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Bursa Malaysia Announces The Best Financial Results For The Quarter And First Half Since 2007 - Posts 19% Jump In Its PATAMI 1H13 And Distributes A Combined Total Of 36 Sen Interim And Special Dividend Distribution

Date 18/07/2013

European Central Bank Further Reviews Its Risk Control Framework Allowing For A New Treatment Of Asset-Backed Securities

Date 18/07/2013

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to further strengthen its risk control framework. To maintain adequate risk protection, the ECB regularly adjusts its collateral eligibility rules and haircuts applied when accepting collateral in Eurosystem monetary policy operations. In addition, some measures aim to improve the overall consistency of the framework. At the same time, the list of collateral accepted under the permanent Eurosystem collateral framework will be expanded. These measures taken together have an overall neutral effect on the amount of collateral available.

Green REIT Plc Joins The Irish Stock Exchange Raising More Than €300m

Date 18/07/2013

The Irish Stock Exchange (“ISE”) welcomes Green REIT plc (“Green REIT”) to listing on the Main Securities Market (MSM).

Program Trading Averaged 26.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 8-12

Date 18/07/2013

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database.  The report includes trading on the NYSE for July 8-12.

Scila In Strategic Relationship With FIMAS

Date 18/07/2013

Scila AB is pleased to announce a strategic relationship with FIMAS GmbH, as an implementation partner for Scila Compliance in the German marketplace.

Thomson Reuters Signs Exclusive Agreement To Distribute IPSOS Global Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - Ipsos PCSI Rebrands As Thomson Reuters Ipsos PCSI

Date 18/07/2013

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the signing of an exclusive agreement to be the sole distributor of the Ipsos Monthly Global Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI). The new Thomson Reuters Ipsos PCSI will help financial institutions, private business and government bodies measure 11 key conditions as perceived by primary consumers in 24 countries in order to deliver the most comprehensive data set available on current and future country and personal economic conditions, intentions and expectations.

CME Group And trueEX Work Together To Deliver Credit Spread Futures New Indexes From S&P Dow Jones Indices

Date 18/07/2013

CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and trueEX, LLC, the first CFTC-regulated electronic exchange for swaps, today announced a non-binding agreement to forge a strategic partnership to develop trueEX Credit Spread Futures contracts based on the newly created S&P Indices that would be distributed to the global futures markets on CME Globex, subject to a final agreement.

S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll Capped Component 35/20 Launched By S&P Dow Jones Indices

Date 18/07/2013

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of the S&P GSCI® Dynamic Roll Capped Component 35/20 reflecting the total return available through an unleveraged investment in the specific commodities of the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll while employing the S&P Capped Component 35/20 methodology. The Index contains the specific commodity futures contracts of the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll and is calculated using the rules of the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll, but modified to apply the Capped Component 35/20 rules for capping according to the ESMA guidelines on UCITS issues.

Warsaw Stock Exchange: Wiesław Rozłucki Elected Chairman Of The Exchange Supervisory Board

Date 18/07/2013

The Warsaw Stock Exchange informs that the Exchange Supervisory Board has decided on 17 July 2013 to elect the former President of the WSE as the Chairman of the Exchange Supervisory Board. Wiesław Rozłucki has been proposed as a candidate by the outgoing Chairman, Professor Leszek Pawłowicz. Professor Pawłowicz has at the same time resigned as the Chairman. Dr Wiesław Rozłucki has been elected to the Supervisory Board on request of a minority shareholder at the General Meeting of Shareholders on 22 June 2013.

Thomas Murray Limited Upgrades The Counterparty Risk (CR) Rating For The Palestine Exchange (PEX) From “A-” To “A”

Date 18/07/2013

The Palestine Exchange announced that the Counterparty Risk (CR) rating for the Palestine CDS has been upgraded from “A-” to “A” by Thomas Murray Limited. Meanwhile, the overall proprietary rating remains at “A-”. The CR rating upgrade reflects the new DVP settlement arrangements at the Palestine CDS, including the launching of cash settlement processing through the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) in March 2013.