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Swedish Insurance Company Folksam Selects NASDAQ OMX's BWise For Incident And Operational Risk Management - The GRC Solution Will Provide Real Time Overviews Of Key Risk Indicators And An Event Database With Triggered Corrective Action Workflows

Date 11/09/2014

NASDAQ OMX's BWise (Nasdaq:NDAQ), a global leader in Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC), announced today that it has been selected by Folksam, one of the largest insurance companies in Sweden, to support their incident and operational risk management processes. With choosing BWise, Folksam will be able to provide a holistic integrated view of their GRC efforts to gain key operational risk insights and proper workflows to mitigate potential incidents and losses within the company.

HKEx: Admission Of WH Group Ltd To List Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 11/09/2014

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 18 September 2014 (Thursday), WH Group Ltd (Stock code: 288) will be admitted to the list of designated securities eligible for short selling.

Euronext Launches Southern European Banks Index NR

Date 11/09/2014

Euronexttoday announced the launch of the Euronext® Southern European Banks Index NR(SEBI), an index reflecting the banking sector of Southern Europe. The index will serve as the  underlying for new index futures which will be available for trading on Euronext Amsterdam as of 2nd October, followed by the launch of index options on 9th October. Euronext is the first exchange to provide investors with the opportunity to trade derivatives on an index based on the banking sector across Southern Europe.

TOCOM Platinum Futures Open Interest Exceeds 100,000 Contracts

Date 11/09/2014

Open interest for the Platinum futures standard contract reached 100,277 lots at TOCOM today.

Misys Creates Customers For Life With Misys Connect - Suite Of Complimentary Value-Added Programmes, Driving ROI And Competitive Advantage For Misys Clients

Date 11/09/2014

Misys, the leading financial software provider, has launched Misys Connect, a suite of programmes to deliver value from every part of the business to its clients.

Thai Bourse Market Report For August 2014

Date 11/09/2014

• Daily average trading value up 27.4 pct year-on-year to USD 1.59 bln
• Market cap at USD 439 bln, up 22 pct from end of last year
• Derivatives trading down 4.67 percent m-o-m to 186,361 contracts per day
• Foreign investors bought a net USD 83 mln in August

CME Group Appoints Cees Vermaas As Managing Director And CEO Of CME Europe Limited

Date 11/09/2014

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has appointed Cees Vermaas as Managing Director and CEO of CME Europe Limited, its London-based derivatives exchange, effective 2 January 2015.

Moscow Exchange: Expected Changes To NCC's Clearing List

Date 11/09/2014

The weight of Sberbank prefs (SBERP) in the MICEX Index has become less than 1% following Moscow Exchange's quarterly review of its indices. The new constituent list was published on 1 September, and will take effect from 16 September.

Cairo Amman Bank: Jordan Capital Market Development

Date 11/09/2014

Amman Stock Exchange has modified articles 7, 9 and 10 of the Trading Directives of Securities at the ASE concerning the mechanism of receiving orders and keeping the authorization of purchase and sell orders. The modified directives have been approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Jordan Securities Commission (JSC) and it became effective.

ADX Receives NYUAD CTED Delegation

Date 11/09/2014

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) recently received a delegation from The Center for Technology and Economic Development (CTED) at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD).  The delegation headed by CTED’s Director, Mr. Yaw Nyarko, were accompanied members of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange.  They were received by ADX CEO, Mr. Rashed Al Balooshi and a number of ADX senior staff.