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Thomson Reuters Extends Commodity Research And Forecast Service On Eikon To Include Metals Analysis - Thomson Reuters Integrates Thomson Reuters GFMS Analysis To Provide Thomson Reuters Eikon Customers With Access To Independent Research And Forecast Analytics For The Precious And Industrial Metals Markets

Date 20/02/2013

Thomson Reuters today announced it has extended its commodity research and forecast service on its flagship financial markets desktop, Thomson Reuters Eikon, to include key insight for metals markets professionals. Thomson Reuters Eikon now enables metals traders and analysts to combine rich research content and forecast analytics from Thomson Reuters GFMS with real-time and historical metals news and pricing information to understand potential future effects on prices.

ICMA Publishes New Legal Documentation In Support Of Russian Repo Market

Date 20/02/2013

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA), the leading trade body for the international debt capital markets, has today published a legal opinion on the enforceability and validity of the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA) in Russia. The GMRA is the most widely used legal agreement for documenting cross-border repo transactions and is also used in many domestic repo markets.

ESMA Seeks Feedback On Its Technical Advice To The Commission On Fees For Trade Repositories

Date 20/02/2013

On 14 January 2013 ESMA received a formal request from the European Commission (the Commission) to provide technical advice to assist the Commission in formulating a Regulation on fees for Trade Repositories (TRs) by a delegated act.

NASDAQ OMX To Support The Philippine Dealing And Exchange Corporation's Market Surveillance Endeavors

Date 20/02/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corporation (PDEx) today announced that PDEx has selected NASDAQ OMX's SMARTSOnline market surveillance system to monitor market activity across the fixed income market in the Philippines.

ESMA And The EBA Publishes The Responses To The Joint Consultation On Benchmark-Setting Processes

Date 20/02/2013

To access the responses, please click here.

SGX: New Entrant To Specialised Consumer Service Sector

Date 20/02/2013

• The Specialised Consumer Service Subsector consists of four Mainboard listings that span across education and medical services.
• The four Mainboard listings are Raffles Education, Overseas Education, Informatics Education and Cordlife.
• The newest addition to the Consumer Service Subsector, Overseas Education, was listed on 7 February , and has gained 25.0% from the offer price of S$0.48.

SIX Reinforces Its Commitment To The Swiss Market For Structured Products

Date 20/02/2013

In a joint press release issued today, SIX and Deutsche Börse have announced that the Scoach cooperation agreement is to be terminated as of 30 June 2013. SIX will continue to further develop the successful market for structured products in Zurich.

TriOptima Eliminates JPY271.6 Trillion Notional In Interest Rate Swaps From LCH Swapclear In Record-Breaking Compression Cycle

Date 20/02/2013

TriOptima announces today that it eliminated JPY 271.6 trillion (USD3 trillion) in cleared interest rate swap notional principal outstandings from LCH SwapClear, the largest ever triReduce compression cycle in JPY interest rate swaps.  Since TriOptima began offering its triReduce early termination service in JPY in 2004, almost JPY1,600 trillion (USD18.3 trillion) in cleared and uncleared swaps have been eliminated.

Deutsche Börse: Joint Venture Scoach To Face Termination

Date 20/02/2013

The joint trading platform Scoach for structured products in Switzerland and Germany operated by SIX and Deutsche Börse will face disbandment because SIX terminated the cooperation contract.

Initial Margin Requirement On The Moscow Exchange Derivatives Market

Date 20/02/2013

According to the proposal of the Derivatives Market Committee of Moscow Exchange CJSC JSCB National Clearing Centre decided to decrease the minimum initial margin for instruments on indices traded on the Derivatives Market and in the Standard Sector of the Moscow Exchange.