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EBA Announces Key Features Of The 2014 EU-Wide Stress Test

Date 31/01/2014

The European Banking Authority (EBA) announced today the key components of the forthcoming 2014 EU-wide stress test that will be conducted on a wide sample of EU banks. The objective of the EU-wide stress tests is to help supervisors assess the resilience of financial institutions in the European Union to adverse market developments. This exercise aims at ensuring consistency and comparability of the outcomes across all banks based on a common methodology, scenarios and accompanied by a consistent disclosure exercise.

MGEX Reaches Top 10 Daily Open Interest Records

Date 31/01/2014

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reached the top 10 daily Exchange open interest records after Wednesday’s trade date.           

Chicago Business Barometer Down 1.2 Points To 59.6 In January

Date 31/01/2014

• Employment Slips Into Contraction
• Production, New Orders, Backlogs Rise Slightly

Japan's Securities And Exchange Surveillance Commission: Toward Enhanced Market Integrity -SESC's Policy Statement For The 8th Term

Date 31/01/2014

The Japanese capital markets have been experiencing dynamic changes. A series of amendments have been made  to  the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA). Innovations are continuing in financial products and trading methods through  the use of IT, etc. Cross-border transactions are expanding. The SESC is determined to handle issues that need to be addressed in a timely manner by constantly keeping an eye on such market trends and collecting/analyzing information with even greater sensitivity.

EEX Introduces Fee Holiday For Guarantees Of Origin

Date 31/01/2014

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is creating new incentives for trading in Guarantees of Origin (GoO). Trading participants will be exempt from trading fees (0.6 € Cents per GoO) for trading transactions concluded from February 2014. The new fee holiday is valid until the end of 2014.

State Street UK fined £22.9m By Financial Conduct Authority For Transitions Management Failings

Date 31/01/2014

State Street UK has been fined £22,885,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). State Street UK’s Transitions Management (TM) business had developed and executed a deliberate strategy to charge clients substantial mark-ups on certain transitions, in addition to the agreed management fee or commission. These mark-ups had not been agreed by the clients and were concealed from them.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report- 31st January, 2014

Date 31/01/2014

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading report for week ending 31st January, 2014.

EPEX SPOT Inaugurates Office In Vienna - An Austrian Voice For Clients, Partners And Stakeholders

Date 31/01/2014

The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT has opened its office in Vienna on 30 January 2014. Austrian market participants, partners and stakeholders participated in the inauguration. The office is based in the Mayerhofgasse at the centre of Vienna and is headed by Arnold Weiß.

Oslo Børs: Increase In The Proportion Of The Market Held By Foreign Investors, While Private Investors Remain At A Historic Low Level

Date 31/01/2014

The total number of shareholders fell last year to the lowest level since 2009, and the proportion of the market held by private investors remained at a historic low level. At the same time the proportion of the market held by foreign investors increased to the highest level since before the financial crisis, according to the most recent shareholder statistics from VPS.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Monthly Single Stock Options Volume (Auction) Set A Record High

Date 31/01/2014

Single Stock Options reached a record high (since Oct. 2009) in monthly volume with 93,433 contracts in auction market last month (Jan.2014).