News Centre

Olli Rehn Vice-President Of The European Commission And Member Of The Commission Responsible For Economic And Monetary Affairs And The Euro - Rebalancing Europe - Goldman Sachs 16th Annual European Financial Services Conference, Brussels, 15 June 2012

Date 15/06/2012

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Let me first thank you for the invitation to speak to such a distinguished audience. I am pretty sure that we all have the same critical question in mind: How can Europe overcome the intertwined sovereign debt and banking crisis – and how can we return to sustained growth and job creation? I would like to sketch out to you where we stand today both in the immediate fire-fighting and in the medium-term rebuilding of the euro architecture. One building block of the envisaged EMU 2.0 is a financial union, which has a very direct relevance to the banking sector. I will return to this subject towards the end of my intervention.

SEC Names Thomas Butler As Director Of New Office Of Credit Ratings

Date 15/06/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Thomas J. Butler has  been appointed Director of the agency’s new Office of Credit Ratings.

IOSCO Publishes A Report On Institutional Investors In Emerging Markets

Date 15/06/2012

The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published today a report onDevelopment and Regulation of Institutional Investors in Emerging Markets, which focuses on a wide range of developmental issues and challenges faced by emerging markets seeking to develop their institutional investor base.

New ETF Starts Trading On BM&FBOVESPA

Date 15/06/2012

A new exchange-traded fund (ETF) is available for trading on BM&FBOVESPA. ECOO11 is indexed to the Carbon Efficient Index (ICO2) , which tracks the performance of the shares of companies participating in the IBrX-50 index that have agreed to join in this initiative, by adopting transparent practices with respect to their greenhouse gas emissions.

Eurosystem Collateral Management Services And Systems

Date 15/06/2012

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to discontinue the preparations for the Collateral Central Bank Management (CCBM2) project in its current form. In the project detailing phase, a number of challenges in the field of harmonisation were identified and the Eurosystem has decided to address these issues first before proceeding further with a common technical platform. The existing Correspondent Central Banking Model (CCBM) for cross-border collateral management remains in place.

Treasury International Capital Data For April

Date 15/06/2012

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2012.  The next release, which will report on data for May 2012, is scheduled for July 17, 2012.

Forum Trading Solutions Acquires PLUS-TS Technology Division From Plus Markets Group

Date 15/06/2012

Forum Trading Solutions Limited (“FORUM”) has acquired PLUS Trading Solutions Limited (“PLUS-TS”), a trading technology platform and regulatory managed services provider owned and operated by PLUS Markets Group plc. Post the acquisition Forum Trading Solutions will be fully amalgamated into PLUS-TS and be known as Forum Trading Solutions.

Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Statement On HKEx Proposed Acquisition Of LME

Date 15/06/2012

The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange was founded on the premise that Hong Kong stands to play a significant role in bridging China’s fast growing commodity market with the rest of the world.

Malawi Stock Exchange;s Weekly Report Week Ending 15th June, 2012.

Date 15/06/2012

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly report.

PLUS Markets Group PLC Summary Re Announcements

Date 15/06/2012

Proposed Disposals of PLUS-SX and PLUS-TS

Further to the announcements made yesterday and today in respect of the Proposed Disposal of PLUS-SX and the disposal of PLUS-TS, and following considerable media and shareholder comment on the Proposed Disposal and the situation of the Company, much of which is inaccurate and misleading, the Company sets out the following summary for the benefit of Shareholders ahead of the General Meeting to be held on Monday 18 June 2012:

Over the last two years, the Company has dramatically reduced its cost base to the minimum level commensurate with its RIE status but has been unable to generate alternative sources of revenue to reverse its ongoing losses. The Board has considered a wide variety of options to refinance, restructure or sell the Company to protect shareholder value. All the options have been considered in the context of value and deliverability (including approval by the Financial Services Authority (the "FSA")).