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Bahamas International Securities Exchange Q1, 2015 Statistical Report

Date 01/06/2015

BISX is pleased to announce its BISX All-Share Index and trading statistics for the three month period ending March 31, 2015 with comparison to the same period of 2014.

Qatar Stock Exchange And Commercial Bank: Working Together To Empower SMEs In Qatar

Date 01/06/2015

Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) and Commercial Bank have held a joint workshop for SMEs about opportunities to list on the Qatar Exchange Venture Market (QEVM) at the Bank’s D-Ring Road branch.

DTCC Publishes Perspectives On CCP Risk Management - Issues New Paper Highlighting Critical Differences Among CCPs And The Markets They Serve And Promoting Transparency And Certainty Concerning CCP Risk Management Practices

Date 01/06/2015

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today issued a white paper outlining views on CCP governance, stress testing, default management and continuity of CCP services in times of market distress. DTCC’s paper, CCP Resiliency and Resources, contributes to an ongoing dialogue among CCPs, regulators and clearing participants concerning CCP risk management. DTCC operates two CCPs, the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) and the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), both of which have been designated in the United States as Systemically Important Financial Market Utilities (SIFMUs). DTCC’s paper contributes the unique perspective of an industry-owned utility operating cash market CCPs in critical U.S. markets.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes: Correlation & Dispersion Index Dashboard

Date 01/06/2015

Average Daily Volume Of 10.1 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In May - Segment Interest Rate Derivatives Volume With Significant Increase Year-On-Year

Date 01/06/2015

In May, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex, part of Deutsche Börse Group, recorded an average daily volume of 10.1 million contracts (May 2014: 8.1 million). Of those, 7.7 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (May 2014: 6.0 million), and 2.4 million contracts (May 2014: 2.1 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE), part of Eurex Group. In total, 147.0 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 48.7 million at the ISE.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, At the International Monetary Conference, Toronto, Canada, June 1, 2015, What Have We Learned From The Crises Of The Last 20 Years?

Date 01/06/2015

There have been many economic and financial crises since the Mexican crisis that began in December 1994. Michel Camdessus, then Managing Director of the IMF, called the Mexican crisis "the first economic crisis of the twenty first century"--by which he meant that it was the first emerging market country crisis whose immediate roots were more in the capital account than in the current account of the balance of payments.

Amendment Of GPW’s Short Selling Regulations - GPW No Longer Additionally Regulates Short Selling In Exchange Trading Following The Harmonisation Of Regulations With The Regulation Of The European Parliament And Of The Council

Date 01/06/2015

The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) is amending today its regulations on short selling in exchange trading. The amendment harmonises GPW regulations with the Act of 5 December 2014 amending the Act on Trading in Financial Instruments and certain other Acts. The new Act harmonises Polish short selling regulations with the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

EEX Trading Volumes In May - Volume Doubled On The Power Derivatives Market – Continuous Trading On The CO2 Derivatives Market Increased 25-Fold – Trading Of Agricultural Products Successfully Launched

Date 01/06/2015

In May 2015, trading volumes on the Power Derivatives Market of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) amounted to 154.6 TWh. Compared to the same month in the previous year, the volume more than doubled (May 2014: 73.6 TWh). EEX power markets showed growing volumes in almost all market areas. On the Spanish Power Derivatives Market, EEX registered a new record volume at 1.7 TWh (previous record: 1.4 TWh in April 2015).

Statistics From Nasdaq Nordic Exchange - Nordic And Baltic Markets - May 2015

Date 01/06/2015

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic and Baltic markets. Below follows a summary of the statistics for May 2015:

Steven Maijoor, Chair Of The European Securities And Markets Authority, Delivers Speech On The CMU, Asset Management And Stability At The IBA Annual Conference In Paris

Date 01/06/2015

Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), delivered a speech at the 26th Annual Conference of the International Bar Association on the Globalisation of Investment Funds.