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CME Group Releases White Paper: "Clearing - Balancing CCP And Member Contributions With Exposures"

Date 20/01/2015

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today published a white paper detailing the company's position on a variety of issues facing central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs) in today's financial markets, particularly the question of how much "skin in the game" clearing houses should contribute to a market's financial safeguards.
ADX Hosts Massar Solutions Meeting

Date 20/01/2015

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) hosted yester day Massar Solutions meeting with ADX licensed brokers in the exchange’s main offices in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, attended by Massar’s CEO Paul Greenwood and some of the company’s senior staff as well as ADX senior management, Massar delivered a presentation on the company’s strategies, their financial results, and their future plans.
UK's Financial Conduct Authority: News For Customers Of Alpari (UK) Limited

Date 20/01/2015

On 18 January 2015 Alpari (UK) Limited (Alpari) formally entered into Special Administration Regime insolvency proceedings.
French-German Office For Renewable Energies And EPEX Spot Issue Joint Paper On Direct Marketing Of Renewable Energy - An Analysis Of Market-Based Support Schemes In France And Germany

Date 20/01/2015

The French-German Office for Renewable Energies (DFBEE / OFAEnR), in cooperation with the European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT, has issued a background paper on direct marketing of renewable energy sources (RES). The paper analyzes market-based support schemes of renewable energy in France and Germany. It is available in German and in French .
OCC Announces Innovative New $1 Billion Committed Repurchase Facility - Increasing Total Liquidity Resources To $3 Billion

Date 20/01/2015

Today OCC announced the establishment of an innovative pre-funded, $1 billion committed repurchase facility with a leading pension fund. This new facility increases OCC’s overall liquidity resources from $2 to $3 billion, while diversifying OCC’s committed lenders to include qualified pension funds in addition to OCC’s existing participant base of banks and broker-dealers. Committed liquidity facilities are a critical resource to central counterparties like OCC, ensuring that sufficient capacity is maintained to fund payment obligations to clearing members in a timely way, and thereby promoting the uninterrupted flow of financial markets.

NYSE Completes Minority Investment In Coinbase

Date 20/01/2015

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, The New York Stock Exchange, has made a minority investment in Coinbase, a leading bitcoin wallet and platform with over 2.1 million consumer wallets, 38,000 merchants and 7,000 developers.
From Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect To Establishing A "Mutual Market"

Date 20/01/2015

HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li shares his thoughts about opportunities arising from China’s financial market liberalisation and the possible establishment of a “mutual market” between Hong Kong and Mainland China in his latest blog post.
Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) 25 Index Closed At Record High

Date 20/01/2015

The Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) 25 Index closed at a record high on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, with analysts crediting falling inflation and commodity prices as well as an easing of political tensions. The benchmark Lahore Stock Exchange index of 25 shares closed at 6,618.01 points, up 2.80 points. The previous peak of 5895.55 points came in June 11, 2014 and LSE’s historical lowest was 1300.94. Now the investors’ focus has shifted towards economic matters from the political affairs of the country, said Aftab Ahmed Chaudhry the chief executive officer of The Lahore Stock Exchange.
CME Group Announces Increased Offer for GFI Group Stockholders to Receive $5.85 per GFI Group Share

Date 20/01/2015

CME Group Inc., the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it has delivered executed revised agreements to the Special Committee (the "Special Committee") of the Board of Directors of GFI Group that, if approved, would increase the consideration payable to GFI Group stockholders to $5.85 per share from $5.60 per share, payable in a mix of shares of CME Group Class A common stock and cash. This new offer price represents more than an 88% premium above the closing price of $3.11 per share of GFI Group common stock on July 29, 2014, the last day of trading prior to the announcement of the CME transaction.
Moscow Exchange: Lot Size Reduced For Credit Bank Of Moscow Eurobonds

Date 20/01/2015

On 20 January 2015 Moscow Exchange reduced the lot size for Eurobonds of Credit Bank of Moscow (CBOM Finance P.L.C. with maturity in November of 2018). The standard lot size for these Eurobonds now equals one unit with par value of USD 1,000. Previously, the lot size for the securities was 200 units, equivalent to USD 200,000). Splitting the Eurobond's lot will make them more accessible to retail investors.