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ACER Presents Its Conclusions Paper ‘Energy Regulation: A Bridge To 2025’

Date 19/08/2014

ACER, in cooperation with CEER, is pleased to invite institutional representatives, stakeholders and other interested parties to the presentation of its Conclusions Paper “Energy Regulation: A Bridge to 2025” to take place on 23 September at the CEER offices in Brussels. The event will also be broadcast live via webstream. The Paper contains European energy regulators’ considered conclusions on the challenges we expect the electricity and gas sectors to face over the coming decade and on the appropriate regulatory response within the framework of the Europe’s Internal Energy Market. Find out more here.

Straits Financial LLC Joins Dubai Mercantile Exchange As Clearing Member

Date 19/08/2014

Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the Middle East’s premier international energy futures and commodities exchange today announced the approval of Straits Financial LLC as a Clearing Member.

NASDAQ OMX Lists First Trust Strategic Income ETF - Provides Financial Advisors With An Innovative Approach To Generating Income

Date 19/08/2014

NASDAQ OMX today announced that First Trust listed a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) which began trading on Thursday, August 14, 2014. First Trust Strategic Income ETF (Nasdaq:FDIV), listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market® (NASDAQ®).

Platts: Global Petrochemical Prices Rose 4% In July - Highest Level Since February 2013, Despite Falling Feedstock Prices

Date 19/08/2014

Prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market rose for a second consecutive month, up 4% in July to $1,446 per metric ton (/mt), following a 2% monthly advance in June, according to the just-released monthly Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI). The PGPI is a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals and is published by Platts, a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider and a top source of benchmark price references. Prices declined in each of the four months prior to June.

SET: Thai Listed Firms Report Q2 Net Profit Growth Of 21 Pct

Date 19/08/2014

• Q2 net profits of listed companies up 21 pct y-o-y to THB 200 bln
• Sales up 8 pct, firms maintain gross profit margins at 19 pct
• PTT, PTTEP, SCB, KBANK, BBL are top five best profit-making firms

Monetary Authority Of Singapore And Accounting And Corporate Regulatory Authority: Guidebook For Audit Committees Revised To Ensure Continued Relevance

Date 19/08/2014

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) have issued a revised Guidebook for Audit Committees in Singapore (Guidebook).

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 18 August, 2014, Issue 28

Date 19/08/2014

Last  week, Shenzhen  Component Index stood at  7982.1  points  after adding 1.2%. SME Index  edged up 2.2% to 5106.5 points. ChiNext Index advanced 1.1% to 1392.5 points. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$131.5  billion,  or a 7.5% increase  from the week before.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands And Fines Hung Lai Ping For Managerial And Supervisory Failures

Date 19/08/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a reprimand to Ms Hung Lai Ping, a former responsible officer of Delta Asia Securities Limited (Delta Asia), and fined her $150,000 for managerial and supervisory failures.

DTCC/SWIFT Ranks First In TABB Group’s New Comprehensive Global Quarterly Ranking Of LEI Infrastructures - Exclusive Legal Entity Identifier Ranking Measures 14 Providers On Data Validity Aggregated By P-LEI.org - WM Datenservice, London Stock Exchange, Dutch Chamber of Commerce And Takasbank Also Recognized

Date 19/08/2014

TABB Group announced today that it has initiated an exclusive comprehensiveness global quarterly ranking of the 14 legal entity identifier (LEI) providers across the world’s financial centers based on data validity and size. For the second quarter of 2014, DTCC/SWIFT ranks first in the inaugural TABB Group ranking with a total comprehensiveness score of 94%.

Exchanges Sector In Midst Of Disruptive Forces And Innovation - Euronext Joins FTSE Mondo Visione Index

Date 19/08/2014

With just three months until leaders from the global exchanges sector meet in London for the Mondo Visione Exchange Forum, the sector is in a period of unprecedented change in the global financial markets. However, this is not yet being seen in the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index, which has experienced six months of stagnation.