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Euronext open interest commodities exceeded one million lots on 11 September 2014 for the first time since the exchange separated from Liffe.
This represents a 16 per cent increase year on year.
Olivier Raevel, head of commodities at Euronext, says: “Following a strong performance in the first half of this year, we are delighted to see the traction in our commodities business continuing. This is just the first threshold that we are crossing, but we are confident that there is more growth to come from this underexploited business.”
Euronext’s commodities business includes a broad range of futures and
Eyemaxx Real Estate is issuing a corporate bond in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The bond with the ISIN DE000A12T374 can be subscribed from 15 to 26 September 2014, subject to early termination of subscription.
It has an issue volume of up to EUR30 million, with a public offering and a swap offer for owners of the previous 7.875 Eyemaxx-III-bond of up to EUR15 million each.
The corporate bond runs until March 2020 and has a coupon rate of eight per cent. Its nominal denomination is EUR1,000. 


Trading is planned to commence on 30
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange are in discussions with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on a potential agreement for FINRA to provide certain regulatory services to their options markets.
Negotiations are ongoing, and there is no assurance of a final regulatory services agreement. If terms are reached, a regulatory services agreement could potentially be finalised within the next few months, after consultation with CBOE's regulator.
The potential regulatory services agreement is not expected to have a significant impact on CBOE's financial results.
"CBOE is committed to maintaining the highest standards in market
Alceda Fund Management has been granted a licence to act as Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) by the Luxemburgish Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).
The licence will enable Alceda to work with initiators of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) covering both traditional open-end equity and bond funds as well as closed-end real asset funds.
In March 2014, Alceda Asset Management GmbH had been granted a licence to act as AIFM by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
Alceda manages and handles the administration of the funds issued by the Aquila Group and acts as AIFM and
Preqin assesses the evolution of infrastructure in investors’ portfolios in what is a continually maturing environment for the asset class, and examines investors’ plans for the year ahead.
Infrastructure is a growing area of interest for institutional investors, with many institutions attracted to the asset class by the offer of stable, long-term and low-risk returns. As institutions become more knowledgeable regarding infrastructure investments, increasing numbers of investors are entering the asset class, carving out dedicated allocations, or increasing their target exposure to the asset class. Using data from Preqin’s latest investor survey, we examine investors’ changing attitudes towards the asset
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is creating a new office within the division of economic and risk analysis (DERA) that will coordinate efforts to provide data-driven risk assessment tools and models to support a wide range of SEC activities.
Since its creation in 2009, DERA has collaborated with market experts throughout the SEC to develop risk assessment tools.
One example, the Aberrational Performance Inquiry, launched in 2009 to proactively identify atypical hedge fund performance, led to eight enforcement actions and is one of the tools used by the division of enforcement to assess private funds.
Similarly, DERA
S&P Global BMI indices will undergo its annual reconstitution on 22 September 2014.
This year’s major changes to the S&P Global BMI indices are the reclassification of Greece to Emerging status from Developed status, as well as the reclassification of Qatar and UAE from Frontier status to Emerging status.
Greece’s constituents will be removed from all S&P Developed BMI market indices and will become a part of the S&P Emerging BMI series. Constituents from Qatar and UAE will be included in the S&P Emerging BMI series for the first time.
After the reconstitution, Greece, Qatar and the UAE
Laura J McMahon has joined BakerHostetler as a partner in the firm’s corporate and energy practices based in the Houston office.
She comes to BakerHostetler from Norton Rose Fulbright, where she co-chaired the Latin America practice group.
McMahon joins the firm just weeks after the Denver office arrival of Poe Leggette and team, also from Norton Rose.
McMahon brings more than 20 years of experience counselling global clients, headquartered in and outside the US, on sophisticated matters including capital markets, securities compliance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, particularly in the midstream master limited partnerships (MLPs)
BATS Chi-X Europe and BX Swiss have entered into a partnership agreement designed to bring greater competition and enhanced market efficiencies to the Swiss equities market.
The partnership comprises two key elements:
· Cross-listings for ETFs: Under FINMA regulations, ETF issuers wishing to market to Swiss investors must list their funds on a Swiss exchange. By operating a cross-listing partnership, BATS and BX will streamline the process, making it quicker and cheaper to list pan-European ETFs.
· Trade reporting: BX has approved BATS’ registration as a Swiss Trade Data Monitor (TDM). As a result, non-Swiss domiciled firms will now have
“The analogy I like to use is the Rubik’s Cube with all the colours mixed up. What we do is take clients through the process of realigning all their data – getting the colours of each block to match – to transform their data infrastructure,” says David van Rooyen, one of the founders of London-based Pomerol Partners.
Pomerol Partners is a business intelligence consultancy that specialises in advanced data visualisations. The firm builds business toolsets – dashboards – to help senior executives make more informed decisions. That sounds straightforward but within the financial services industry, particularly global investment banks, such
