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  • Taper Surprise: Investors Become More Defensive On European Equities After FOMC Postponed Policy Shift Dialogue On Sept. 18, According To Russell Indexes

    Date 27/09/2013

    Defensive-oriented stocks in Europe have bounced back since Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently announced the decision to continue its historic bond buying program. After gravitating toward more dynamic-oriented stocks and moving away from defensive-oriented stocks when Bernanke first discussed tapering on May 22, in the past week investors appear to have moved back into defensive-oriented European stocks and sectors, as illustrated by the Russell Indexes.

  • Thomson Reuters/University Of Michigan: Policy Uncertainty Dims Consumer Confidence

    Date 27/09/2013

    Confidence fell in September as consumers were more likely to anticipate a slower pace of economic growth, fewer job opportunities, and less favorable personal financial prospects. While few consumers expected a federal shutdown, complaints about the economic policies of the government have risen. Indeed, spontaneous negative references to the government’s policies were twice as high as three months ago, although still below the levels recorded during last December’s fiscal cliffhanger. Moreover, despite the unexpected delay in tapering by the Federal Reserve, two-thirds of all consumers expect higher interest rates in the year ahead. Unless diminished by the dysfunction in DC, confidence is sufficiently positive to support a 2.5% growth rate in consumption.

  • TOM MTF Statistics Week 39, 2013

    Date 27/09/2013

    Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 39, 2013.

  • CFTC Orders Vision Financial Markets LLC To Pay A $525,000 Penalty For Violations Of Customer Fund Segregation Requirements, Failure To Notify The CFTC Of Its Under-Segregation, And Misstatements To The CFTC

    Date 27/09/2013

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Vision Financial Markets LLC (Vision), for failing to segregate commodity and options customer funds, failing to notify the CFTC and Vision’s designated self-regulatory organization (DSRO) of its under-segregation, and making misstatements to the CFTC about the location and manner in which the customer funds were being held.  Vision is registered with the CFTC as a Futures Commission Merchant and with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer.

  • HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

    Date 27/09/2013

    Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 2 October 2013, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.