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CFTC Financial Data For Futures Commission Merchants Update

Date 15/10/2014

Futures commission merchants (FCMs) and retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs) must file monthly financial reports with the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) within 17 business days after the end of the month. Selected financial information from these reports is published below. The most recent month-end information generally is added within 12 business days after FCMs and RFEDs file their reports, but occasionally may be added later. For example:  The 17th business day filing “due date" for February 28, 2013 financial reports was March 25, 2013.  The 12 business day target for posting these data was April 10, 2013.

Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China Delegation Visits Moscow Exchange

Date 15/10/2014

On 15 October Moscow Exchange CEO Alexander Afanasiev welcomed a delegation to Exchange headquarters headed by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Chairman Jiang Jianqing.

Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract (DME Oman) Settled Below $85/b

Date 15/10/2014

Oman crude oil prices on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange traded below $85/barrel Wednesday for the first time in nearly four years, as the four-month long oil market retreat continued with more than $4/b wiped from the previous day's official DME Marker Price - the biggest one-day fall in over two years.

FSB Publishes Guidance On Resolution Of Non-Bank Financial Institutions

Date 15/10/2014

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has today reissued the Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions ('the Key Attributes') incorporating guidance on their application to non-bank financial institutions and on arrangements for information sharing that support the effective resolution of cross-border financial institutions.

CPMI And IOSCO Issue Report On The Recovery Of Financial Market Infrastructures

Date 15/10/2014

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have today published a report entitled Recovery of financial market infrastructures.

Borsa İstanbul e-bulletin And Markets Report

Date 15/10/2014

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ICE Futures Europe Announces Record Daily Volume In Low Sulphur Gasoil Related Contracts

Date 15/10/2014

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced today that ICE Futures Europe reached a daily volume record in trade for ICE Low Sulphur Gasoil futures. A new total daily volume record for ICE Low Sulphur Gasoil futures across ‘G’ and ‘ULS’ code contracts was set on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 with 67,110 contracts traded. The previous total daily volume record of 38,346 contracts was established Monday, October 13, 2014.

Cairo Amman Bank Flash Comment: Jordan’s Inflation Up By 3.1% During First Nine Months Of 2014

Date 15/10/2014

• According to figures released by the Department of Statistics, the inflation rate grew by 3.1% during the first nine months of the year compared to the same period last year, down from 3.2% for the first eight months of the year.
• Inflation is expected to ease this year to around 3.0% from 5.6% in 2013, as the effect of removing fuel subsidies in November 2012 seems to have faded.

Verum Household Discretionary Spending Tracker - United Kingdom: Indicator Of Sustainable Economic Recovery: Data Show Largest Increase In Non-Essential Household Spending Since Before Financial Crisis

Date 15/10/2014

Key points from analysis:

• 9.4% year-on-year increase in UK household discretionary spending during Q2 2014 is largest consistent rise since height of pre-crash boom in 2006.
• Discretionary spending rising as a proportion of total household spending and total disposable income.
• Increase in discretionary spending financed by income from property and not from wages and salaries.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Takeovers Panel Rules No Mandatory General Offer Obligation Triggered For China Oriental

Date 15/10/2014

The Takeovers and Mergers Panel (Panel) upheld the Takeovers Executive's (Executive) ruling that the completion of certain transactions between ArcelorMittal, a substantial shareholder of China Oriental Group Company Limited (China Oriental), and counterparties involving shares of China Oriental on 30 April 2014 did not give rise to a mandatory general offer obligation under the Code on Takeovers and Mergers (Takeovers Code) by ArcelorMittal to acquire all the shares of China Oriental.