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British Standards Institution: Setting The Standard For A Safer, More Trusted Financial Services Sector - Report Identifies Need For Voluntary Standards Within Financial Services - Majority Of Professionals In Sector Call For More Voluntary Standards

Date 26/11/2013

The financial services industry is failing to adopt voluntary standards crucial to rebuilding trust in banking, despite overwhelming support from those working in the sector. Backing Market Forces, a report jointly commissioned by BSI, the UK National Standards Body, and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), the professional body for securities and investment practitioners, argues that adopting voluntary standards, alongside regulation, could provide a ‘third way’ between self-regulation and over regulation from government.
Aviva Investors Calls For Investment Industry Stewardship AGM

Date 26/11/2013

At the NAPF’s Annual Stewardship Conference today, Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer for Aviva Investors, will call on the sector to respond to the challenges laid out by the Kay Review on UK equity markets.
HKEx Welcomes First RQFII ETF From An Offshore Fund Manager

Date 26/11/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes today’s listing of the Hang Seng China A Industry Top Index Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), the world’s first Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) ETF from a fund manager based outside Mainland China.
Bursa Malaysia Media Statement

Date 26/11/2013

This media statement refers to the 15 November 2013 posting of the Personal Data Notice on the Bursa Malaysia website.
Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) Sets A New Open Interest Record For Oman Crude Oil Futures Of 24.4mn Barrels - Previous Record Was 23.4 Million Barrels On 26 March 2013

Date 26/11/2013

DME, the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, announces today a new open interest record for its flagship Oman Crude Oil Futures contract of 24,391 lots, which is equivalent to 24.4 million barrels of crude oil.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Fines SEI Investments (Europe) Limited £900,200 For Client Money Breaches

Date 26/11/2013

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined SEI Investments (Europe) Limited (SEI) for failings in relation to its protection of client money. SEI is a provider of asset management and wealth management services.
Algomi Expands Into US Market By Hiring Veteran Market Infrastructure & Credit Specialist - Stephen J. Gallagher Joins As Head Of Algomi US, Based In Firm’s New York Office - Formerly Senior Executive At Marketaxess, Wachovia Securities, Bank Of America, Bear Sterns, Merrill Lynch

Date 26/11/2013

Algomi, the provider of information-matching solutions to optimise fixed income liquidity, has hired Stephen J. Gallagher as head of its US operation. Stephen will bring nearly 30 years credit markets experience with him, and will be responsible for launching the rapidly growing firm into the US market, helping to transform buyside and sellside firms’ fixed income businesses as they come to terms with the new market structure. He will be based in Algomi’s New York office, which is due to open on 2 January 2014.
Statement On A Cap On The Cost Of Payday Loans

Date 26/11/2013

The duty to cap the cost of credit will be formally established through amendments to the Banking Reform Bill, which is currently going through Parliament.
Thai Alternative Bourse Will Classify Stocks Into 8 Industry Groups

Date 26/11/2013

The Market for Alternative Investment (mai), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), is planning to classify mai-listed stocks into eight industry groups, enabling investors to analyze information more efficiently. The bourse will announce the list of securities in each group from January 2014 before implementing in January 2015.
New SPDR Equity Index ETF Launched On Xetra - ETF Tracks MSCI World Small Cap Index For The First Time

Date 26/11/2013

A new exchange-listed equity index fund issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Tuesday.