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SEC Enforcement Director Statement On Jury Finding That CEO Defrauded Investors, Andrew Ceresney, Director, SEC Division Of Enforcement, April 29, 2016

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“We are pleased with the jury’s finding that Stephen Ferrone defrauded Immunosyn’s investors with misleading statements in the company’s filings and press releases and his own speeches and interviews.  We will continue to hold executives accountable when their companies provide misleading information and fail to give investors a full and honest picture of what’s happening with their products.”

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US market portrait 2016 week 18

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DFM Company Posts Net Profit Of AED 86 Million During The First Quarter Of 2016

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Dubai Financial Market Company (PJSC) today announced its financial results for the first quarter of the year ending 31 March 2016, reporting a net profit of AED 86 Million, a 27% increase compared to AED 67.7 Million during the corresponding period of 2015. 

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The Saudi Stock Exchange Performance Report - April 2016

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At the end of April 2016 Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) closed at 6,805.84 points, increased by 582.71 points 9.36% over the close of the previous month.

Highest close level for the index during the month was 6,868.09 on 25/04/2016.

Total equity market capitalization at the end of April 2016 reached SAR 1,558.55 billion (US$ 415.61 billion), increasing by 8.41% over the close of the previous month.

The total value of shares traded for the month of April 2016 reached SAR 117.61 billion (US$ 31.36 billion), decreasing by (10.36%) over the previous month.

The total number of shares traded* reached 6.71 billion shares during the month of April 2016 compared to 7.38 billion shares traded for the previous month, a decrease of (9.15%).

The total number of transactions executed during April 2016 reached 2.62 million compared to 2.99 million trades for the month of March 2016, a decrease of (12.35%).

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The Saudi Stock Exchange Announces The Publication Of The Weekly Stock Market Ownership And Trading Activity Report (By Nationality And Investor Type)

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The total value of shares traded for the week ending 28 April 2016 amounted to SAR 39.67 billion, increasing by 32.93% over the previous week; while total stock market capitalization reached SAR 1,558.55 billion at the end of this period, increasing by 3.35% over the previous week.

The total value of shares purchased by "Saudi Investors" during this period amounted to SAR 37.84 billion representing 95.37% of total buying activity, and sales of SAR 38.03 billion representing 95.86% of total selling activity. Total ownership of "Saudi Investors" stood at 93.08% of total market capitalization as of 28 April 2016, representing an increase of 0.11% from the previous week.

The total value of shares purchased by "GCC Investors" during this period amounted to SAR 0.672 billion representing 1.69% of total buying activity, and sales of SAR 0.578 billion representing 1.46% of total selling activity. Total ownership of "GCC Investors" stood at 2.56% of total market capitalization as of 28 April 2016, representing a decrease of 0.03% from the previous week.

The total value of shares purchased by "Foreign Investors" during this period amounted to SAR 1.166 billion representing 2.94% of total buying activity, and sales of SAR 1.065 billion representing 2.68% of total selling activity. Total ownership of "Foreign Investors" stood at 4.36% of total market capitalization as of 28 April 2016, representing a decrease of 0.08% from the previous week

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Qatar Stock Exchange Listed Companies Reported QR 10.8 Billion Net Profits For The Three Month Period Ended March 31, 2016

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With the end of disclosure period for the First quarter of 2016, forty two listed companies at Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) have disclosed their financial statements results for the three month period ended March 31, 2016, The combined net profit of all companies as of March 31, 2016 amounted to QR 10.8 billion versus QR 13.6 billion for the corresponding period in 2015, a decrease of 18.9%.

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The Saudi Stock Exchange Announces The Publication Of The Monthly Stock Market Ownership And Trading Activity Report (By Nationality And Investor Type)

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The total value of shares traded for the month ending 28 April 2016 amounted to SAR 117.61 billion, decreasing by 10.36% over the previous month; while total stock market capitalization reached SAR 1,558.55 billion at the end of this period, increasing by 8.44% over the previous month.

The total value of shares purchased by "Saudi Investors" during this period amounted to SAR 111.93 billion representing 95.17% of total buying activity, and sales of SAR 112.38 billion representing 95.55% of total selling activity. Total ownership of "Saudi Investors" stood at 93.08% of total market capitalization as of 28 April 2016, representing an increase of 0.07% from the previous month.
The total value of shares purchased by "GCC Investors" during this period amounted to SAR 1.94 billion representing 1.65% of total buying activity, and sales of SAR 1.79 billion representing 1.52% of total selling activity. Total ownership of "GCC Investors" stood at 2.56% of total market capitalization as of 28 April 2016, representing a decrease of 0.01% from the previous month.
The total value of shares purchased by "Foreign Investors" during this period amounted to SAR 3.74 billion representing 3.18% of total buying activity, and sales of SAR 3.44 billion representing 2.92% of total selling activity. Total ownership of "Foreign Investors" stood at 4.36% of total market capitalization as of 28 April 2016, representing a decrease of 0.07% from the previous month.

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The puzzle that just isn't. (arXiv:1604.08895v1 [q-fin.EC])

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In his stimulating article on the reasons for two puzzling observations about the behaviour of interest rates, exchange rates and the rate of inflation, Charles Engel (2016) puts forward an explanation that rests on the concept of a non-pecuniary liquidity return on assets. Albeit intriguing the analysis struggles to account for a number of facts which are familiar to participants of the foreign exchange and bond markets. Reconciling these facts in conjunction with a careful dissection of the "puzzle" to begin with, shows that the forward premium puzzle just does not exist, at least not in its canonical form.

A new structural stochastic volatility model of asset pricing and its stylized facts. (arXiv:1604.08824v1 [q-fin.EC])

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Building on a prominent agent-based model, we present a new structural stochastic volatility asset pricing model of fundamentalists vs. chartists where the prices are determined based on excess demand. Specifically, this allows for modelling stochastic interactions between agents, based on a herding process corrected by a price misalignment, and incorporating strong noise components in the agents' demand. The model's parameters are estimated using the method of simulated moments, where the moments reflect the basic properties of the daily returns of a stock market index. In addition, for the first time we apply a (parametric) bootstrap method in a setting where the switching between strategies is modelled using a discrete choice approach. As we demonstrate, the resulting dynamics replicate a rich set of the stylized facts of the daily financial data including: heavy tails, volatility clustering, long memory in absolute returns, as well as the absence of autocorrelation in raw returns, volatility-volume correlations, aggregate Gaussianity, concave price impact and extreme price events.

Pricing Bermudan options under local L\'evy models with default. (arXiv:1604.08735v1 [q-fin.PR])

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We consider a defaultable asset whose risk-neutral pricing dynamics are described by an exponential L\'evy-type martingale. This class of models allows for a local volatility, local default intensity and a locally dependent L\'evy measure. We present a pricing method for Bermudan options based on an analytical approximation of the characteristic function combined with the COS method. Due to a special form of the obtained characteristic function the price can be computed using a Fast Fourier Transform-based algorithm resulting in a fast and accurate calculation. The Greeks can be computed at almost no additional computational cost. Error bounds for the approximation of the characteristic function as well as for the total option price are given.

An Explicit Formula for Likelihood Function for Gaussian Vector Autoregressive Moving-Average Model Conditioned on Initial Observables with Application to Model Calibration. (arXiv:1604.08677v1 [q-fin.ST])

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We derive an explicit formula for likelihood function for Gaussian VARMA model conditioned on initial observables where the moving-average (MA) coefficients are scalar. For fixed MA coefficients the likelihood function is optimized in the autoregressive variables $\Phi$'s by a closed form formula generalizing regression calculation of the VAR model with the introduction of an inner product defined by MA coefficients. We show the assumption of scalar MA coefficients is not restrictive and this formulation of the VARMA model shares many nice features of VAR and MA model. The gradient and Hessian could be computed analytically. The likelihood function is preserved under the root invertion maps of the MA coefficients. We discuss constraints on the gradient of the likelihood function with moving average unit roots. With the help of FFT the likelihood function could be computed in $O((kp+1)^2T +ckT\log(T))$ time. Numerical calibration is required for the scalar MA variables only. The approach can be generalized to include additional drifts as well as integrated components. We discuss a relationship with the Borodin-Okounkov formula and the case of infinite MA components.

Monetizing Innovation How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price

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Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product around the Price explores what happens when companies stop guessing at whether an innovation will succeed and put the customer’s willingness to pay at the very core of product design.

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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Dubai Crude Oil For April 2016 Contract

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Final settlement price of Dubai Crude Oil for April 2016 contract is 26,980 yen.

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Tokyo Stock Exchange: Approval Of Initial listing (ETF): Daiwa ETF MSCI Japan Human and Physical Investment Index (Daiwa Asset Management)

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Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of new ETF managed by “Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd.”. The ETF will be listed on Thursday, May 19, 2016.

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Acting CEO UAE's Securities and Commodities Authority Dr. Al Zaabi Meets With Nasdaqâs Executive Vice President To Discuss Cooperation In The Fields Of Training, Technical Support And Electronic Control

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As part of the efforts of the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) to upgrade and develop the performance of financial markets, through the exchange of expertise with developed financial markets, HE Dr. Obaid Al Zaabi, Acting CEO of the SCA, received Mr. Edward Knight, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Nasdaq, and Faycal Belyazid, Senior Sales Executive of Nasdaq’s Market Technology - Middle East and Africa.  The two parties discussed ways to enhance mutual cooperation aiming to develop and exchange experiences in the financial services industry between the UAE financial markets and Nasdaq.

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Japan Exchange Group Trading Overview In April 2016

UAE's Securities And Commodities Authority Declares Thursday, May 05, Holiday For Financial Markets To Mark Al Israa Wal Miraj

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Pursuant to statement no. (12) of 2016 issued by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) on Al Israa wal Miraj holiday for UAE ministries and federal bodies, the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) declares Thursday, May 05, a public holiday for financial markets, after having conferred with the management of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). Trading will resume Sunday, May 08. The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), however, will decide when to close and open, according to public interest requirements. 

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Approval Of Initial Listing (ETF): NEXT FUNDS Nomura Enterprise Value Allocation Index Exchange Traded Fund (Nomura Asset Management)

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Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of new ETF managed by “Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.”. The ETF will be listed on Thursday, May 19, 2016.

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Tokyo Financial Exchange Trading Volume In April 2016

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The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in April was 152,452 ( △ 40.1% MoM / + 7.1% YoY) and its average daily volume was 7,623 . See the TABLE 1 for the composition of the trading volume. 

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