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Misys Wins Tech-Solutions Category In Trade Finance Awards For Excellence - Misys Wins Trade Finance Award For Second Consecutive Year

Date 23/06/2015

Misys, the leading financial software company, has been awarded Best Trade Finance Tech-solutions Company in this year’s Trade Finance Awards for Excellence.

Market Recovery Likely For Atlantic Panamax Vessels By End Decade: Platts Report - Slimmed Order Books And The Advent Of Eco-Ships Poised To Prompt Rebound In Freight Rates - 6-Page Study Just Released: “The Hour Of The Wolf For Panamaxes”

Date 23/06/2015

Shipowners operating in the trans-Atlantic dry bulk market, where prices have been plumbing two-year lows on the back of acute vessel oversupply and shifting patterns in minerals demand, could be facing brighter days, according to the latest special report released by Platts, a leading global provider of energy and commodities information.

For The First Time The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange And The Israel Securities Authority Allow Gas And Oil Exploration Limited Partnerships To Also Invest In Projects Abroad

Date 23/06/2015

A joint initiative of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) will allow gas and oil exploration limited partnerships, for the first time, to raise capital for gas and oil exploration projects located abroad. This change will apply to both partnerships already listed on the TASE and new partnerships.

Joint Committee Of The European Supervisory Authorities: Discussion Paper On PRIIPs Key Information Documents

Date 23/06/2015

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – has published today a Technical Discussion Paper on risk, performance scenarios and cost disclosures for Key Information Documents (KIDs) for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs). The Joint Committee is looking for feedback from all concerned stakeholders by 17 August 2015.

Cairo Amman Bank Flash Comment: Jordan's Trade Deficit Narrowed By 15.7% In The First Four Months Of 2015

Date 23/06/2015

The Department of Statistics released figures showing that Jordan’s trade deficit narrowed by JD 526 million or 15.7% during the first  third  of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.

Correction: Platts Pre-Report Survey Of Analysts Results: UNICA Sugarcane Crush - Advance Estimates Suggest A Cane Crush Of 41.42 Million Mt In Brazil's Center-South - Likely 42.16% Sugar Mix For H1 June 2015: Analysts

Date 23/06/2015

• Cane crush: 41.42 million metric tons (mt)
• Sugar production: 2.14 million mt
• Total ethanol production: 1.795 billion liters (ltr)
• Hydrous ethanol production: 1.091 billion ltr
• Anhydrous ethanol production: 705.67 million ltr
• Sugar mix: 42.16 %
• Ethanol mix: 57.84%

CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight To Host Public Roundtable Regarding The Made Available To Trade Process

Date 23/06/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) will hold a public roundtable on July 15, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to discuss the Commodity Exchange Act’s trade execution requirement and the process of making Made Available to Trade (MAT) determinations. The roundtable will discuss: (1) approaches to mandatory exchange trading in various jurisdictions; (2) academic perspectives on, and data-based assessment of, MAT; and (3) industry analysis of the MAT process.

Calypso Signs Global Reseller Agreement With SAP, Uniting Best-In-Class Banking And Capital Markets Solutions - Calypso Cross-Asset, Front-To-Back Platform Complements SAP’s Financial Services Portfolio For Capital Markets, Enabling Consolidation, Simplification, Growth For Customers

Date 23/06/2015

Calypso Technology, Inc., the standard for treasury and capital markets software, has entered into a global reseller agreement with SAP (NYSE: SAP), a market leader in enterprise application software. Through this agreement, SAP will resell the Calypso cross-asset, front-to-back treasury and capital markets platform as two solution extensions: the SAP® Capital Markets Trading solution by Calypso and the SAP Capital Markets Treasury solution by Calypso.

GMEX Joins Swiss Futures And Options Association

Date 23/06/2015

Global Markets Exchange Group Limited (GMEX) announced today that it has become a member of the Swiss Futures and Options Association (SFOA). GMEX is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate GMEX Exchange. GMEX is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GMEX Group.

IFC Treasury Launches London Hub To Expand Global Capital Market Coverage

Date 23/06/2015

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, yesterday opened an IFC treasury hub in the city of London that will expand IFC's capital market activities in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.