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UK's Financial Conduct Authority Bans Former CIB Partners Limited CEO Arnold Eber

Date 27/02/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Arnold Eber, the former Chief Executive Officer of CIB Partners Limited (CIB), from performing any function in relation to any regulated activity in the financial services industry

London Stock Exchange Welcomes DX Group To AIM

Date 27/02/2014

• Company raises £200m in AIM float
• Third largest AIM IPO by money raised since 2007
• Over £550m raised on AIM this year

BATS Chi-X Europe Appoints Jill Griebenow As Chief Financial Officer

Date 27/02/2014

BATS Chi-X Europe, the largest pan-European equities exchange, today announced the appointment of Jill Griebenow as Chief Financial Officer.

Thai Bourse Sees Investment Mood Bright On Strong Fundamentals

Date 27/02/2014

Investment atmosphere of The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is likely to be robust due to strong fundamentals of the Thai capital market and listed companies after the first initial public offering (IPO) from Crown Tech Advance pcl (AJD) is listed on SET today.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 27/02/2014

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 3 March 2014, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Imposes Disciplinary Action Against SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.

Date 27/02/2014

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (hereinafter "TSE") has imposed disciplinary action (imposition of a JPY 10 million fine) against SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. (hereinafter the "Company") pursuant to Rule 34, Paragraph 1, Item 8 of the Trading Participant Regulations.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Starts Offering SCO On Inter-Commodity Spreads On March 24

Date 27/02/2014

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc, announced today that official launch date for implementing Standard Combination Orders (SCO) on Inter-Commodity Spreads in the Oil and Chukyo-Oil Markets is March 24, 2014. The Exchange has made its preliminary announcement on November 12, 2013.

FIX Trading Community Announces Industry’s Adoption Of FIX Protocol For TESI

Date 27/02/2014

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced that the industry has begun implementation of the guidelines set down by the FIX Trading Community to reduce operational risk and enable more efficient set up of clients on OTC electronic trading platforms.

CME Clearing Europe Expands Its Suite Of OTC Interest Rate Swap Offerings - Additional Products Build On CME Group's Global Interest Rate Swaps Initiative

Date 27/02/2014

CME Clearing Europe, CME Group's European clearing house, today announced that it has received Bank of England approval to add Overnight Index swaps (OIS), zero coupon swaps, Forward Rate Agreements (FRAs), basis swaps, variable notional swaps and SEK, DKK and NOK currencies for clearing beginning 3 March to its existing interest rate swap offering.  The expansion of products in Europe adds to the global offering of CME Group, which has cleared more than $20 trillion in notional value with more than $11 trillion currently in open interest since launching 19 October, 2010.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Crowd Funding Gets Green Light

Date 27/02/2014

Commerce Minister Craig Foss today announced Cabinet has approved regulations for crowd funding and peer-to-peer lending as part of the Government’s financial market overhaul.