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European Court of Auditors’ Publishes Report On ESMA’s Supervision Of Credit Rating Agencies

Date 01/02/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) welcomes the European Court of Auditors’ (ECA) Report on ESMA’s role as the single supervisor of credit rating agencies (CRAs) in the European Union (EU).

Regulating Credit Ratings Agencies: “Still Room For Improvement”, Say EU Auditors

Date 01/02/2016

The EU watchdog set up to monitor credit ratings agencies in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis has established good foundations, but significant risks remain to be addressed, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors.

European Commission - Keynote Speech By Commissioner Jonathan Hill At The DG FISMA Conference On Covered Bonds, Brussels, 1 February 2016

Date 01/02/2016

Ladies and gentlemen,

It’s a great pleasure to welcome you to this conference. I’m glad to see so much interest in the work we're doing on covered bonds. It is of course part of our broader push to build a single market for capital in Europe.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes: Correlation & Dispersion

Date 01/02/2016

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UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Takes Disciplinary Action Against Five Individuals And Three Firms In Relation To Solicitors’ Professional Indemnity Insurance And Other Insurance Schemes’ Failures

Date 01/02/2016

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined five individuals and two firms a total of £15.5m, in addition to banning four of those individuals, for significant integrity and competence failings.

SGX Freight Monthly Report – January 2016

Date 01/02/2016

• SGX freight derivative volumes totaled a record 46,588 contracts in January (+57% m/m; +375% y/y), while open interest averaged a record 83,535 contracts (+14% m/m; +351% y/y).
• The Baltic Dry Index ended January down 34%, its largest monthly decline in two years, with Capesize rates seeing the steepest declines. Forward rate expectations also continued to reduce across the board, most significantly for Panamax and Supramax vessels.
• A perfect storm of falling oil prices, slower iron ore and coal import demand, and fears surrounding China’s economic growth drove freight rates to fresh lows. Weak demand sentiment looks set to continue to plague the dry bulk freight market in the weeks ahead.

New Share Link Enables Egyptian Investors To Trade Easily On Nasdaq Dubai Through MCDR

Date 01/02/2016

• Opportunity for Egyptians to diversify portfolios with overseas investments 
• New link established as exchange plans further activities in Egyp

ESMA Updates Registers Under MiFID And Short Selling Regulation

Date 01/02/2016

The registers under MiFID and the Short Selling Regulation have been migrated to the global ESMA Registers web portal.  

SGX Electricity Market Report

Date 01/02/2016

SGX Electricity Futures (EF) ended the first month of trading in 2016 with 123 lots, the third highest month after December and July. Total volume since trading started in June last year is now 1,056 lots (1,160 GWh). Open interest as at the end of last week was 559 lots (613 GWh). Daily settlement prices (DSP) for all contracts were between $53-$74/MWh in the past two weeks.  The furthest contract quarter, 1Q18 (Mar-18), was also traded for the first time last week.

Horizon Software To Offer Connectivity To Borsa İstanbul

Date 01/02/2016

Horizon Software today announced the launch of its new certified gateway to Borsa İstanbul. Horizon is the leading provider of electronic trading and algorithmic technology to the world’s exchanges, banks, brokers and fund managers and provides advanced trade order routing and execution connectivity to more than 80 exchanges. This latest integration will give institutions high-performance connectivity directly to Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) via Horizon.