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HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li Live And Direct: Latest Charles Li Direct

Date 24/10/2013

HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li has just published his latest blog, in which he discusses the next steps Hong Kong could take regarding listed companies' shareholding structures.

Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) Monthly Newsletter- October 2013

Date 24/10/2013

Click here to download TAIFEX's October newsletter.

HongKong's Securities And Futures Commission: Unlicensed Futures Contract Adviser In Jail Custody After Conviction

Date 24/10/2013

The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today convicted Mr Gordon Mui Kwong Yin for providing online advice on trading in futures contracts without a licence and remanded him in jail custody pending sentence .

Thomson Reuters And State Bank Of Vietnam Launch Real-Time FX Trade Monitoring System

Date 24/10/2013

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, and State Bank of Vietnam today announced the launch of a real-time trade monitoring and post-trade system for collecting and extracting information in the interbank foreign exchange market. The real-time system will leverage Thomson Reuters Dealing, the company’s industry standard trading platform for foreign exchange (FX) that enables trading professionals to connect with one another, hold conversations about different FX products and prices, and conduct FX transactions. It also builds upon a footprint of over 60 local and foreign financial institutions that are signed up to Thomson Reuters Dealing in Vietnam.

Investec Australia Property Fund Lists On The JSE

Date 24/10/2013

Today Investec Australia Property Fund (JSE: IAP) listed on the JSE’s Main Board. The fund is one of three property stocks seeking a JSE listing this month and one of two which are focused off-shore.

Moscow Exchange: National Clearing Centre Becomes Russia"S First Qualified Central Counterparty

Date 24/10/2013

The National Clearing Centre (NCC) was assigned the Russia"s first qualified central counterparty (CCP).

The UK Financial Conduct Authority Outlines How It Will Regulate Crowdfunding

Date 24/10/2013

Consumers who want to invest in small or start-up businesses via crowdfunding platforms will receive clearer information about the business in which they are investing, under proposed new rules published today by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The changes relate peer-to-peer lending and equity investment based crowdfunding, the two types of crowdfunding that need regulatory oversight.

NASDAQ OMX Commodities Welcomes RWE As New Market Maker

Date 24/10/2013

RWE Supply & Trading GmbH has signed up as Market Maker with NASDAQ OMX Commodities for Nordic Electricity Base load contracts (up to 5 years ahead). 

DFM Introduces Vendor Registration Program To Enhance Electronic Services Offered To Its Licensed Brokerage Firms

Date 24/10/2013

• The program offers vendors direct connectivity testing facility with the exchange for new or upgraded features
• “Quod Financial” and “Financial Technologies” join the program… three other vendors on the way   

SIX Exchange Regulation: Investigation Against UBS AG

Date 24/10/2013

SIX Exchange Regulation is opening an investigation against UBS AG on the grounds of possible breaches of the rules governing ad hoc publicity.