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Moody's Maintains The European Union's Aaa Rating, Changes Outlook To Negative

Date 04/09/2012

Moody's Investors Service has today changed to negative from stable its outlook on the Aaa long-term issuer rating of the European Union (EU). The rating agency has also changed to negative from stable its outlook on the provisional (P)Aaa rating of the EU's medium-term note (MTN) programme.
The Dog And The Frisbee – Paper By Andrew Haldane, Executive Director, Financial Stability, Bank Of England

Date 03/09/2012

In a paper given at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s 36th economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Andrew Haldane – Executive Director for Financial Stability and member of the Financial Policy Committee – explores why the type of complex financial regulation developed over recent decades may be sub-optimal for crisis control. In doing so, he draws out a number of public policy lessons. The paper is co-written with a Bank colleague, Vasileios Madouros.
Olli Rehn Vice-President Of The European Commission And Member Of The Commission Responsible For Economic And Monetary Affairs And The Euro Towards A Genuine Economic And Monetary Union ECON Committee 3 September 2012

Date 03/09/2012

Mme Chair, Honourable Members, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I want to thank you for having initiated this discussion on the deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union, a project on which we have been jointly working on for the past two and a half years – and which will be with us, for sure, for at least two and a half years to come. I believe a profound discussion on these issues makes an appropriate start for what promises to become an exceptionally intensive and busy autumn season.
Vienna Stock Exchange: ATX Watchlist For August 2012

Date 03/09/2012

The watchlist is used as a basis for the admission and/or deletion of ATX stocks at the semiannual (March and September) reviews of ATX basket.
BATS 1000 Index Declines 0.4% This Week

Date 03/09/2012

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) fell 58.35 points, or 0.4%, for the week ending 31 August to close at 15,740.69 as of 4 p.m. ET on 31 August.

Deutsche Börse: Xetra Orderbook Turnover At 79 Billion Euros In August

Date 03/09/2012

Order book turnover on Xetra and the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading stood at €83.8 billion in August – a decrease by 54 percent year-on-year (August 2011: €181.6 billion). Of the €83.8 billion, €79.4 billion were attributable to Xetra – a decrease by 54 percent y-o-y (August 2011: €173.4 billion). €4.4 billion were attributable to the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading – a decrease by 47 percent y-o-y (August 2011: €8.3 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €2.7 billion in August.

STOXX Monthly Index Report – August 2012 In Review

Date 03/09/2012

As of August 31, 2012 stock market indices in Europe, Asia, the U.S. and globally were up in July, according to global index provider STOXX Limited. For the month of August, the Asia, global markets and U.S. markets were down -2.87%, -0.32% and -0.14%, respectively; while European markets were up1.86%.

Average Daily Volume Of 7.2 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In August

Date 03/09/2012

In August 2012, the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 7.2 million contracts (August 2011: 13.2 million). Of those, 5.1 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (August 2011: 9.1 million), and 2.1 million contracts (August 2011: 4.1 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). August 2011 saw very high volumes due to turbulences in the euro zone. In total, 117.2 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 49.1 million at ISE.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland: August 2012

Date 03/09/2012

A total of 2,425,595 trades were carried out on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland in August, representing a fall of 12.7% compared with July. However, turnover was up 0.2% on July at CHF 69.1 billion.
Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Posts Highest Ever Trading Volume

Date 03/09/2012

Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited achieved the highest ever monthly trading volume of PKR 129 billion in the month of August 2012 with a total of 325,000 contracts traded. This is a record increase, crossing the previous high of June 2012 of PKR 119 billion.