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Eurex KOSPI Product Achieves Major Volume Milestone - Total Volume Of 100 Million Eurex KOSPI Contracts Exceeded

Date 07/05/2015

By the end of April 2015, the Eurex KOSPI Product surpassed the level of 100 million traded contracts cumulative since launch in August 2010. It is part of the Eurex/KRX Link which has been developed by the international derivatives markets Eurex Exchange and Korea Exchange (KRX). Through this Link, both exchanges provide market participants worldwide with nearly 24h-trading and clearing access to KOSPI 200 Options.

IMC Becomes e-Specialist On NYSE Amex Options

Date 07/05/2015

NYSE Amex Options, part of the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that IMC Financial Markets (IMC) has become the newest e-Specialist on the exchange. IMC has been allocated 20 issues and will be subject to the heightened market making conditions and quoting requirements taken on by all Specialists and e-Specialists to improve liquidity and market quality on NYSE Amex Options.

Bucharest Stock Exchange Monthly Report - April_2015

Date 07/05/2015

April brought again the optimism among investors on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB). After a slightly decrease in March, BET, the main index, registered an increase of 6.66% in April, one of the best monthly evolution among indices of other CEE stock exchanges. Thus, the Romanian index evolution was better than the one registered by the main indexes from Poland (+4.9%), Austria (2.8%), Czech Republic (-0.5%) and Bulgaria (-1.6%). 

STOXX Signs MOU To License Smart-Beta Indices To Mitsubishi UFJ Trust And Banking (MUTB)

Date 07/05/2015

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. (MUTB), the leading Japanese trust bank, to create and market new smart-beta indices.

LME Clear Appoints Priyanka Malhotra To Head Business Development

Date 07/05/2015

LME Clear, the clearing house for the London Metal Exchange (LME) market, is pleased to announce the appointment of Priyanka Malhotra as Head of Business Development, including product and relationship management.

The Global Association Of Central Counterparties - CCP12 - Elected New Chair, Vice Chairs And Executive Committee

Date 07/05/2015

The members of CCP12 – The Global Association of Central Counterparties – elected a new Executive Committee at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 6, 2015. The global association of the world’s major clearing houses met in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the sidelines of the World Federation of Exchange IOMA Conference, hosted by BM&F Bovespa.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - April 2015

Date 07/05/2015

Highlights

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first four months of 2015 was $113,423 million, an increase of 68 per cent when compared with $67,607 million for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover for April 2015 reached a record single-month high of $200,097 million.
• The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first four months of 2015 was $17,225 million, an increase of 145 per cent when compared with $7,043 million for the same period last year
• The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first four months of 2015 was $10,311 million, an increase of 278 per cent when compared with $2,730 million for the same period last year.
• On 27 April 2015, market capitalisation exceeded $31,000 billion for the first time and reached $31,207.7 billion.
• Funds raised through IPOs for the first four months of 2014 was $55,255 million, an increase of 16 per cent when compared with $47,742 million for the same period last year.

BATS CHI-X Europe Reports April Numbers - Over €500bn Reported To BXTR -Europe’s Largest Exchange Shows Strength Of Offering In Key European Indices

Date 07/05/2015

BATS Chi-X Europe (BATS) today reported April volume, market share, and monthly highlights including the best month ever for the exchange’s trade reporting facility, BXTR, and exceptionally strong market share across key European equity indices.

Reviewing Securities And Commodities Authority Initiatives For Promoting Cooperation And Integration Among GCC Financial Markets

Date 07/05/2015

The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) took part in the 12th meeting of the committee of heads of the GCC financial market bodies held in Doha. H.E. Abdulla Al Turifi, SCA CEO, headed the SCA delegation at the meeting that discussed the latest developments in the GCC financial markets and allowed an exchange of views. Also present were heads of the GCC financial market regulatory bodies as well as H.E. Abdullah bin Juma Al Shibli, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs at the GCC General Secretariat.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Holds An Internet Industry Forum, A Strong Support To The Development Of Internet Companies

Date 07/05/2015

Shenzhen Stock Exchange recently held an Internet Industry Forum in Beijing in a move to better implement the State Council’s “Internet Plus” initiative and enhance capital markets’ support for Internet companies. Listed and pre-IPO companies in the Internet industry, angel investors, venture capitals and securities companies were invited to the Forum to have in-depth communication around topics such as major problems and obstacles confronting Internet companies in their application for domestic listing, policy preference needed for their sustainable development after listing, etc.