Holdings Reports March 2015 Trading Volume - Corrected

Date 11/04/2015

NOTE: In the news release, “CBOE Holdings Reports March 2015 Trading Volume,” issued April 1, 2015 by CBOE Holdings, Inc. over PR Newswire, the company advised PR Newswire that the table in the last section -- “CBOE Holdings Average Revenue Per Contract” -- contained an incorrect number. In the “Total Options Average Revenue Per Contract” line, the February 2015 figure has been changed from "$0.264" to "$0.283." The complete, corrected release follows:

• Total Volume of 94.9 Million Contracts Traded
• ADV of 4.3 Million Contacts Down From Prior Month, Year Ago

BATS 1000 Index Advances 1.6% This Week

Date 10/04/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS), a leading operator of exchanges and services for financial markets globally, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) rose 370.74 points to close at 23,337.69, up 1.6 percent over last Friday’s close.

Bank Regulators At The Gates: The Misguided Quest For Prudential Regulation Of Asset Managers: Remarks At The 2015 Virginia Law And Business Review Symposium, SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher, University Of Virginia School Of, Law, Charlottesville, VA, April 10, 2015

Date 10/04/2015

Thank you, Andy [Vollmer] for that kind introduction. 

I’m very pleased to be a part of today’s symposium celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Investment Company and Investment Advisers Acts of 1940.  For more than seven decades, these remarkably simple pieces of legislation have provided an efficient regulatory framework for a vital sector of the capital markets.