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JSE To Welcome REITs Regime

Date 02/04/2013

From yesterday the 1st April 2013 South Africa will implement a local Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) regime that will usher in a new era for the listed property sector. From this date all property companies currently listed on the JSE either property loan stocks or property unit trusts will convert to a REIT structure and any new listings in this sector will have to comply with JSE REIT listing requirements.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Matters Concerning Arbitrage

Date 02/04/2013

Dalian Commodity Exchange

To all member units:

We plan to implement the Administration Measures for Arbitrage of Dalian Commodity Exchange (hereinafter referred to as Arbitrage Administration Measures” in the near future, with the review and approval of the Council and after reporting to China Securities Regulatory Commission. 

Moscow Exchange Announces Results For The Full-Year 2012

Date 02/04/2013

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012. Higher volumes on FX and Money Markets as well as increased interest income resulted in strong growth in revenues and net income year-over-year.

Moscow Exchange Indices Weekly Review: March 25-29, 2013

Date 02/04/2013

Weekly Review: March 25-29, 2013 (pdf, 657 Kb)

Taiwan Futures Exchange Newsletter - April Issue

Date 02/04/2013

Click here to download the April issue of the Taiwan Futures Exchange Newsletter.

Speech At The Second Lingnan Forum By Song Liping, President & CEO Of Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Guangzhou 31st March 2013

Date 02/04/2013

It is an urgent task to tackle excess capacity and promote structural readjustment in background of slowing economic growth this year. The Government Work Report proposed that policy guidance be offered to encourage cross-sector, inter-regional and cross-ownership mergers and acquisitions and promote winnowing power of the market. It is enterprises that actually implement mergers, acquisitions and restructuring. In recent years, there have been a growing number of listed companies with continuous expansion of asset scale and improvement in asset quality. Listed companies, representing leading enterprises, are well equipped to become the driving force for corporate mergers and acquisitions.

CFTC Approves Final Regulations Governing Exemption From Required Clearing For Inter-Affiliate Swaps

Date 02/04/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a final rule to exempt swaps between certain affiliated entities within a corporate group from the clearing requirement under section 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Commission regulations, subject to a number of conditions.

Statement Of Support By CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler: Clearing Exemption For Swaps Between Certain Affiliated Entities

Date 02/04/2013

I support the final rule to exempt swaps between certain affiliated entities within a corporate group from the clearing requirement in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

OneChicago Announces Trading Volume For March 2013 - OneChicago’s First Quarter 2013 Trading Volume Increases 67% Compared With 2012 - OneChicago’s March Open Interest Up 47% From March 2012

Date 01/04/2013

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced March 2013 volume of 752,336, an increase of 9% compared with the same period in 2012.

BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement Activity For March

Date 01/04/2013

In the month of March, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 185,523 per day. Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction, PIP, averaged $182,256 per day, while total savings to investors this month was $3.6 MM. With this, BOX has saved investors over $424 MM since its inception in 2004. Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of March was 320,933 contracts.