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European Supervisory Authorities Highlight Cross-Sectoral Risks

Date 05/09/2013

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has published its second bi-annual Report on Risks and Vulnerabilities in the European Union’s (EU) Financial System.

Industry Update Regarding Financial Technologies Group (FTIL) - DGCX

Date 05/09/2013

Due to unfolding events in India with regards to the Financial Technologies Group (FTIL), DGCX would like to confirm the status of its relationship with the company and its promoters.

Lahore Stock Exchange To Launch Unified Corporate Announcement System

Date 05/09/2013

Lahore Stock Exchange Limited is set to launch a centralized web portal, Pakistan Unified Corporate Action Reporting System (PUCARS) on Monday, September 09, 2013. In replacement to conventional announcements system where announcements are posted by companies through faxing and mailing letters, with the help of PUCARS, the listed companies will now post their announcements through their online login accounts. Stock Exchange will further disseminate the announcement to brokers, investors and other stakeholders through its Trading System, Website, Email, Social Media and LSE’s local TV channel without causing any time lapse.

Results Of Auction For Placement Of The Russian Federation Government Bonds, Issue No25082RMFS On September 4, 2013

Date 05/09/2013

Parameters of issue # 25082RMFS:

Maturity date: 11 May 2016.
Aggregate demand at par: 6123.923 mln. RUR.
Placed value at par: 6073.923 mln. RUR.
Minimal accepted price: 99.0122 %.
Yield at minimal accepted price: 6.5000 % per annum.
Weighted average price: 99.0156 %.
Yield at weighted average price: 6.5000 % per annum

SWIFT Releases Paper On Today’s Treasury Industry Practices And Trends To Tailor Banking Controls

Date 05/09/2013

Faced with increasing security concerns and risks of internal fraud, corporates and banks are looking for ways to extend controls on their banking communications. SWIFT has released a paper that looks at how banks are responding to such needs with advanced user identity and mandate management services, traditionally limited to their online banking channels, now also available on their direct connectivity channels.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: New ETFs Included In Real-Time Dissemination Of "TSE Indicative NAV"

Date 05/09/2013

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will newly calculate and publish the real-time Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share for the below Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) beginning October 7, 2013.

ISITC Europe Targets Reference Data For September Conference

Date 05/09/2013

ISITC Europe, the industry group dedicated to improving the operational efficiency of the global financial industry, has today announced that it will be focussing on KPIs & Management Information at a special event to  be held at the offices of Northern Trust in Canary Wharf on Wednesday 11th September.

TOCOM August 2013 Volume Averaged 95,792 Contracts Per Day, Down 4.7%

Date 05/09/2013

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that August 2013 trading volume averaged 95,792 contracts per day, down 4.7% from July 2013. Average daily volume was lower for key commodities such as Gold, which was down 9.2% to 43,341 contracts; Platinum was down 4.7% to 14,390 contracts and Rubber was down 4.8% to 8,989 contracts. Conversely, petroleum markets saw higher volumes with Crude Oil up 13.2% to 3,971 contracts and Gasoline up 2.4% to 8,283 contracts.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - August 2013

Date 05/09/2013

• The average daily turnover for the first eight months of 2013 was $64,258 million, an increase of 21 per cent when compared with $53,235 million for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first eight months of 2013 was $8,088 million, an increase of 17 per cent when compared with $6,886 million for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first eight months of 2013 was $4,090 million, an increase of 152 per cent when compared with $1,626 million for the same period last year.

SGX Introduces New Mainboard Rules For Mineral, Oil And Gas Companies

Date 05/09/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced new Mainboard admission rules and continuing listing obligations for mineral, oil and gas (“MOG”) companies.