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Federal Reserve Board Adds Interactive Data Tools For The Financial Accounts Of The United States To Its Website

Date 11/01/2018

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday added three new tools to its web site to provide interactive access to data from the Board's Financial Accounts of the United States (Z.1) release, which tracks the aggregate wealth of U.S. households and other economic sectors.

SEC And NYU To Host Jan. 19 Forum On Relationship Between Companies And Shareholders

Date 11/01/2018

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis is partnering with New York University’s Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions to bring together regulators, practitioners, and academics for a half-day symposium January 19 at NYU. Panelists will discuss the evolution of shareholder engagement over time and its impact on corporate governance, focusing in particular on the shifting roles and influence of institutional and activist investors.

ICE Shifts Some Energy Contracts From ICE Futures Europe To ICE Futures U.S As MiFID II Impacts

Date 11/01/2018

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is shifting trading of some oil contracts to the United States as MiFID II rules begin to bite.

Al Mawared Brokerage's Flashnote - Amman Stock Exchange 2017 Performance

Date 11/01/2018

Click here to download Al Mawared Brokerage latest Flash Note – ASE-2017 performance.

700+ New Listings On TISE In 2017

Date 11/01/2018

There were 705 new listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE) during 2017.

This represents an increase of 203 (40%) on the previous year and took the total number of listed securities on the Exchange to 2,511 at the end of December.

ESMA Raises Concerns On Fees Charged By CRAs And Trade Repositories

Date 11/01/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Thematic Report on fees charged by Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) and Trade Repositories (TRs), following the conclusion of ESMA’s supervisory review of the current fee structures in the credit rating and trade repository industries.

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Breaks 50,000 For First Time

Date 11/01/2018

The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index burst through the 50,000 point mark on Wednesday setting an all time closing-high of 50,177 up from 49,853.4 the day before. The long standing closing all-time high of 48,486.38 was sent on 6 December 2007 just months after the onset of the financial crisis.

EPEX SPOT SE: A Strong Year For The UK Market - Intraday Trading Grows By 15% While New Products And Lead-Time Reductions Make Markets Fit For Renewables

Date 11/01/2018

• Flexibility products launched in 2017
• Business diversification through international partnership
• Harmonization of trading across markets

SGX Consults On Quarterly Reporting

Date 11/01/2018

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is seeking feedback on whether to retain quarterly reporting (QR). Concern about compliance costs has been repeatedly raised among market professionals and listed companies while investors prefer adjustments to QR to be tempered.

Solactive And Equileap Launch New Gender Equality Index - Used As The Underlying Index For An ETF Issued By UBS

Date 11/01/2018

Solactive is excited to announce that the Equileap Global Gender Equality 100 Leaders Index has been added to the family of Solactive Equileap Gender Equality Indices. This new index mirrors the performance of 100 companies leading the field in terms of gender equality according to Equileap’s gender lens methodology. The index is accessible through UBS’s newly-issued ETF, GENDER, trading on the SIX exchange.