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Semi-Annual Review Of The OMX Iceland 8 Index

Date 08/12/2014

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces the semi-annual review of the OMX Iceland 8 Index, (Nasdaq Iceland: OMXI8), which will become effective at the market open on January 2, 2015. There is one change in constituents with Eimskipafélag Íslands replacing Sjóvá.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Exchange Of Letters For Cooperation With The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Date 08/12/2014

The Financial Services Agency and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas concluded the Exchange of Letters for Cooperation (EOL) on December 8, 2014.

NZX To Acquire SuperLife To Grow Its Smartshares Business

Date 08/12/2014

NZX is pleased to announce the acquisition of leading New Zealand superannuation and passive funds manager SuperLife, positioning NZX strongly in the growing retirement savings market and enabling the launch of new financial products by NZX’s Smartshares business.

Euroclear Provides Unicredit Access To Eurosystem Liquidity Via Its Triparty Platform - Agreement Marks An Industry First, Following Recent Changes To The Correspondent Central Banking Model Rules

Date 08/12/2014

Euroclear today announced that UniCredit, a leading European commercial bank, has become the first institution to secure its Eurosystem credit operations through an agreement with Euroclear Bank and the National Bank of Belgium (NBB). Through the agreement, Euroclear - as triparty collateral agent - will facilitate the pledging of securities collateral to Eurosystem central banks through its partnership with the NBB, acting as correspondent central bank.

DGCX Signs MoU With China Financial Futures Exchange

Date 08/12/2014

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) and China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with each other.  This is the first MoU that CFFEX has signed with a derivatives exchange in the Middle East.

Singapore Fixed Income Indices (SFI) Weekly – 8 December 2014

Date 08/12/2014

Key highlights for the week ending 5 December 2014

• The SFI lost 0.03% to 120.02.
• YTD, the STI currently outperforms the SFI by 0.64%.
• The SFI Corporate Bond Index reached an all-time high on 1 December 2014 (124.633), before ending the week marginally lower (-0.04%).  Losses were largely driven by a decline in the SFI Financial Bond Index (-0.10%).
• Yield to maturity (YTM) for the SFI Government Bond Index continues to hover around its all-year low (2.07% on 1 December 2014). Year-on-year, the YTM has fallen by 17.5bps. Comparatively, YTM for the SFI Corporate Bond Index has declined 5bps (3.14%).
• 15 constituents with a combined market value of approximately S$2B were added to the SFI during the rebalance on 1 December 2014. The largest inclusion into the SFI was a S$600M issuance by the Housing & Development Board, maturing in 2026 with a 3.22% coupon rate.

Moscow Exchange Indices Monthly Review: November 2014

Date 08/12/2014

Monthly review: November 2014 (pdf, 580 Кb)

Platts China Steel Sentiment Index Shows Small Uptick - Sentiment Stabilizes But Index Remains Below The 50-Point Mark For Sixth Month

Date 08/12/2014

The outlook for China’s steel market has improved slightly, with expectations of new orders rising and steel output tipped to stay at November levels, according to the latest Platts China Steel Sentiment Index (Platts CSSI), which shows a headline reading of 37.39 out of a possible 100 points in December.

SGX Welcomes UG Healthcare Corporation Limited To Catalist

Date 08/12/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed UG Healthcare Corporation Limited to Catalist under the stock symbol “41A”.

ASIC Surveillance Prompts FX Provider To Enhance Compliance Procedures

Date 08/12/2014

Following an ASIC surveillance, Calibre Investments Pty Ltd will implement changes to the way it offers FX services to retail clients.