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EFSF Raises €5 Billion In Two Bond Deals

Date 04/04/2017

The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) on Tuesday raised €5 billion in a dual-tranche deal, through the issue of a new 7-year benchmark bond and a tap of a 1.20% February 2045 bond.

IPC And TransFICC Announce Collaboration On Fixed Income And Derivatives Connectivity

Date 04/04/2017

IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, today announced its collaboration with TransFICC, the financial technology company which provides "One API for eTrading" for the fixed income and derivatives markets. The collaboration will provide over 6000 market participants in IPC’s diverse Fixed Income Marketplace with secure access to the production and UAT environments of TransFICC's high performance API. The IPC Fixed Income Marketplace is a premier holistic connectivity solution for market participants to trade fixed income instruments electronically or via voice.

Toronto Stock Exchange And TSX Venture Exchange Launch U.S. Public Venture Capital Roadshow In California - Canada's Premier Exchanges Team Up To Promote Public VC As A Complementary Growth Path

Date 04/04/2017

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) are kicking off a five-city U.S. Public Venture Capital (VC) Roadshow today in Santa Monica, California. Hosted today by Expert DOJO, one of Southern California's largest accelerators, and by GSVlabs in Redwood City on Thursday, April 6, these events are designed to bring together a community of entrepreneurs to explore the value and merits of public venture capital as a viable source of funding for early-stage companies.

BME To Launch Its Funds Trading Segment On 27 June

Date 04/04/2017

BME today announced that its trading segment dedicated to the subscription, redemption and transfer of investment funds - to be called BME Fondos - will start on June 27.

Wall Street Horizon’s Complete Enchilada Corporate Event Data Service Now Available Through Interactive Brokers’ Trader Workstation

Date 04/04/2017

Wall Street Horizon, the corporate events surveillance expert, today announced that its complete Enchilada corporate event dataset is now available through Interactive Brokers’ IB Trader Workstation (TWS) platform.

ESMA Proposes Updates To Endorsement Guidelines For 3rd Country Credit Ratings

Date 04/04/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper (CP) on updating its Guidelines on the application of the endorsement regime under the CRA (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulation. Endorsement is a regime under the CRA Regulation, which allows credit ratings issued by a third-country CRA, and endorsed by an EU CRA, to be used for regulatory purposes in the EU. A credit rating that has been endorsed is considered to have been issued by the endorsing EU CRA. The endorsement regime is available for CRAs of systemic importance with global networks of affiliates.

UK Parliament: Lords Debates Parliamentary Scrutiny Of Brexit

Date 04/04/2017

Members of the House of Lords will debate two motions on parliamentary scrutiny of Brexit in the House of Lords on Tuesday 4 April.

CME Group Reached Average Daily Volume Of 16.9 Million Contracts In March 2017, Up 18 Percent From March 2016

Date 04/04/2017

• Achieved record average daily volume of 17.1 million contracts in first-quarter 2017, up 1 percent from first-quarter 2016
• Saw quarterly average daily volume records in Interest Rates, Metals, Interest Rate Options and Equity Options
• Reached record open interest of more than 123 million contracts on March 9, 2017

PEGAS: The CEGH Hub Is The Reference Market In Central Eastern Europe

Date 04/04/2017

The pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS, operated by Powernext, has published a new position paper in response to the study initiated by E-Control on the performance of the Austrian gas market and the impact potential market area integrations. According to Powernext, the CEGH hub is already the reference market in Central Eastern Europe (CEE). An integration with neighbouring markets like Slovenia, Slovakia and Croatia could further bundle liquidity in CEE and reduce dependency on oil-indexed contracts.

Abu Dhabi Global Market Seeks Public Consultation On Enhancements To Its Legislative Framework In Relations To Funds And Other Miscellaneous Amendments

Date 04/04/2017

The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), together with the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) and the ADGM Registration Authority (RA), today issued a public consultation paper inviting public feedback and comments for enhancements of its legislative framework, including the regulations and rules in relation to funds.