News Centre

New Rules Will Protect Consumers From Harmful Fee-Charging Credit Broking Practices, Says UK's Financial Conduct Authority

Date 02/12/2014

New rules have been introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today to tackle poor practice in the credit broking market which is causing serious detriment to consumers.

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Recognised As Approved Foreign Derivatives Exchange By Taiwan Regulator

Date 02/12/2014

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (“BMD”) today announced that the Securities and Futures Bureau of Taiwan (“SFB”) in a circular dated 28 November 2014 announced the approval of BMD as an approved foreign derivatives exchange of Taiwan, with BMD's contracts namely the Crude Palm Oil Futures (“FCPO”) and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Futures (“FKLI”) approved for futures brokers’ offering to clients.

EEX Registers First Trades After Greek Power Futures Launch

Date 02/12/2014

On Monday, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) launched the Trade Registration service of financially fulfilled Greek Power Futures. First trades were registered yesterday for delivery in January 2015, concluded between Ezpada s.r.o. and Gunvor International B.V., Geneva Branch, and matched by the broker ICAP. The volume comprised 744 megawatt hours each, traded at a price of EUR 59.00 per MWh and EUR 59.25 per MWh.

Vienna Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - November 2014

Date 02/12/2014

Please click here to download Vienna Stock Exchange's monthly statistics for November 2014.

MøllerGruppen Lists Its First Bond Issue On Nordic ABM

Date 02/12/2014

MøllerGruppen AS lists its first bond issue on Nordic ABM today.

TOCOM November Volume Averaged 132,880 Contracts Per Day, Up 19% M-on-M

Date 02/12/2014

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that average daily trading volume for November was 132,880 contracts, up 19% from October. TOCOM’s leading commodities saw substantial increases in volume: Gold was up 49.1% to 67,789 contracts and Crude Oil was up 16.3% to 5,594 contracts. The average daily volume recovered to levels last seen in April 2013. Volume on November 17 was 211,301 contracts, the highest since July 2013.

Singapore Fixed Income Indices (SFI) Weekly – 1 December 2014

Date 02/12/2014

Key highlights for the week ending 28 November 2014

• The SFI gained 0.42% to 120.05.
• YTD, the STI currently outperforms the SFI by 1.43%.
• The SFI closed the week at an all-time high (120.05). Gains were largely driven by government bonds, with the SFI Government Bond Index gaining 0.62% to reach an all-time high (118.09).
• Yield to maturity for government bonds is currently at an all-year low of 2.07%. Yield to maturity fell 4.12% last week, the largest decline since 8 August 2014 and the second largest YTD.
• The SFI Government Bond Index is currently represented by 17 issuances. Among these issuances, a S$4.6 billion issuance in September 2003, maturing in 2018, offers the highest coupon rate and interest yield – 4.00% and 3.62% respectively.

Market Structure Analyst, TABB Group CEO Larry Tabb Penning Multi-Part Series Beginning With “Best Execution”

Date 02/12/2014

Talking about “best execution” is easy, warns global securities market structure analyst Larry Tabb, founder and CEO of research firm TABB Group, “but defining it, putting it into context and actually determining best ex isn’t. While markets are governed by fairness, the brokers’ job isn’t to be fair to others; it’s to perform their fiduciary obligation of obtaining the best outcome for their clients.”

SGX FTSE China A50 Futures Doubles Volume

Date 02/12/2014

• The SGX FTSE China A50 Index Futures contract (“SGX China A50 Futures”) doubled its volume in November from a year ago to record its highest-to-date monthly and average daily volumes of 4.8 million and 238,447 contracts respectively.
• Interest in the SGX China A50 Futures’ extended trading session has also been growing throughout the year. The contract saw a spike in trading volume during the T+1 session on 21 November following the PBOC’s surprise interest rate cut announcement that came after the closure of the cash market.
• To further reduce market impact cost and facilitate more precise management of the China exposure of our global investors, the tick size of the SGX China A50 Futures will be reduced from 5 to 2.5 index points with effect from 5 January 2015.

NZX To Appoint Edison As NXT Research Provider

Date 02/12/2014

NZX has reached agreement in principle with Edison Investment Research relating to the appointment of Edison as the foundation NXT market research provider.