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LME Posts New Monthly Trading Record

Date 03/06/2013

Record volumes were transacted for the second consecutive month on the London Metal Exchange (LME) in May 2013, with 14,597,723 lots traded. April 2013 saw a record of 14,517,213 lots traded.

BME: The Spanish Stock Exchange Traded €267.93 Billion To May

Date 03/06/2013

• Equity trading volume in May reached €48.12 billion
• ETF trading to the end of May was up 50% year on year
• In May trading on BME’s Derivatives market came in at 3.4 million contracts
• The number of trades on BME’s Corporate Debt market was the highest so far this year and more than nine times as high as in the same period in 2012

Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President Of The European Commission - Lobbying – A Legitimate Exercise? - Launch Of The 'Guide To Effective Lobbying In Brussels' Survey

Date 03/06/2013

Ladies and gentlemen,

Last week I read an article in the Irish Times by a journalist who had been invited to today's event in which she expressed surprise about the fact that I had been invited to speak at this event.

First Ever IR Graduate Program For Emirati Students Launched In Dubai - Dubai Financial Market, NASDAQ Dubai And The Middle East Investor Relations Society Partner To Offer A Unique IR Graduate Program - Program Aims To Provide Emirati Students With An Introduction To The Investor Relations Profession And Capital Markets

Date 03/06/2013

The first ever Investor Relations (IR) Graduate Program has yesterday been launched as a joint initiative between Dubai Financial Market (DFM), NASDAQ Dubai and the Middle East Investor Relations Society (ME-IR Society). Six finance students from three universities in the UAE were selected for the program which will allow them to do a work placement within the IR teams of some of the major listed companies in the country including EMAAR, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, SHUAA Capital and Dubai Islamic Bank.

ESMA Publishes Review On Impact Of Short Selling Regulation

Date 03/06/2013

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its Technical Advice 2013/evaluating the impact of the Regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (Regulation) on European financial markets.

HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li Live And Direct - Strengthening The LME’s Asia Benchmark Price

Date 03/06/2013

HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li writes in his latest blog about one of changes to the LME’s business in Asia --- the LME’s Asian Benchmark Price and the reason for the change.

SGX Securities And Derivatives Activities Grow In May

Date 03/06/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said its securities and derivatives activities grew in May both month-on-month and year-on-year.

ICAP launches i-Swap In Sterling

Date 03/06/2013

ICAP (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces that it today begins trading in Sterling (GBP) on i-Swap, its electronic interest rate derivative platform. This follows the successful launch of i-Swap in the US in Dollars in February 2013. Euro Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) was launched on i-Swap in September 2010.

Global Liquidity And International Risk-Sharing In The Post-Crisis Environment - Speech By Benoît Cœuré, Member Of The Executive Board Of The European Central Bank, At The Bank Of Korea International Conference 2013 “Assessing Global Liquidity In A Global Framework”, Seoul, 3 June 2013

Date 03/06/2013

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Let me first thank the Bank of Korea for the kind invitation to this conference, which is taking place at a critical time for the global economy. I am delighted that the organisers selected “Global Liquidity in a Global Framework” as the theme for this year’s International Conference. It is indeed essential that the central bank community makes further progress on this important issue.

Strengthening Financial Resilience - Speech By Mario Draghi, President Of The European Central Bank, At The 2013 International Monetary Conference, Shanghai, 3 June 2013

Date 03/06/2013

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Introduction

It is a great pleasure to speak to you at this year’s International Monetary Conference.

Let me start by congratulating the organisers for devising a programme that precisely pinpoints the key challenges that policy-makers must address on the path towards a more resilient financial sector.