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European Parliament: Key Things Small Investors Should Be Told

Date 15/04/2014

New EU rules on the information that small investors must be given before they sign a contract were approved by Parliament on Tuesday. This information will be set out in a mandatory, three-page A4 Key Information Document (KID).

Opening Remarks By Federal Reserve Chair Yellen At The 2014 Financial Markets Conference

Date 15/04/2014

Good morning. I'm delighted to have this opportunity to speak to you today, even though I am unable to be with you in person. I'd like to share a few thoughts about the important issues that the Financial Markets Conference (FMC) is addressing this year. Many of these issues, of course, are ones the FMC has grappled with every year since the crisis, an event which elevated the importance of this gathering and of the vital contributions made by the research and the policy discussion the FMC fosters.

Warsaw Stock Exchange: First Year Of Operation Of UTP Trading System

Date 15/04/2014

• The first trading session in the new trading system, the Universal Trading Platform (UTP), took place a year ago on 15 April 2013.
• Implementation of UTP was the most important infrastructure project on the Polish capital market in many years.

ICAP Launches i-Swap For Australian Dollar

Date 15/04/2014

ICAP (IAP.L), the leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk and information services, announces that it launched i-Swap, its electronic interest rate derivatives platform for trading interest rate swaps (IRS), in Australia on 2 April.

UK: Boiler Room Fraudster Sentenced

Date 15/04/2014

John Laurence Curtin was today sentenced to 4.5 years' imprisonment at Westminster Magistrates' Court for his part in a £4 million boiler room fraud. 

Flash Boys “Complete Nonsense” And Regulators Must Not React – CMCRC: Pre-Eminent Market Structure Researcher Says Michael Lewis’s New Book Appears To Be Evidence-Free Scaremongering

Date 15/04/2014

The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has released two videos commenting on  the anti-HFT sentiment stirred up by the release of Michael Lewis’s new book Flash Boys.

IOSCO Research Publishes Paper On Corporate Bond Markets

Date 15/04/2014

The Research Department of the International Organization of Securities Commissions today published a Staff Working Paper entitled Corporate Bond Markets: A Global Perspective.

European Commission: Undertakings For Collective Investment In Transferable Securities – Amended Directive (UCITS V) - Frequently Asked Questions

Date 15/04/2014

See also STATEMENT/14/121

1. What is a UCITS fund?

Investment funds are specially constituted investment vehicles, created with the sole purpose of gathering assets from investors, and investing those assets in a diversified pool of assets. By investment in investment funds, small investors can buy exposure to a professionally-managed and diversified basket of financial or other assets. Overheads are spread over the pool of investors, reducing the average cost for the investor.

Listed Companies On The Palestine Exchange Achieve Net Profit Of 241 Million USD In 2013

Date 15/04/2014

Thirty five (35) of forty nine (49) listed companies on the Palestine Exchange (PEX) achieved profits in 2013.

Moscow Exchange To Launch New Russian Market Volatility Indicator

Date 15/04/2014

Moscow Exchange will begin calculating and publishing the RVI Index, a new Russian market volatility index, on 16 April.