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European Parliament: Toughening Up Credit Rating Agency Rules

Date 17/03/2011

New rules for credit rating agencies should clarify their working methods, boost competition and reduce reliance on their ratings, said Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs on Wednesday, two months before the Commission is to table legislative proposals. MEPs also advocated creating a European credit rating foundation, and called for special attention to sovereign debt ratings.
Qatar Exchange Adopts DVP Rules And Makes Dual Account Structure Optional

Date 17/03/2011

Qatar Exchange (QE) has been working on its strategy to enhance the market infrastructure over the last one year. The first major enhancement was the upgrade of its trading technology and model in September, 2010. In continuation of implementing the reforms, QE has adopted Delivery Versus Payment (DVP) rules.
Bloomberg L.P. Opens Its 10th Global Hub In Dubai - Financial Services Leader Triples The Size Of Its Office In Dubai To Support Expansion Of Services In Region

Date 17/03/2011

Bloomberg L.P. officially opened its 10th global hub in Dubai today, tripling the size of its office to accommodate the company's expanding news operations and customer support for its growing client base in the region.
“Third Rock From The Sun…The Small World Of Financial Markets” Speech Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton To The Marcus Evans' 4th Annual Conference On Operational Efficiency In The Energy Trading Market, Houston, TX

Date 17/03/2011

Introduction: Timing is Everything
RTS Exchange: Settlement Prices Determined For Futures Contracts On Urals And Brent Oil

Date 17/03/2011

On March 16, 2011 Urals futures (UR-03.11) and Brent futures (BR-03.11) contracts expired.

Bloomberg Fit Breaks $1 Trillion In OTC Derivative Volume - Bloomberg readies for 2011 launch of Swaps Execution Facility

Date 17/03/2011

Bloomberg Fixed-Income Trading executives today announced that they have broken through the $1 trillion mark in electronically traded interest-rate swaps and credit default swaps for 2011.
Liquidnet Volumes Increase In Every Region Around The Globe, In February - Including An 11% Increase In Volume In Europe

Date 17/03/2011

Liquidnet, the institutional equities marketplace, today announced performance highlights and monthly and year-to-date trading statistics for U.S. and international equities.
ICE Gasoil And ECX EUA Futures Contracts Set Daily Volume Records

Date 17/03/2011

IntercontinentalExchange, a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced new daily volume records for the ICE Gasoil and ECX EUA futures contracts.
FSA Publishes Its Prudential Risk Outlook

Date 17/03/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published the Prudential Risk Outlook (PRO), which sets out its assessment of macro economic and financial trends as a context for its micro-prudential regulation and supervision of firms.
EU Investment Policy Needs To Balance Investor Protection And Public Regulation, Says International Trade Committee

Date 17/03/2011

The fact that the Lisbon Treaty made foreign direct investment (FDI) an exclusive EU competence necessitates striking a delicate balance between protecting investors' rights and the right of public authorities to regulate, argues the International Trade Committee in a report voted on Wednesday. This in turn requires very clear definitions of what types of investors and investments will be protected, it adds.