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'Geopolitical Concerns, Monetary Policy, Impact Of Severe Weather Weigh On Forecast': SIFMA Roundtable Of Economists Unveil Mid-Year 2014 Economic Outlook

Date 17/06/2014

SIFMA's Economic Advisory Roundtable unveiled today its outlook for full year 2014 and 2015, forecasting that the economy will grow at a 2.2 percent rate in full-year 2014 and will grow 3.1 percent in 2015. 

OneChicago OCX.Weekly® Futures To List Each Friday- Exchange Plans To Extend Listing Of Weekly Futures Products With Next-Day Settlement To Each Day Of The Week

Date 17/06/2014

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced it will offer a new suite of products called OCX.Weekly beginning Friday, June 20. The exchange will continue to list weekly futures each subsequent Friday. The OCX.Weekly futures will be listed only using the OCX.NoDivRisk contracts and will be physically settled with next day settlement upon expiration as opposed to the T+3 settlement cycle.

London Stock Exchange Group Signs Partnership Agreement With Casablanca Stock Exchange

Date 17/06/2014

• Signing ceremony presided by His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco
• Strategic cooperation agreement between LSEG and CSE
• LSEG’s MillenniumIT to provide trading and market surveillance technology
• Strengthens economic relationship between the UK and North West and Central Africa’s emerging economies

CFTC Chairman Tim Massad Announces Staff Appointments

Date 17/06/2014

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad today announced his staff hires as he starts his chairmanship. These individuals will work with the chairman to set the agenda of the Commission and to carry out the responsibilities of implementing the Dodd-Frank Act and ensuring compliance with the Commission’s regulations. Today’s announcement follows Chairman Massad naming Aitan Goelman to lead the agency’s Division of Enforcement.

London Stock Exchange Group Signs MOU With Agricultural Bank Of China

Date 17/06/2014

• LSEG and Agricultural Bank of China agree to help to facilitate access to London’s capital markets for Chinese companies
• Significant boost to growing UK – China ties
• Signing coincides with UK visit of Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang

FTSE Launches Global Diversified Factor Index Series

Date 17/06/2014

• Developed with J.P. Morgan as underlying benchmark for first US ETF
• Reinforces FTSE position as leading provider of alternatively weighted indices and its strong growth in North American ETF business

London Stock Exchange Group Signs MOU With Bank Of China

Date 17/06/2014

• LSEG and Bank of China agree to wide ranging collaboration across trading and clearing
• Significant boost to growing UK – China ties
• Signing coincides with UK visit of Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang

Thomson Reuters Announces 2014 Extel Survey Results - Pan-European Survey Highlights Achievement Across The Buy-Side, Sell-Side And Corporate Communities

Date 17/06/2014

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the results of the 41st annual Thomson Reuters Extel Survey at a lunchtime ceremony in London's Guildhall. Considered the leading benchmark for excellence in investment banking and asset management, the pan-European survey highlights achievement across the buy-side, sell-side and corporate communities.

UK Companies Provide Practical Policy Support To Chinese Free Trade Zones - TheCityUK & CBBC Publish First Expert Papers On China’s Free Trade Zones Initiative

Date 17/06/2014

Today in London, TheCityUK and the China-Britain Business Council pledged to support China’s development of its Free Trade Zone (FTZ) policy and the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.

Moscow Exchange Launches New Procedure For Settling Single Stock Futures

Date 17/06/2014

A new procedure for settling futures on Russian stocks – via T+2 trades on the Main Market – was applied on Moscow Exchange for the first time on 16 June. This was made possible by the large scale modernisation of the Derivatives and Equity & Bond Markets" trading and clearing platforms.