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Bursa Malaysia Derivatives’ Volume Hits Daily Historical All Time High

Date 27/08/2013

Bursa Malaysia hits a daily historical all time high of 91,449 contracts traded including negotiated large trades at the close of market on 27 August 2013. The previous record volume was achieved on 25 June 2013 when the total volume traded was 87,123 contracts.

AlgoSpan Provides Low Latency Access To SIX Swiss Exchange Co-­‐Location Including New Sponsored Access Service

Date 27/08/2013

AlgoSpan, the specialist market access infrastructure provider, announced on 20 September that it will provide low latency access to the co-­‐location offering of SIX Swiss Exchange, a prerequisite for using its new Sponsored Access service.  

Polymetal International Ords, RN Holding Prefs To Be Included In Moscow Exchange Indices

Date 27/08/2013

Moscow Exchange's Index Committee, at a meeting on 21 August 2013, proposed updated constituent lists for the Broad Market Index, MICEX Index, RTS Index, Second-Tier Index, Blue-Chip Index, and sectoral indices, as well as free-float ratios, for 17 September through 16 December 2013.

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) Holds International Investor Roadshow In New York On 24-25 September In Collaboration With Bank Of America Merrill Lynch

Date 27/08/2013

• Senior management from ten listed companies to attend meetings with the world’s largest international investment institutions that invest in Global, GEM and Frontier Equity  Markets
• DFM CEO & MD Essa Kazim says: “The event underlines our efforts to further attract international investors after MSCI’s decision to classify UAE as an Emerging Market”
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch MENA Head of Equities Talal Ghandour commented: “This event will showcase several of the DFM’s listed companies to some of the largest investors in Frontier and Global Emerging Markets”

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Preliminary Findings Of Review Into Mobile Banking

Date 27/08/2013

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a report exploring some early findings of a review into mobile banking services, setting out the possible risks to consumers and areas that firms should consider when developing their services.

FixSpec Launches Central – A Radical New Platform For Monitoring And Connectivity

Date 27/08/2013

FixSpec announces the immediate availability of Central, a new enterprise platform designed for brokers and exchanges to deliver improved customer service, monitoring and operational efficiency when making and maintaining trading connections.

Debates On Key Regulatory Topics And Presentation Of Latest EDHEC-Risk Institute Research At The Inaugural EDHEC-Risk Days North America Conference In New York, October 8-9, 2013

Date 27/08/2013

Earlier this year EDHEC-Risk Institute organised two conferences, EDHEC-Risk Days Europe and EDHEC Risk Days Asia, which welcomed over 1500 delegates. The audience included institutional investors, private bankers, family offices and institutional money managers, in addition to over 70 speakers and panelists composed of industry professionals.

Technodex Berhad And Asia Media Group Berhad Adopt Bursa Malaysia’s eRights Service

Date 27/08/2013

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) today announced the pioneer adopters of their Electronic Rights issue (“eRights”) service namely, Technodex Berhad (“Technodex”) and Asia Media Group Berhad (“Asia Media Group”). eRights was introduced by Bursa Malaysia in March this year as part of its e-services initiatives with the aim to continuously enhance efficiencies in market transactions for the benefit of the public and stakeholders. 

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission Outlines Regulation Of Collective Investment Schemes

Date 27/08/2013

In view of recent enquiries concerning the regulation of collective investment schemes (CIS), the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today outlines the relevant provisions in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) governing the offer and promotion of CIS, and reminds those intending to market a CIS that breaching the provisions may constitute a criminal offence.

President Of Kenya Visits Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Date 27/08/2013

On 23 August, Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya and his delegation visited Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE). Chen Dongzheng, Chairman of SZSE received the guests and held talks with the Kenyan delegation.