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Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) Wins 2015 FOW Award For Asia’s Best Technology Innovation

Date 24/09/2015

Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) today announced that TFEX has been selected “Best Technology Innovation by an exchange” for outstanding trading system innovation, at the 2015 Futures and Options World (FOW) Awards for Asia event last night in Singapore.

Cordium Named Best Advisory Firm For Client Service At The HFM Asia Fund Services Awards

Date 24/09/2015

Cordium, the leading global provider of compliance consulting, accounting, tax and software to the financial services industry, has taken home the award for ‘best advisory firm – client services’ at the annual HFM Asia Fund Services Awards in Hong Kong. The accolade comes hot on the heels of Cordium’s entry into The Sunday Times’ Tech Track 100, which charts the UK’s fastest-growing private technology, media and telecoms firms.

Tokyo Stock Exchange To Begin Calculating And Publishing Currency Hedged Indices With Daily Hedging (US Dollar And GBP)

Date 24/09/2015

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has been calculating and publishing the TOPIX Total Return Euro Daily Hedged Index since September 2012. 

CME Group Announces First Trades Of Aluminium European Premium Futures

Date 24/09/2015

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the first Aluminium European Premium Duty-Unpaid (Metal Bulletin) futures contracts were traded on Tuesday, 22 September 2015 by Crunch Risk, LLC. A total of 10 futures contracts traded at a price of $72.50 per metric tonne.

New, Enhanced Tokyo Stock Exchange Arrowhead Cash Equity Trading System - For A Safer, More Convenient Market

Date 24/09/2015

Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) launched its new, enhanced arrowhead cash equity trading system. Developed together with Fujitsu Limited (Fujitsu) to renew the previous version of the system, arrowhead now offers risk management functions and further enhanced system processing capabilities. Accompanied by trading rule revisions, arrowhead now provides market users with an even safer, more reliable environment where they can trade with confidence.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency: Invitation For Public Comments Regarding “Council Of Experts Concerning The Follow-Up Of Japan’s Stewardship Code And Japan’s Corporate Governance Code”

Date 24/09/2015

The Japan Revitalization Strategy as revised in 2015 (Cabinet Decision, June 30, 2015) states that “we need to work actively to prevail and to promote the adoption of Japan’s Stewardship Code, established and released in February 2014 (“JSC”), and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code, which entered into force in June 2015 (“JCGC”), as ‘the two wheels of a cart’ such that the sustainable growth of companies will be promoted by both sides of investors and companies.

Blockbuster Year For Mixed Asset Funds In European Investment Inflows In First Half Of 2015, According To Broadridge Financial Solutions - Mid-Year Report Uncovers Key Investment Trends In European Fund And ETF Market - Broadridge Partners With Mackaywilliams For Data Analysis And Research

Date 24/09/2015

Mixed asset mutual funds drove the bulk of long-term net inflows from European investors through July 31, 2015, according to new data released in two reports from Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR). The European Fund Market Mid-Year Review and July 2015 FundFlash Monthly Snapshot reports both detail continued momentum in mixed asset products - those that invest in equities, bonds, cash and other funds -  and strengthening equity investments following June's market correction.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 21 September , 2015 - Issue 19

Date 24/09/2015

Last week, Shenzhen Component Index tumbled 5.9% to 9850.8 points. SME Index closed at 6615.4 points after losing 6.8%. ChiNext Index was down 3.7% to 1983.3 points. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$232.8 billion, or a 8.7% decrease from the week before.

Less Than 10% Of UK Corporates Have Real-Time Visibility Of Their Cash Flows - Complex Banking Relationships And Reliance On Inadequate Multi-Bank Systems Hinder Real-Time Views Of Operational Liquidity

Date 24/09/2015

Over 90% of corporates in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) lack a transparent line of sight to their real-time cash positions, according to a report released today by Cashfac Technologies, the market leader in Bank-to-Corporate Cash Management solutions. Complex transactional banking relationships, lacking capabilities of multi-bank solutions and inefficient management of working capital were all seen by corporates as undermining the accuracy and confidence in data and impacting the ability to achieve real-time cash visibility.

Platts Pre-Report Survey Of Analysts Results: UNICA Sugarcane Crush - Advance Estimates Suggest A 1H September Cane Crush Of 29.09 Million Mt In Brazil's Center-South - Likely 42.23% Sugar Mix For 1H September 2015: Analysts

Date 24/09/2015

• Cane crush: 29.09 million metric tons (mt)
• Total recoverable sugar (ATR):  147.19 kilograms per metric ton (kg/mt)
• Sugar production: 1.711 million mt
• Total ethanol production: 1.454 billion liters (ltr)
• Hydrous ethanol production:  861 million ltr
• Anhydrous ethanol production: 588 million ltr
• Sugar mix: 42.23 %
• Ethanol mix:  57.77%