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BlackRock ETP Landscape: Record April With $33.5bn Inflows

Date 08/05/2014

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

Presentation By HKEx Co-Head Of Equity & FIC Bryan Chan And Chief Administrative Officer Monica Wong At A Media Workshop On Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect

Date 08/05/2014

Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is a mutual market access programme, through which investors in Hong Kong and Mainland China can trade and settle shares listed on the other market respectively via the exchange and clearing house in their local market

BNP Paribas Securities Services And Euroclear Extend Partnership On Euroclear’s Collateral Highway To Four New Markets

Date 08/05/2014

BNP Paribas Securities Services, a custodian with over USD 8 trillion (EUR 6 trillion) in assets under custody,
and Euroclear Bank, an international CSD which safe-keeps clients’ assets worth over USD 33 trillion (EUR 24 trillion), today announce that their jointtriparty collateral management service, which was introduced in Italy and Spain last year, has been extended to four new capital markets:

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Interest Rate Hedging Products Redress Scheme: Monthly Update

Date 08/05/2014

The latest figures

Click below to see the number of sales at each stage of the review. In response to feedback from customers, we have included granular information about sophisticated customers, customers who have not opted in to the review, and about the types of alternative products that some customers are being offered as redress.

HKEx: On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics

Date 08/05/2014

ESMA Informs European Commission Of Its Intention To Ease Certain Frontloading Requirements Under EMIR

Date 08/05/2014

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today sent a letter to the European Commission advancing its intention to ease certain frontloading requirement under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).  Frontloading is a term that refers to the clearing obligation under EMIR, which will oblige counterparties to centrally clear certain derivative trades through clearing houses (CCP). ESMA believes that the frontloading procedure creates uncertainties for derivatives end-users while the exact terms of the clearing obligation has not been defined which could have adverse impacts on risk hedging and financial stability. Therefore, ESMA informs the European Commission that it intends to establish the frontloading requirement in a manner that will minimise uncertainty.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - April 2014

Date 08/05/2014

Highlights

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first four months of 2014 was $67,607 million, a decrease of 4 per cent when compared with $70,324 million for the same period last year.
• There were 27 new listings (including transfers from Growth Enterprise Market, or GEM, to Main Board) in the first four months of 2014, an increase of 125 per cent when compared with 12 in the same period last year.
• Funds raised through IPOs for the first four months of 2014 was $47,735 million, an increase of 480 per cent when compared with $8,225 million for the same period last year.

eVestment April Hedge Fund Report: Credit Sector Up - Activist Strategies Down - China, Eastern Europe Losses

Date 08/05/2014

Click here to download the eVestment April 2014 Hedge Fund Performance Report. 

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Sets Out Expectations For Investment Managers On Dealing Commission

Date 08/05/2014

Investment managers should only use client dealing commission to pay for substantive research or costs related to executing trades, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said today as it published a policy statement on forthcoming changes to dealing commission rules.

Thai Bourse Launches ‘OppDay’ Application On iPhone For Opportunity Day

Date 08/05/2014

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) kicks off the ‘OppDay” application on iPhone for its “Opportunity Day,” the quarterly event for top management of listed companies to meet directly with analysts and investors, enabling investors to monitor and get up-to-the-minute coverage of the event. For this second quarter, it is being held from today until June 12, 2014.