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Instinet Strengthens Asia-Pacific Regional Sales Trading Team

Date 06/06/2013

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading, today announced the appointment of Karan Wadhera as Head of Regional Sales Trading and Joe Hancock as Executive Director on the Regional Sales Trading team.
HKEx Announces Market Makers And Margin Rates For A-share ETF Futures

Date 06/06/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has obtained the Securities and Futures Commission’s approval to launch China AMC CSI 300 index ETF, CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF and iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF futures on Monday, 10 June 2013. The underlying ETFs, or Exchange Traded Funds, are designed to track the performance of A shares. The futures will be HKEx’s first futures on A-share ETFs.
HKEx Change In Senior Executive

Date 06/06/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) announces that Mr Martin Abbott (“Mr Abbott”) has tendered his resignation from the HKEx group in order to pursue other opportunities. Mr Abbott is currently the Co-head of Global Markets of HKEx as well as the Chief Executive of The London Metal Exchange (“LME”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of HKEx. Mr Abbott will remain in his current positions and will continue to be actively engaged in the business until the end of this year.
Martin Abbott To Step Down As HKEx’s Co-Head Of Global Markets And LME’s CE

Date 06/06/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and The London Metal Exchange (LME) announce today that Martin Abbott, HKEx’s Co-head of Global Markets and LME’s Chief Executive (CE), has tendered his resignation from the HKEx group. Mr Abbott has agreed to stay in his current positions until the end of this year in order to facilitate a smooth and orderly transition.
Malaysia And Japan Co-Host Regional Corporate Governance Forum

Date 06/06/2013

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today concluded the two-day Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance (ARCG), organised in partnership with the Government of Japan.

UBS Appoints Clearstream As Primary ICSD For Its Global Investment Bank And Wealth Management Businesses - Strategic Fit And Global Securities Financing Services Amongst Decision Criteria -Smooth Transfer Of Assets Through Phased Migration Planned For End Of 2013 -Tessler: “UBS’ Decision Confirms Our Business Strategy”

Date 06/06/2013

UBS’ decision to consolidate the majority of its securities custody, settlement, and financing business at Clearstream as primary International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) follows an intensive 18-month assessment. The review included the global securities business of UBS’ Investment Bank and Wealth Management.
HKEx On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics

Date 06/06/2013

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor

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TriOptima Will Assist In Verifying And Reconciling OTC Derivatives Data Submitted To DTCC

Date 06/06/2013

TriOptima announces that it will support data verification and portfolio reconciliation of DTCC’s trade repository data as requested by triResolve clients’ for their OTC derivatives portfolios. TriOptima will be the first portfolio reconciliation provider to receive directly DTCC repository data for this purpose.
HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - May 2013

Date 06/06/2013

Highlights
Securities Market
- The average daily turnover for the first five months of 2013 was $68,255 million, an increase of 16 per cent when compared with $59,067 million for the same period last year.
- The average daily of turnover of ETF for the first five months of 2013 was $4,605 million, an increase of 153 per cent when compared with $1,823 million for the same period last year.
- Funds raised through IPOs for the first five months of 2013 was $35,550 million, an increase of 38 per cent when compared with $25,748 million for the same period last year.
ESMA And The EBA Publish Final Principles On Benchmarks

Date 06/06/2013

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) have published their final report setting out their Principles for Benchmark-Setting Processes in the EU.