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Borsa İstanbul Announced That BIST Indices Are Compliant With European Securities Markets Association’s (ESMA) Guidelines

Date 16/09/2015

Borsa İstanbul announces that BIST Indices are compliant with the related aspects of the “ESMA Guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS Issues” which is issued by European Securities Markets Association (ESMA) in 2014.

DIFC Partners With Taylor Wessing, HSBC And CBRE To Debate Dubai's Real Estate Market Position

Date 16/09/2015

Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFC Authority) partnered with international powerhouses Taylor Wessing, HSBC and CBRE to host an event that:

• Compared and contrasted Dubai's real estate market in 2007 and 2015;
• Discussed the impact of EXPO 2020;
• Compared asset classes and what lenders will finance;
• Explained security structures, lender protections and enforcement; and
• Gave examples of how the region can learn from real estate cycles experienced in the rest of the world.

The Saudi Stock Exchange Announces Saudi Arabia Inclusion In The FTSE Watch List For Potential Promotion To Secondary Emerging Market Status

Date 16/09/2015

FTSE, the London-based index provider, reported in their 2015 Annual FTSE Country Classification Review that Saudi Arabia, would join the Watch List for possible addition to Secondary Emerging market status based on the prospective opening of the market to international institutional investors by means of the Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) framework. 

Qatar Stock Exchange: ''Realizing Qatar''s True Potential With MSCI''

Date 16/09/2015

Qatar Stock Exchange today held at the Four Seasons Hotel a disucssion panel entitled "Realizing Qatar''''s true potential with MSC". The purpose of this event, which part of a periodical event called ''''Exchange views, is is to bring together leading decision makers and industry professionals from within Qatar to engage, discuss and debate on compelling and interesting topics that matter to the Qatari capital market. 

Genscape: Quarterly European Power Market Outlook Report

Date 16/09/2015

In Genscape's latest Quarterly European Power Market Outlook, EPSI analysts present the latest information and insights on power market developments and movements in key commodity prices. The issue also includes recently updated scenario results and commentary for Germany, France, and The Netherlands, over the period 2015-2017, with a special analysis of the Italian power market. 

Keynote Address Of CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo Before The 7th Annual Capital Link Global Commodities, Energy & Shipping Forum, New York, NY, Good Intentions Do Not Always Lead To Good Regulations

Date 16/09/2015

Introduction

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for your warm welcome.

Before I begin, let me say that my remarks reflect my own views and do not necessarily constitute the views of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission), my fellow CFTC commissioners or the CFTC staff.

It is a pleasure to attend this conference that brings together so many important participants in the global commodity, energy and shipping markets. As some of you know, before I became a regulator I served for over a dozen years as a senior executive of a firm that operated markets for these important asset classes, including wet and dry freight contracts. So, I have an appreciation of the issues that you are discussing today. I also know how the business world approaches market issues. That is, with pragmatism. Problems are solved and commercial needs are met with smart thinking, lots of careful planning and precise execution.

European Stability Mechanism issues €3 Billion 10-Year Bond

Date 16/09/2015

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) today issued a new €3 billion 10-year euro benchmark bond with a coupon of 1%, maturing on 23 September, 2025. Together with last week’s 3-year deal, the ESM has now fulfilled half of its funding needs for the remainder of the year in two single transactions.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Registered On The Lead Managing Underwriter List Of TOKYO PRO-BOND Market: Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

Date 16/09/2015

Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange registered Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited on the Lead Managing Underwriter List of the professional-oriented bond market, i.e. TOKYO PRO-BOND Market. According to this time’s registration, the number of securities companies on the list is 48 as of September 16, 2015.

EEX: Letter By The Energy Industry To Commissioner Lord Hill, DG FISMA - "Ensuring Effective And Efficient Regulation Of European Commodity Derivative Markets”

Date 16/09/2015

In relation to MiFID II, there is a need to ensure the ancillary exemption framework incorporates an appropriate assessment in relation to the overall group business, consistent with the intent of the legislators. The present proposals from ESMA do not achieve this and also have a number of other serious deficiencies (including the approach to defining legitimate hedging activity and the starting year for assessment against the thresholds). Together, these problems will result in a large number of firms being brought into the scope of MiFID even though their activity in commodity derivative markets is, by any reasonable assessment, ancillary to their wider group business.

Xignite And 21 Innovators Join Forces To Launch The #FintechRevolution Api Ecosystem - Initiative Fuels Fintech Innovation By Allowing Easy Access To Massive Set Of APIs

Date 16/09/2015

Xignite, the leading provider of market data cloud APIs application programing interface), announced today the launch of the #FintechRevolution API Ecosystem, an industry-wide initiative that connects fintech developers with best-of-breed financial APIs. The goal of the initiative is to inspire a new generation of financial applications by assembling the best APIs in each market category.