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BlackRock ETP Landscape: Flows Favor US equity

Date 08/10/2014

The BlackRock ETP Landscape series of reports, the Industry Highlights provides commentary on the global Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) industry as of September 2014.

HKEx: On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics

Date 08/10/2014

New FTSE ASFA Australia Bond Index Series Launched

Date 08/10/2014

• Underpins FTSE longstanding commitment to Australian market
• Transparent benchmarks cover multiple sectors with range of analytics
• Australian fixed-income market volume has more than doubled since 2008 

September eVestment Report: Hedge Funds Beat S&P - Activists Uneven - Brazil Drags On Emerging Markets

Date 08/10/2014

eVestment’s September and Q3 Hedge Fund Performance report highlights a variety of trends in hedge fund performance from a busy and tumultuous month.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - September 2014

Date 08/10/2014

- Securities Market

• On 4 September 2014, market capitalisation reached a record high of $26,539.5 billion.
• The average daily turnover for the first nine months of 2014 was $65,679 million, an increase of 3 per cent when compared with $63,756 million for the same period last year.
• There were 89* newly listed companies for the first nine months of 2014, an increase of 98 per cent when compared with the 45* for the same period last year.
• Funds raised through IPOs for the first nine months of 2014 was $131,324 million, an increase of 119 per cent when compared with $59,904 million for the same period last year.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Start Of Calculation Of JPX-Nikkei 400 Net Total Return Index

Date 08/10/2014

Japan Exchange Group, Inc., Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and Nikkei Inc. have been jointly calculating and publishing the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 and its total return version (JPX-Nikkei 400 Total Return Index).

Solactive Launches The Ethical US Equity Index - Following The Launch Of The Ethical Europe Equity Index - Both Indices Used By BNP Paribas As Underlying For Investment Solutions

Date 08/10/2014

Solactive AG has launched the Ethical US Equity Index, designed to follow US-listed ethical stocks selected according to a best-in class-approach. This Index has been licensed to BNP Paribas, which will use it as underlying for investment solutions, including structured products.

SGX Welcomes EMAS Offshore Limited To Mainboard

Date 08/10/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the secondary listing of EMAS Offshore Limited on Mainboard under the stock code “UQ4”.

Netagio Responds To Institutional Demand By Launching Its API

Date 08/10/2014

Netagio, the first British Bitcoin, gold & Sterling exchange, today announced the launch of its Application Programming Interface (API).  Institutional investors can now programme their Execution Management Systems (EMS) and Order Management Systems (OMS) and fully automate their trading on the exchange. The API will provide brokers/dealers with easier and faster electronic market connectivity, allowing both sophisticated and professional retail customers and institutional investors to trade 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Thai Bourse Joins Thai Listed Companies Association To Launch CEO Survey

Date 08/10/2014

The Capital Market Research Institute (CMRI), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), joined hands with Thai Listed Companies Association (TLCA) to launch quarterly CEO Survey results regarding the economic outlook of Thai listed companies’ CEOs. The survey is part of CMRI’s efforts to enhance quality research on the capital market by developing new indicators and databases, both qualitative and quantitative, to reflect market participants’ views.