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Financial Services: European Commission Sets Out Future Actions To Strengthen The Safety Of Derivatives Markets

Date 20/10/2009

The European Commission has adopted a Communication for ensuring efficient, safe and sound derivatives markets. The Communication sets out future policy actions to increase transparency of the derivatives market, reduce counterparty and operational risk in trading and enhance market integrity and oversight. They follow the stakeholder consultation launched with the Communication in July (

EU Finance Ministers Agree On Creation Of Macro-Prudential Oversight Body

Date 20/10/2009

EU finance ministers met in Luxembourg on Tuesday to discuss a number of important issues and to prepare for the European Council in October and the G20 finance ministers meeting in November.

RTS Standard Volume Exceeds USD662 Million

Date 20/10/2009

October 20, 2009 saw a record trading activity on RTS Standard.

CESR To Consult On Common Definition Of Money Market Funds

Date 20/10/2009

CESR published today a consultation paper aiming at a common European definition of money market funds. The paper sets out CESR’s proposals for a common definition of European money market funds.

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Co-Hosts Investment Conference In London - The Exchange Seeks To Boost The Flow Of Foreign And Institutional Investors, Healy

Date 20/10/2009

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) today, Tuesday, October 20, 2009, jointly hosted with Morgan Stanley and the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), an investment conference and road-show in London.

Council Of The European Union Conclusions On Strengthening EU Financial Stability Arrangements - 2967th Economic And Financial Affairs, Luxembourg, 20 October 2009

Date 20/10/2009

Click here to download the Council's conclusions on strengthening EU financial stability arrangements.

Changes To The UK's Financial Services Authority Board

Date 20/10/2009

The Chancellor today announced the appointment of Mick McAteer, Brian Pomeroy, Andrew Scott & James Strachan as non-executive directors (NEDs) of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

NYSE Euronext To Provide Transparency For Alternative Trading Systems – ‘Dark Pool’ Trades ‘Printed’ On FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility Will Be Published Daily On NYSE.Com – Barclays Capital, GETCO, Goldman Sachs, Knight, UBS To Participate - Other Fi

Date 20/10/2009

NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that beginning next month, it will provide a means for participating broker-dealers’ alternative trading systems (ATSs) and off-exchange market centers to create transparency regarding volume and individual “dark pool” activity by allowing the firms to “print” trades on the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility (TRF) and display the daily activity of each trading venue on NYSE.com.

TOCOM Starts To Prepare For Launching Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index Contract

Date 20/10/2009

 The board of directors’ meeting was held on October 20, 2009, and determined to take a step towards the listing. Based on the decision, TOCOM will start to prepare for the launch of the Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index from now on. The below is the draft specification of the contract.

Deutsche Börse: Now Over 500 Index Funds Listed On Europe’s Leading ETF Trading Platform Xetra -10 New iShares ETFs Admitted To Trading - XTF Segment Reached Market Share Of 44 Percent In European ETF Trade In The Third Quarter Of 2009

Date 20/10/2009

Since Tuesday, ten additional exchange-listed index funds of the iShares issuer (Barclays Global Investment) are tradable on Xetra®. The offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment has thus increased to a total of 507 index funds.