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Ecoslops Lists On Alternext - Raises €18 Million, Market Capitalisation Totals €55 Million

Date 20/02/2015

EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the market for SMEs[1],today congratulated Ecoslops, a company specialised in transforming oil residues from shipping into marine fuels, on its successful listing on Alternext in Paris.

Moscow Exchange: New Procedure To Exercise USD/RUB And EUR/RUB Futures And Options

Date 20/02/2015

Starting with March 2015, USD/RUB and EUR/RUB futures will be exercised in the intraday clearing session (14:00 to 14:03 MSK) on the last day the contract may be executed, given that the Moscow Exchange publishes fixings, i.e. their exercise settlement values by 12:30 MSK.

REDI Snaps Up Second Tech Award In As Many Weeks

Date 20/02/2015

REDI Global Technologies was last night named Best Technology Company at Markets Media’s Markets Choice Awards. This was the second year in a row that REDI has received the award.

Chairman’s Address At SEC Speaks 2015 By Mary Jo White

Date 20/02/2015

Good morning.  It is great to be back at SEC Speaks to give the Chairman’s Address and welcoming remarks.  This event is an excellent opportunity for the public to hear from agency staff about our work over the past year and what is in store for 2015.

IMFC Selects Agustín Carstens As New Chairman

Date 20/02/2015

The members of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the policy advisory committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have selected Mr. Agustín Carstens, Governor of Banco de México, as Chairman of the Committee for a term of three years, effective March 23, 2015. Mr. Carstens will succeed Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, whose term ends on March 22, 2015.

Decisions Taken By The Governing Council Of The ECB (In Addition To Decisions Setting Interest Rates) - Public Account Of The Monetary Policy Discussion Held On 21-22 January 2015

Date 20/02/2015

On 18 February 2015, the Governing Council approved the public account of its monetary policy meeting of 21 and 22 January 2015. The first edition of this new communication product, which is aimed at enhancing the transparency of Governing Council’s monetary policy deliberations and will, as a rule, be published on the ECB’s website four weeks after the relevant monetary policy meeting, was published on the ECB’s website yesterday, together with a related press release.

Bank of England - Solvency II: Recognition Of Deferred Tax – SS2/14 UPDATE

Date 20/02/2015

Update 20 February 2015:  SS2/14 has been amended to:

• reflect the subsequent publication in November 2014 of EIOPA guidelines on loss absorbing capacity of deferred tax; and
• respond to feedback received after publication of SS2/14 requesting more detail regarding the rationale behind PRA expectations set out in SS2/14.

ECB Announces Publication Of A New Guideline On The Implementation Of Monetary Policy

Date 20/02/2015

Today the European Central Bank (ECB) has published a new Guideline (ECB/2014/60) on the implementation of the Eurosystem monetary policy. This Guideline will replace Guideline ECB/2011/14, i.e. the current framework on Eurosystem monetary policy instruments and procedures, from 1 May 2015.

Lahore Stock Exchange Formally Launches Algo Trading Software

Date 20/02/2015

A large number of participants and representatives of Electronic and Print Media were present at the time of launching ceremony of Algo Trading Software organized by the Management of Lahore Stock Exchange today in the Auditorium of the Exchange. It has been learnt that Lahore Stock Exchange Limited is endeavoring to bring back liquidity at LSE’s Order Book for which a number of initiatives has been taken by the management of LSE.

London Stock Exchange Group Hosts Pakistan Capital Markets Day

Date 20/02/2015

• Mohammad Zubair, Minister of State for Privatisation opens London trading
• 14 leading Pakistani companies attending
• 140 investor meetings scheduled