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Cairo Amman Bank Alert: Central Bank Of Jordan And Amman Stock Exchange Will Be Cllosed On Thursday 19th February

Date 18/02/2015

Due to the expected weather condition, the Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan announced that the Jordanian banks will be closed tomorrow Thursday 19th of February 2015. In addition to Amman Stock exchange as well.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 18/02/2015

The CFTC Swaps Report provides a detailed weekly snapshot of the gross notional outstanding as of the penultimate Friday prior to the CFTC Swaps Report’s Wednesday publication date, as well as a detailed weekly total of the transaction volume (on both a ticket volume and dollar volume basis) ending that same penultimate Friday, in two asset classes (interest rate swaps, credit default swaps).

ESMA Publishes Addendum Consultation Paper To Implementing Rules For MiFID II/MiFIR

Date 18/02/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today a consultation paper (CP) which complements the transparency section of the CP on MiFID II/MiFIR published on 19 December 2014.

Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee, January 27-28, 2015

Date 18/02/2015

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 27-28, 2015.

The Amman Stock Exchange Will Be Closed On Thursday 19 February 2015

Date 18/02/2015

Further to the news published earlier today regarding changing the ASE’s trading session on Thursday 19/2/2015, and based on the Prime Minister’s decision taken later to observe tomorrow as holiday for  ministries and public agencies due to the expected weather conditions in Jordan, The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) will be closed for tomorrow Thursday 19/2/2015. 

Deutsche Börse AG Closes FY/2014 With Increase In Profit And Strong Fourth Quarter

Date 18/02/2015

• Net revenue for FY/2014 up 7 per cent to €2,043 million
• Adjusted earnings per share climb 5 per cent to €3.63
• Net revenue for Q4/2014 at €545 million – the highest level for 3 years
• Stable dividend of €2.10 per share proposed
• Growth of net revenue to €2.1 to €2.3 billion expected for 2015
• Mid-term guidance until 2017 confirmed

SEC Halts Colorado-Based Pyramid Scheme

Date 18/02/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an emergency asset freeze against two operators of a Colorado-based pyramid and Ponzi scheme that promises investors extraordinary returns of 700 percent through a purported “triple algorithm” and “3-D matrix.”

DLA Piper Comment: Capital Markets Union

Date 18/02/2015

Following the announcement from the European Union today setting out a road map for boosting capital markets across its 28 members, in an effort to spur investment in the region, Michael McKee, Partner at DLA Piper, said:

Trading Technologies’ Platform To Support Quantitative Brokers’ Best Execution Algorithms

Date 18/02/2015

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, and Quantitative Brokers, a leading provider of fixed income and futures algorithms, today announced TT will provide access to Quantitative Brokers’ best execution algorithms from the next-generation TT platform. In addition, TT is planning to add support for other broker algorithms.

ESMA Welcomes Launch Of The Capital Markets Union Process

Date 18/02/2015

Welcoming the launch of the Capital Markets Union process by the European Commission this morning Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, said

“Today’s launch by the European Commission of its Green Paper on CMU initiates an important process. CMU has the potential to create a truly integrated EU capital market easing access to finance for European companies and consumers. ESMA strongly supports this project.”