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Capped Component Version Of S&P GSCI Single Commodity Family Launched By S&P Dow Jones Indices

Date 17/10/2013

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of a family of indices based on the S&P GSCI® Single Commodities that applies the Capped Component rules according to the ESMA guidelines on UCITS issues.

Russia"s First Gold ETF Begins Trading On Moscow Exchange

Date 17/10/2013

Shares in Russia"s first ETF on physical gold began trading on Moscow Exchange on 17 October. The fund tracks the London Gold Fixing Price, which is set in USD every trading day. The fund"s shares are denominated in USD, while trading on the Moscow Exchange will be in RUB.

LCH.Clearnet SA And NYSE Euronext Enter Into Long-Term Agreement For Clearing Of Continental Derivatives - New Clearing Agreement Introduces Increased Cooperation That Supports Product Innovation While Maintaining Market Stability

Date 17/10/2013

LCH.Clearnet SA, the Paris-based clearing house of LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd, and NYSE Euronext today announced they have signed a new five-year contract for LCH.Clearnet SA to clear NYSE Euronext’s continental listed derivatives until December 2018. It replaces the current clearing services terms and contract, which were due to expire on 31 March 2014.

TFEX Collaborate Krung Thai Bank To Facilitate USD Futures Investors

Date 17/10/2013

The Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand group, joins hands with Krung Thai Bank pcl (KTB) on a new service for USD futures holders, especially importers and exporters, and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), enabling them to exchange US dollars at KTB  branches on the last trading day of the contract. 

International Coordination Of The Regulation And Supervision Of OTC Derivatives Markets - American Bar Association, Fall Conference 2013 – London - Steven Maijoor, Chair, European Securities And Markets Authority

Date 17/10/2013

Ladies and gentlemen,  

Let me first say how happy I am to be able to address the American Bar Association here in London. However, in front of an audience full of lawyers, I feel that, in the interests of transparency I must first disclose that I was trained as an economist and early on in my career, like many other young economists, I underestimated the importance of the law. My views as a junior economist were that utility maximising individuals would find ways to cope with legal requirements, and that the shape and performance of markets were mainly driven by economic forces. 

BME Expands The Information On Exchange-Traded Funds - It Incorporates New Content On Its Website, Featuring A Section Dedicated To Market Data Broken Down By ETF Category

Date 17/10/2013

BME has expanded the ETFs content on its corporate websites and has created a specific mini-site for this financial product. On www.bmerv.es/etfs, all the relevant information on ETFs listed on the Spanish stock exchange is thus available through a single point of access.

DGCX Year-To-Date Volumes Grow 69% At The End Of Q3 2013

Date 17/10/2013

• Year-to-date volumes reach 11.35 million contracts, up 69% from 2012
• Gold futures volumes rise 23% month-on-month

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-month Euroyen Futures - Effective From 16 October 2013

Date 17/10/2013

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current June 2014 contracts to the September 2014 contracts, effective from 16 October 2013.

Joaquín Almunia, Vice President Of The European Commission Responsible For Competition Policy - Competition Among Financial Markets Operators - ECMI Annual Conference (National Bank Of Belgium)

Date 17/10/2013

Ladies and Gentlemen:

It is a pleasure to be here today and I thank Karel Lannoo for his kind invitation.

European Council Approves Transparency Requirements For Issuers Of Securities

Date 17/10/2013

The Council adopted today a directive updating transparency requirements introduced in 2004 for issuers of securities on regulated markets (37/13).