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TFEX’s Q1 Average Daily Trading Volume At 56,000 Contracts

Date 09/04/2014

• Q1 avg trading volume keeps at 56,000 contracts despite uncertainties
• To raise trading margins ahead of Thai new year holidays
• To launch mini SET50 futures on May 6

ICAP Aligns With Perseus - Boosts High Precision Trading Access In Brazil And LATAM - Leading Markets Operator chooses LiquidPath From Perseus

Date 09/04/2014

Perseus Telecom, a leading provider of high-speed global connectivity, High Precision Time™ and Market-to-Market networks, announced today ICAP is a global customer accessing the award-winning LiquidPath®  network in Brazil and Latin America.

Reed Smith Team Advises ETF Securities On Launch Of 3x Short And Leveraged Equity Securities Platform - One Of The First New Structured Derivative Products Following The New UKLA Retail Prospectus Approval Process

Date 09/04/2014

Global law firm Reed Smith’s derivatives team has advised ETF Securities on its ground-breaking new 3x Short and Leveraged Equity Securities ETP Platform.  This is one of the first new structured derivatives products to go through the revised UKLA retail prospectus approval process.

Third Clearing House In Europe - EU Authorisation Of KDPW_CCP Clearing House - From Spin-Off To Authorisation Of KDPW_CCP

Date 09/04/2014

The authorisation of the clearing house KDPW_CCP is yet another step in the harmonisation of the Polish financial market with the international standards and legal requirements. The preparations for the authorisation began at the time of the spin-off of KDPW_CCP from the structure of the Central Securities Depository of Poland (KDPW) according to the KDPW growth strategy adopted in 2009.

BSE: Trade-To-Trade Scrips – Inclusions In ‘T’ Groups

Date 09/04/2014

As a part of Surveillance measures, the Exchange transfers various scrips for settlement on a Trade-to-Trade basis. The criteria for shifting scrip’s to/from for settlement on trade to trade basis are decided jointly by the stock exchanges in consultation with SEBI and reviewed periodically. 

MARF Admits To Trading A €35 Million Issue By Tecnocom - Through Single Five-Year Bonds

Date 09/04/2014

The Mercado Alternativo de Renta Fija (MARF), today admitted a new single bond issue by the telecommunications company Tecnocom, to the value of €35 million.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Engages With Firms On Claims Handling Thematic Review

Date 09/04/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is today engaging with firms and other interested parties to discuss the initial findings of its thematic review on household and travel insurance claims handling. The thematic review was designed to assess the extent to which insurers put consumers making claims at the heart of their businesses. Martin Wheatley, the chief executive of the FCA, launched the review in a speech to the British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference in May last year.

FSB Completes Peer Review Of Germany

Date 09/04/2014

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published today its peer review of Germany.

Monthly Summary Bulgarian Stock Exchange March 2014

Date 09/04/2014

Click here to download the statistics for the market performance of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange in February, 2014.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For China Merchants Bank Futures

Date 09/04/2014

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 Friday, 11 April 2014, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.