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Presentation By HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li At HKEx Group Annual Media Luncheon

Date 04/03/2014

Click here to download a presentation by HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li at HKEx Group Annual Media Luncheon.

Investment Managers Examine The Future Of Buy-Side Dealing - Fidessa Paper Explores The Relevance Of The Buy-Side Dealing Desk In Today's Marketplace

Date 04/03/2014

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has today published a discussion paper, View From The Top, in which a group of senior representatives from investment management firms look at the systemic changes that have taken place across their industry and the impact of these on the buy-side dealing desk.

HKEx On Market Integrity Initiatives

Date 04/03/2014

1.    What is your plan to introduce circuit breakers to Hong Kong market?

We are in a constantly evolving industry, so we have to stay alert continuously for changes that may require new mechanisms to maintain market integrity aswell as to maintain our competitiveness versus other exchanges.

Thai Bourse Supports Investment In Social Enterprise

Date 04/03/2014

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) encourages listed companies and investors to realize the importance of social investment through using social enterprise (SE) models in an effort to tackle social and environmental problems and promote sustainability. This is also part of SET’s long-term capital market development plan.

HKEx To Enhance Its RMB Currency Futures With After-hours Trading And Other Changes

Date 04/03/2014

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will add renminbi (RMB) currency futures – the world’s first deliverable RMB currency futures – to after-hours trading from 7 April this year.  On the same day, HKEx will also introduce the fourth calendar quarter to the product’s contract months and add more calendar spreads.

N2EX Clearing And Operations To Transfer From NASDAQ OMX To Nord Pool Spot

Date 04/03/2014

The partners in the UK power market N2EX - NASDAQ OMX and Nord Pool Spot - have agreed on the transfer of the short-term physical market clearing and operations portion of the N2EX business. The transaction, which is expected to be completed by October 1, 2014, will give Nord Pool Spot sole ownership of N2EX, the UK’s leading power market by volume, while NASDAQ OMX will remain the operator of the financial power market

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Chak Tsz Hoi For life

Date 04/03/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Chak Tsz Hoi, a former employee of Bank of East Asia, Limited (BEA), from re-entering the industry for life.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: PP Futures Makes Hot Debut

Date 04/03/2014

Without plaque-unveiling, gong ceremony or press conference, on the morning of February 28, the polypropylene (PP) futures contracts were listed on Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) with a low profile. It is the first approved new product listed on the domestic futures market in the Year of Horse, increasing the number of the petrochemical futures products listed on DCE to 3 and the number of total products listed on DCE to 15. The representatives of the petrochemical industry attending the “Forum on Listing of PP Futures and Plastics Futures Serving Real Economy” in Dalian witnessed the opening and trading of the PP futures at the trading floor of DCE. 

BNY Mellon CSD Approved By The Luxembourg Stock Exchange As A Recognized Securities Settlement System

Date 04/03/2014

BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has confirmed that its Brussels-based central securities depository, BNY Mellon CSD SA/NV, has been accepted as a recognised system for settling transactions in securities listed on the two markets operated by the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Set To Slash Transaction Costs By Over N 1bn

Date 04/03/2014

Investors in the Nigerian Capital Market are in for good times as The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has commenced the reduction of the cost of its Trade Alert service by about N 1.24 billion from March 2014 via the scrapping of the current charge of 0.06% of every trade on The Exchange and an introduction of an enhanced notification system, X-Alert which will be charged at a flat fee of N4 per transaction.