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UK India Business Council Expands Its Market Entry Platform For UK Companies In India

Date 10/07/2014

• Launches second Business Centre in Bangalore
• TechHub Bangalore to operate out of UKIBC's Bangalore Centre
• Plans to set up six business centres for UK companies in India by 2017

ACER’s Draft Work Programme For 2015 Online

Date 10/07/2014

In line with ACER’s founding regulation, the Director sent the Agency’s Draft Work Programme for 2015  to the ACER Board of Regulators, the European Parliament and the European Commission. The final ACER Work Programme 2015 is to be adopted by the end of September. The Agency would like to thank stakeholders for their valuable feedback and inputs on the outline of the Annual Work Programme (AWP), received in the consultation period which followed the workshop on the AWP held in Ljubljana on 4 June 2014.

DME Volumes Continue To Soar With Over 1.13 Billion Barrels Of Crude Oil Traded In The First Half Of 2014

Date 10/07/2014

The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, continued its growth curve in the first six months of 2014 with its flagship DME Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract (DME Oman) posting an average daily volume trading growth of over 52 per cent with 9,143 lots per day, compared to 5,993 lots in the corresponding period last year.

PEGAS: Successful Launch Of ZTP/ZTPL Contracts And 24/7 Trading - First Trades Registered On ZTP Market opening And In Off-Hours On Spot PEGs

Date 10/07/2014

PEGAS, the natural gas platform commonly established by the European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Powernext, announces the successful launch of new Spot and Futures contracts on the Belgian Zeebrugge Trading Point on Wednesday 9 July. On the same day, 24/7 trading was enabled on both the French PEG and Belgian ZTP/ZTPL Spot Markets.

One Year On, SME Financing Facilitator EnterNext Is On Track To Meet Targets - Midcaps Gain Fresh Momentum From 47 IPOs And 256 Transactions On Secondary Markets, With A Total €9 Billion In Capital Raised[1]

Date 10/07/2014

EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary set up in May 2013 to promoteand grow the market for SMEs[2], has published encouraging results for its first full year in business.

Reuters Reports That Planned Merger Of Dubai Financial Market And Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Shelved

Date 10/07/2014

Reuters reports that, according to sources, the planned merger of the Dubai Financial Market and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange has been shelved as terms could not be agreed.

The Capital Adequacy Of Banks: Today’s Issues And What We Have Learned From The Past - Speech By Andrew Bailey, Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation, CEO Of The PRA

Date 10/07/2014

Good morning and thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak on the subject of bank capital adequacy. I am going to focus on the design of the capital adequacy regime. 

“We Are Using The Eyes And Ears Of Consumers” – UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Published Its 2013/14 Annual Report

Date 10/07/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority will use the millions of consumers who use financial products and services to ensure that the industry meets their needs and expectations, said Chairman John Griffith-Jones as the FCA published its annual report for 2013/14.

Qatar Investment Authority Reported To Be About To Sell Down A Third Of Its Stake In The London Stock Exchange Group

Date 10/07/2014

According to reports in today's Telegraph, Qatar Holding is set to sell down its 15 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange Group by a third, ahead of the LSEG's USD1.6 billion rights issue to help it buy U.S. indexes group Frank Russell.

Liquidnet Posts Record Quarter In Asia Pacific On Surging Demand For Safe Block Liquidity - Liquidnet Members Can Now Trade Indian Equities, Increasing Access To 43 Markets Globally

Date 10/07/2014

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced record second quarter performance in Asia Pacific as the company benefited from strong demand across the region for safe access to block trading among large institutions.