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Tokyo Commodity Exchange To Change "Top 10 Volume By Member"

Date 31/07/2014

TOCOM publishes the "Top 10 Volume by Member" report, which contains information on the members holding 10 largest trade volumes, with the name of each member and the number of trade volume (the total of buy and sell transactions) for each commodity.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Board Of Directors Aligns With International Standards And Strengthens Risk Management Framework - Over-All Risk Management Policy Across All TASE Group Companies Approved - Board Of Directors Risk Management Committee To Be Established - Chief Risk Management Officer Joins TASE Senior Management

Date 31/07/2014

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) Board of Directors approved a series of decisions designed to consolidate the risk management framework employed in the TASE group at its last meeting. The approved measures will strengthen the group’s ability to identify and respond to risks inherent in TASE’s activity and business environment in real time and will conform with requisite international standards and best practices.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Finds Firms Fail To Deliver Best Execution

Date 31/07/2014

Retail and professional clients are being failed by firms that don’t properly apply the rules on best execution when trading on their behalf, according to a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

EDHEC-Risk Institute Releases The First Robust Yet Implementable Valuation Method For Infrastructure Debt And Defines Data Collection Needed

Date 31/07/2014

A new paper entitled “Unlisted Infrastructure Debt Valuation and Performance Measurement”, drawn from the Natixis research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute on the “Investment and Governance Characteristics of Infrastructure Debt Instruments,” proposes the first academically robust, yet operationally implementable valuation and risk measurement framework for illiquid infrastructure debt.

Frankfurt Stock Exchange: Feike AG Listed In The General Standard

Date 31/07/2014

Shares of the Chinese Feike AG (ISIN: DE000A1YCNB3) have been tradable in the General Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 31 July. A total of 10,000,000 shares were listed; the initial listing price was €7,50.

MOU Signed Between KRX And KIBO

Date 31/07/2014

On Monday, July 28, the Korea Exchange (KRX) concluded an MOU with the Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KIBO) in order to support the listing of quality small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and venture companies that are oriented towards technological innovation. 

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Compliance With IOSCO Principles For Financial Benchmarks

Date 31/07/2014

On July 17, 2013, IOSCO (The International Organization of Securities Commissions) published “Principles for Financial Benchmarks” (the “Principles”). The Principles require Benchmark Administrators to disclose their status of compliance with the Principles.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Issues First Equity Crowd Funding Licences

Date 31/07/2014

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today issued its first equity crowd funding licences under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.

Thomson Reuters Reports Second-Quarter 2014 Results

Date 31/07/2014

Thomson Reuters (TSX / NYSE: TRI) today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014.

• Revenues from ongoing businesses grew 1% before currency to $3.2 billion
• Adjusted EBITDA grew 2% to $877 million with a margin of 27.8%, up 20 basis points from the prior-year period
  • Excluding charges from both periods, adjusted EBITDA margin was 28.7%, up 80 basis points from the prior-year period
• Underlying operating profit grew 2% to $581 million with a margin of 18.4%, up 10 basis points from the prior-year period
  • Excluding charges from both periods, underlying operating profit margin was 19.3%, up 70 basis points from the prior-year period
• Adjusted earnings per share were $0.51 versus $0.48 in the prior-year period
• Financial & Risk Q2 net sales positive
• Company completed $1.0 billion share buyback program announced last October and plans to repurchase up to an additional $1.0 billion of its shares by the end of 2015
• 2014 Outlook affirmed

MIAX Options Exchange: Approved Rule Change—CBOE Margin Rules

Date 31/07/2014

On July 1, 2014, the SEC published in the Federal Register an order approving a proposed rule change by CBOE (SR-CBOE 2014-039) to amend certain margin rules for volatility index options.