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Korea Exchange: Single Unit Trading Now Available For KOSPI Market Stocks

Date 12/05/2014

As one of the Korea Exchange (KRX) Advancement Strategy, KRX plans to lower its trading unit, from 10 (ten) shares to 1 (one) share, for all its stocks listed on the KOSPI market. 

NASDAQ OMX Expands Senior Leadership Team - Adena Friedman Rejoins As President, Global Corporate, Information & Technology Solutions - Hans-Ole Jochumsen Named President, Global Trading & Market Services

Date 12/05/2014

NASDAQ OMX today announced two new senior leadership roles, further strengthening the depth and breadth of its leadership team, while advancing the company's strategy to provide companies and financial professionals with technology solutions and intelligence to successfully navigate the global capital markets.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For May 2014 Rubber Contract

Date 12/05/2014

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the May 2014 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: New ETF To Be Listed On May 29, 2014(Thu.) ‐Simplex Asset Management “TOPIX Bear -2x ETF”‐

Date 12/05/2014

Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of a new ETF managed by “Simplex Asset Management Co., Ltd.”. 

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Releases The Empirical Analysis Of 2013 Annual Reports Of Listed Companies

Date 12/05/2014

Recently, the Research Institute of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) released the Empirical Analysis of 2013 Annual Reports of Listed Companies on SZSE’s Multi-tiered Capital Market. According to the analysis report, the 1577 listed companies on SZSE realized total revenue of RMB 5667.461 billion in 2013, an increase of 11.71% on a year-on-year basis. Listed companies on the Main Board, SME Board and ChiNext realize 8.85%, 16.30% and 23.99% of increase on total revenue respectively. During the period from 2011 to 2013, companies on the Main Board, SME Board and ChiNext posted an average revenue growth rate of 36.17%, 53.04% and 56.97% respectively, or a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.84%, 15.24% and 16.22% respectively. In 2013, the net profits of SZSE-listed companies that were attributed to parent companies totaled RMB 323.665 billion, up by 17.34%; the number for the Main Board, SME Board and ChiNext were 26.65%, 5.18% and 10.48% respectively.

Singapore Fixed Income Indices (SFI) Weekly - 12 May 2014

Date 12/05/2014

Below are key highlights for the week ending 9 May 2014 (please click on the attachment for further detail):

• The SFI gained 0.22% to 117.36.  The all-time high was 118.75 on 2 May 2013.

• YTD, the STI currently outperforms the SFI by 0.66%.

• Both SFI Government and SFI Corporate Bond Indices have made weekly gains for the past five consecutive weeks.

• Both SFI Financial and SFI Industrial Bond Indices reached all-time highs on Thursday (126.90 and 126.39 respectively).

• Since January (0.11% on 1 January 2014), the spread between yield-to-maturity for the SFI Financial and SFI Industrial Bond Indices have more than doubled to 0.24%.

• The SFI 5-10 Year Bond Index reached its highest point in 2014 on Thursday, 8 May (105.37).

Tokyo Stock Exchange ETF/ETN Monthly Report For April 2014

Date 12/05/2014

• The ETF/ETN market continued to be active in April 2014, with daily average trading value reaching about JPY 97.4 billion and monthly trading value of about JPY 2 trillion.
• Among the top-ranking issues by trading value, Listed Index Fund 225 (1330) and Daiwa ETF-Nikkei 225 (1320) recorded increases in daily average trading value from March.
• NEXT FUNDS JPX-Nikkei Index 400 Exchange Traded Fund (1591), ranked 19th overall, also saw gains in daily average trading value.

Malaysia's Audit Oversight Board Annual Report 2013: Oversight Focus On Internal Monitoring Systems

Date 12/05/2014

Audit firms are reminded to perform the necessary audit procedures to evaluate whether the overall presentation of the financial statements is in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework, according to the Audit Oversight Board (AOB) in releasing its fourth annual report.

SGX Welcomes Genting Hong Kong To Mainboard

Date 12/05/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the listing of Genting Hong Kong on its Mainboard under the stock code “S21”.           

IIF Sees Favorable Prospects For GCC Countries

Date 12/05/2014

Macroeconomic prospects remain favorable for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries the Institute of International Finance said in its latest forecast for the region. The IIF estimates the GCC will grow at 4.2 percent in 2014.