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Dubai Financial Market Achieves 100% Compliance In Local Company Disclosures Of Q2-2012 Results

Date 15/08/2012

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that its listed local public joint stock companies have recorded a 100% compliance regarding the disclosure of Q2-2012 results within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the period.

CFTC Staff Grants Temporary No-Action Relief To Persons Eligible For The Trade Option Exemption

Date 15/08/2012

Today, the staff of the Division of Market Oversight issued a no-action letter providing that, for a limited time, market participants can rely on the trade option exemption in CFTC regulation 32.3 without complying with specified provisions thereof. The no-action letter is effective until the earlier of December 31, 2012, or the effective date of any final action taken by the Commission in response to comments on the Trade Option Exemption Interim Final Rules.

Super Stock Jockey Launches Stock Gaming Platform For Facebook Powered By Xignite, Gaming Platform Promotes Financial Education Using Real-Time Market Data

Date 15/08/2012

Xignite, the leading global market data cloud, today announced that its market data cloud is powering the data delivery, in partnership with NASDAQ OMX, of Super Stock Jockey’s MMOG on Facebook. Super Stock Jockey gives players opportunities to compete for cash and prizes in a risk-free trading environment. It is the first interactive social gaming platform powered by real-time market data, which is delivered via Xignite APIs. With this app, players are empowered to improve financial literacy and gain valuable education.

Top 15 Sovereign And Corporate Credit Default Swaps - Provided By The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Date 15/08/2012

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is publishing a weekly email containing simple, easy-to-read tables listing credit default swaps (CDS) contracts on the top 15 sovereign and corporate reference entities by net notional amount as well as the Top 10 volume movers by percentage change based on the net notional amount registered in its Trade Information Warehouse for the week ending August 10, 2012, along with historical data. 

Knight Capital Group Releases July 2012 Volume Statistics

Date 15/08/2012

Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE Euronext: KCG) yesterday released U.S. equity Market Making, Knight Direct equity and Knight Hotspot FX foreign exchange volumes at www.knight.com/ourfirm/volumestats.asp for the month of July 2012.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde To Visit Egypt Next Week

Date 15/08/2012

At the invitation of the Egyptian authorities, Managing Director Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Egypt on August 22. Her visit is a reflection of the IMF’s continuous commitment to support Egypt and its people during this historic period of transition.

LCH.Clearnet Acquires IDCG

Date 15/08/2012

• Reinforces LCH.Clearnet’s commitment to the U.S. marketplace and provides enhanced range and flexibility of clearing solutions
• Expands LCH.Clearnet’s horizontal clearing model and facilitates industry cross-margining initiative NASDAQ OMX receives newly-issued LCH.Clearnet ordinary shares as part of the transaction
• IDCG is renamed LCH.Clearnet (US) LLC

Treasury International Capital Data For June

Date 15/08/2012

​The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for June 2012. The next release, which will report on data for July 2012, is scheduled for September 18, 2012.

JSE Ltd Interim Results 2012: Pleasing Progress On Strategic Initiatives, Despite Difficult First Half For JSE Ltd.

Date 15/08/2012

In a difficult first half in which a slowdown in equity trading volume growth limited revenue increases, the JSE Limited (JSE) focussed on achieving key elements of its five year growth strategy. Revenue grew by 2% to R682.8m during the first six months of this year (H1 2011: R667.9m). However, with the financial services industry facing upheaval worldwide, the JSE took strong steps in all business areas to position the exchange for growth in the future. Already in H1 2012 it has achieved a number of strategic successes.

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The Monetary Policy Committee Meeting Held On 1 & 2 August 2012

Date 15/08/2012

The Governor invited the Committee to vote on the propositions that:

• Bank Rate should be maintained at 0.5%;
• The Bank of England should continue with the programme of asset purchases totalling £375 billion financed by the issuance of central bank reserves.