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Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Takeovers Panel Rules The Codes Should Apply To SouthGobi Resources Limited

Date 30/06/2014

The Takeovers and Mergers Panel (Panel) has ruled that SouthGobi Resources Limited (SouthGobi) should be considered a “public company in Hong Kong” under the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs (Codes) and therefore the Codes should apply to SouthGobi (Note 1). The ruling was based primarily upon the material changes in the number of Hong Kong shareholders and the extent of trading in the shares in Hong Kong.

TCA Credit Liquidity Fund Launches Prospectus Ahead Of AIM IPO

Date 30/06/2014

TCA Fund Management Group is pleased to announce the publication of the prospectus for TCA Credit Liquidity Fund, Ltd. (“TCA CLF”), a feeder fund for TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP (“Master Fund”).  TCA CLF will be listed as a closed-end investment company through an Initial Public Offering on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, with admission expected to occur by August of this year, and will be eligible for inclusion in ISAs. The IPO is targeting to raise US$25 million (£15 million), with shares issued at 100p per share.

Volta Data Centre Welcomes The SPN Alliance As A New Dark Fibre Network Provider - The SPN Alliance To Offer Their Member Networks Dark Fibre Connectivity From Volta’s Great Sutton Street Facility

Date 30/06/2014

Volta, developer and operator of central London’s newest purpose-designed, carrier-neutral data centre, today announced that The SPN Alliance, a network of world-class telecommunication providers, vendors, and carriers, have completed the installation of their dark fibre connectivity into Volta’s Great Sutton Street (GSS) data centre.

Inaugural Meeting Of Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)

Date 30/06/2014

The Directors of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) are pleased to announce that the inaugural meeting of the foundation Board was held in Zurich, Switzerland, on 26 June 2014, following the establishment of the Foundation by the Financial Stability Board (FSB). This is a critical step in the building of the Global LEI System, a system to uniquely identify parties to financial transactions, in the public interest, and without any licensing, intellectual property or similar restrictions.

BME: IGBM Index New Composition For The Second Half 2014 - The Index Will Comprise 108 Stocks, After Five Inclusions And Two Exclusions.

Date 30/06/2014

The Indice General de la Bolsa de Madrid (IGBM) Management Committee has decided, in accordance with the technical provisions for the composition, calculation and sectoral division of the IGBM index family, to approve the composition of the IGBM and Indice Total indices for the second half of 2014.

Grant Thornton Rimess Becomes A First North Certified Adviser

Date 30/06/2014

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces that as of July 1 the auditing and business consulting company Grant Thornton Rimess is granted the status of the Certified Adviser on the Baltic First North Market by NASDAQ OMX Tallinn.

Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: Subscription Starts For Beate Uhse AG Bond

Date 30/06/2014

Beate Uhse AG is issuing a corporate bond in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The bond with the ISIN DE000A12T1W6 can be subscribed from today until 4 July 2014, subject to early termination of subscription. It has an issue volume of up to €30 million, runs until July 2019 and has a coupon rate of 7.75 percent. Its nominal denomination is €1,000.

Singapore Fixed Income Indices (SFI) Weekly

Date 30/06/2014

Below are key highlights for the week ending 27 June 2014 (please click on the attachment for further detail):

• The SFI gained 0.41% to 117.97.

• YTD, the STI currently outperforms the SFI by 0.73%.

• The SFI Government Bond Index gained 0.46% to 115.90, bucking declines in the last three consecutive weeks.

• The SFI Corporate Bond Index gained 0.34% to 112.63 to close at an all-time high.

• The yield-to-maturity spread between corporate and government bonds reached a YTD low of 0.87% on 23 June.  Currently at 0.89%, the spread has narrowed by 11% since its peak on 16 May 2014.

NZX General Obligations Review

Date 30/06/2014

NZX welcomes the Financial Markets Authority’s (FMA) third annual General Obligations Review, released today, which concluded that during the 2013 review period NZX complied with all of its statutory obligations.

SGX Welcomes SMJ International To Catalist

Date 30/06/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to welcome SMJ International Holdings Ltd to Catalist under the stock code of “40B”.