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Thomson Reuters Launches Elektron Direct Feed - New Hardware Accelerated, Software Optimized Direct Feed Helps Firms Access Cost-Effective And Reliable Market Data

Date 04/08/2014

Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of its new direct feed service.  Elektron Direct Feed provides customers with high-performance access to real-time market data sourced directly from individual trading venues in a standardized, reliable and flexible format.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Former Broker Chan Yuk Hing For Three Years

Date 04/08/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Chan Yuk Hing, a former broker, from re-entering the industry for three years from 1 August 2014 to 31 July 2017.

Platts Expands Suite Of Indian Thermal Coal Assessments With New Grade - Addition Of New Daily Assessment To Cater To Evolving Market Appetite

Date 04/08/2014

Platts, a leading global energy, petrochemicals, metals and agriculture information provider, launched on Friday a new daily price assessment of thermal coal as delivered to India, augmenting its suite of India-focused price references. 

Oslo Børs: Delta - Millennium Exchange: T+2 – The Last Market Wide Test For The New Settlement Cycle – Test Plan And Participation

Date 04/08/2014

In regards to Oslo Børs VPS migrating from a T+3 to a T+2 settlement cycle for the Norwegian market 6 October 2014, the last market wide test will be held Monday 18 August 2014. The market wide test is not mandatory, but Oslo Børs VPS encourages all members, market data vendors and third party providers to participate.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Manesh Vijaykumar Samtani For life

Date 04/08/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Manesh Vijaykumar Samtani, a former licensed representative of KGI Asia Limited and KGI Futures (Hong Kong) Limited (collectively KGI), from re-entering the industry for life (Note 1).

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Indicative NAV Published For New ETFs Through The FLEX Standard Service

Date 04/08/2014

Beginning on August 11, 2014, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will publish the real-time Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share through the FLEX standard service for the below one Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).

Adaptive Consulting And Software AG Announce Strategic Partnership - The Partnership Will Combine Adaptive’s Expertise In Financial Markets Technology With Software AG’s Award-Winning Product Set

Date 04/08/2014

Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) and Adaptive Consulting are pleased to announce the formation of a strategic partnership that will enable clients in financial markets to capitalise on Adaptive’s deep expertise in developing and integrating front office applications and Software AG's award-winning solutions for streaming analytics, complex event processing (CEP), in-memory data management and universal messaging.

Singapore Fixed Income Indices (SFI) Weekly

Date 04/08/2014

Below are key highlights for the week ending 1 August 2014 (please click on the attachment for further detail):

• The SFI lost 0.22% to 118.16.
• YTD, the STI currently outperforms the SFI by 2.88%.
• The SFI Government Bond Index declined (-0.35%), leading to an overall loss in the SFI.
• Conversely, the SFI Corporate Bond Index remained relatively flat (-0.02%).
• Five issuances (~S$1.4B in market value) were added to the SFI in the latest index rebalance.

TSI Coking Coal Indices Form Basis Of New Singapore Exchange Derivatives - The Steel Index (TSI)-Based Coking Coal Futures And Swaps Launched Today

Date 04/08/2014

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is utilizing The Steel Index (TSI)’s daily coking coal price indices published by Platts, a leading global provider of energy, metals and commodities information, as the settlement basis for its metallurgical coal futures and swaps contracts launched today.

ASIC: Credit Suisse AG Pays $88,400 Infringement Notice Penalty

Date 04/08/2014

Credit Suisse AG ("Credit Suisse") has paid a penalty of $88,400 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel ("MDP"). The penalty was for:

• offering and allocating an Error Trade to a Client in circumstances where that Trade had not been obtained under instructions previously obtained from that Client;
• acting in a manner which had a detrimental effect on that Client's best interests; and
• failing to maintain a separate record of that Error Trade.