GSS Newsletter May 2014 - Issue 157

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

JOHN'S CORNER

AUSTRIA
Trading activity on the VSE picks up in the first quarter

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Current account deficit retreating
Standard & Poor's affirmed sovereign credit rating

BULGARIA
Amendments to the Credit Institutions Act

CROATIA
Croatia's industrial output up for 2nd straight month
Croatia negotiating FATCA agreement, possible exemptions
Croatian CSD officially confirmed the switch to T+2 sttlement cycle

CZECH REPUBLIC
CNB keeps interest rates unchanged, confirms exchange rate commitment 

HUNGARY
KELER's latest T2S project
National Bank of Hungary acquired majority ownership in GIRO

POLAND
Changes to tax regulations

ROMANIA
Bucharest Stock Exchange to eliminate market fragmentation
Bucharest Stock Exchange to introduce "Trading at last"
Bucharest Stock Exchange - new trading schedule 

RUSSIA
Moscow Exchange launches Russian Volatility Index
Russian Government plans offshore capital amnesty
Dividend pay-out ratio for state-owned banks and companies can be reduced
NSD conducted annual emergency testing

SERBIA
Standard & Poor's affirms Serbia's credit rating

SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Trading results on Bratislava Stock Exchange in March 2014

SLOVENIA
Spring forecast for 2014
Successful government bond issues

UKRAINE
Ukrainian government plans to issue VAT bonds
National Bank of Ukraine determines exchange rate under new rules 25
Moody's downgraded Ukraine's government bonds rating

AZERBAIJAN
First overseas government bond placement

BELARUS
AML legislation update

KAZAKHSTAN
Direct Market Access to Kazakhstan Stock Exchange

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