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CalPERS Reports Preliminary 11.2 Percent Investment Return For Fiscal Year 2016-17

Date 14/07/2017

The California Public Employees' Retirement System today reported a preliminary 11.2 percent net return on investments for the 12-month period that ended June 30, 2017. CalPERS assets at the end of the fiscal year stood at more than $323 billion.

Securities Listed On Irish Stock Exchange Grow To Over 35,600

Date 14/07/2017

• Green bonds, sovereigns, banks and multinationals among 2,886 new bond listings
• ISE hosts largest IPO in Europe with AIB flotation raising €3bn for the State
• Equity turnover increases by 4.1% while ISEQ up 4.8% year to date
• NTMA raises €3.7bn through Irish Government bonds and Treasury bills
• Exemption from stamp duty for Irish ESM companies commenced on 5 June

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Stock Market Report For 14 July 2017

Date 14/07/2017

A total turnover of 1.272 billion shares worth N13.993 billion in 19,385 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.061 billion shares valued at N12.295 billion that exchanged hands last week in 18,847 deals.   

US Treasury, USTR Notice Of Intent To Sign

Date 14/07/2017

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative today announced their intent to sign the Bilateral Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on Prudential Measures Regarding Insurance and Reinsurance. In addition to signing the Agreement in the coming weeks, the Administration also plans to issue a U.S. policy statement on implementation.

CUSIP Requests Stay Strong In June Signaling Growth In New Securities Issuance - Pre-Trade Municipal Bond Activity Shows Highest Monthly Volumes Of 2017

Date 14/07/2017

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for June 2017. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity, found a surge in the pre-trade market for  municipal  issues while overall corporate requests increased despite a slight decline in equity and debt issuance in June. This increased demand for new CUSIP IDs for corporate and municipal bonds is suggestive of a possible uptick in new security issuance volume over the coming weeks.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Transaction In Own Shares

Date 14/07/2017

London Stock Exchange Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased through RBC Europe Limited, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2017, the following number of its ordinary shares of 6 79/86 pence each ("Shares") on the London Stock Exchange as part of the buyback programme announced on 29 March 2017:

EBA Publishes Final Standards Specifying Information Requirements For The Authorisation Of Credit Institutions

Date 14/07/2017

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today (i) its final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the information applicants shall provide to competent authorities when applying for authorisation as credit institutions, and (ii) its final draft implementing technical standards (ITS) related to the templates to be used for the provision of such information. Overall, these final draft technical standards aim at promoting convergence of supervisory practices regarding the assessment of the applications by prescribing a common set of information to be submitted to the competent authorities whilst securing a proportionate and workable approach that takes into account differences in applicants' size and proposed business models.

IIROC Extends Casontract With Nasdaq SMARTS, Bolsters Surveillance Technology

Date 14/07/2017

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) have signed an agreement which extends the surveillance technology relationship between IIROC and Nasdaq’s SMARTS. In this new phase, IIROC will increase its capabilities in advancing its cross-market, multi-asset surveillance across five stock exchanges and eight Equity Alternative Trading Systems.

Open Interest Continues To Climb At MGEX

Date 14/07/2017

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces open interest is continuing to climb with a new daily record set after Thursday’s activity.  The new record is 105,832 contracts.  Each day of July 2017 currently ranks in the top 15 of daily open interest records and each of the top 15 days have occurred in the last month.    

Implementation Monitoring Of The PFMI: Fourth Update To Level 1 Assessment Report

Date 14/07/2017

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have today published the fourth update to the Level 1 assessments of implementation monitoring of the Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMI).