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EEX Generates Significant Increases In Sales And Profits In The First Half Of The Year - Gains In Results In All Fields Of Business – Positive Outlook For The Year 2013

Date 10/09/2013

The European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) was able to generate significant increases in sales and profits in the first half of 2013. For example, the sales revenue of the Leipzig-based energy exchange increased by 18 percent to EUR 28.9 million (first half of 2012: EUR 24.4 million). “The development of the Power Derivatives Market was particularly impressive since we were able to generate a significant increase of 21 percent in trading volumes for the first time since 2010”, explained Iris Weidinger, CFO of EEX. “With additional sales revenue of EUR 2.1 mil- lion, this development made a decisive contribution to the overall jump in sales.” EEX also increased its results in all other business fields. The earnings before taxes (EBT) rose by 36 percent to EUR 11.5 million (first half of 2012: EUR 8.4 million). Furthermore, the number of trading participants increased from 215 last year to 223 today.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Bank Of Communications Futures

Date 10/09/2013

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 Thursday, 12 September 2013, 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.
Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission: Court Orders Re-Trial On Insider Dealing Case

Date 10/09/2013

The Court of First Instance today allowed the appeal of Mr Simon Chui Wing Nin, a former assistant director of finance at CITIC Pacific Limited (CITIC Pacific), against his convictions for insider dealing and ordered a re-trial.
Mariner Investment Group Becomes Signatory To The Principles For Responsible Investment - Also Begins Incorporating MSCI Research Ratings And Analysis Into Significant Multi-Strategy Client Mandate With Focus on Fixed Income and Long-Short Investments

Date 10/09/2013

Mariner Investment Group, the global alternative asset manager, today announced that it has become a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) as of August 22, 2013. Mariner also announced that it has begun to incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research, ratings, and screening tools developed by MSCI, Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, into the investment decision-making processes for one of the firm's more significant multi-strategy client mandates. Mariner is one of the first alternative asset managers to use MSCI ESG Research and analytics to analyze fixed income and long-short investments.
SWIFT White Paper Reveals Trends In Cross-Border Transaction Flows And Highlights Drivers For Change In African Banking - SWIFT Traffic Data Shows Disconnect Between Financial Flows And Commercial Flows - The Dollar Is Still The Most Important Cross-Border Trading Currency, But There Are Indications That Change May Be Coming

Date 10/09/2013

SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banks, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, today published a white paper, “Africa Payments: Insights into African transaction flows. Based on analysis of SWIFT traffic, it offers unique insights into transaction flows between African countries, and between Africa and other regions. The paper identifies environmental factors that may drive change in cross-border transaction flows, which could reshape pan-African banking, lead to shifts in currency usage and create opportunities for multi-currency clearing in Africa.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For September 2013 Rubber Contract

Date 10/09/2013

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the September 2013 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 9 September, 2013 - Issue 16

Date 10/09/2013

From 2 to 6 September, Shenzhen Component Index saw a slight gain of 0.9% and closed at 8280.3 points. SME Index crept to 5014.1 points after gaining 3.1%. ChiNext Index registered an 8.2% increase this week and closed at 1282.7 points, a historical high since its inception. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$ 85.9 billion, or an11.1% decrease from the week before.
Mergermarket Group: New ECM Service Tracks Growing Confidence In European IPOs

Date 10/09/2013

Mergermarket Group, a media company which provides the advisory, corporate and financial communities with forward-looking intelligence, analysis and data, is launching its enhanced Equity Capital Markets (ECM) service today.
Moscow Exchange Indices Weekly Review: September 2 - 6, 2013

Date 10/09/2013

Weekly review: September 2 - 6, 2013 (pdf, 670 Кb)
METRO2C Alliance And Volta Data Centres Add Low Latency Connectivity To Key Trading Venues - Unique Low Latency Environment Created For Trading Firms In Ireland And The UK

Date 10/09/2013

Sea Fibre Networks (SFN), owner and operator of Europe’s most advanced sub-sea telecoms network, CeltixConnect, today announced Volta Data Centres as a member of the METRO2C Alliance. The addition of Volta, with its City of London data centre, to the Alliance creates a unique low latency eco-system between Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) and London’s financial services trading community. The METRO2C Alliance enables latency sensitive trading participants, including exchanges, brokers and high-frequency traders, to transmit millions of orders at lightning speed from the IFSC, Dublin directly to Volta’s Great Sutton Street Data Centre via the CeltixConnect submarine network.