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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 19/11/2013

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, 21 November 2013, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

Thai Listed Firms Report Rising Net Profit In 9 Months

Date 19/11/2013

• Nine-month net profits of listed companies up 7.98 pct from a year earlier
• Sales rose 4.27 pct despite slowing economic growth in Q3
• Q3 net profit fell 5.81 pct from a year earlier

HKEx Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

Date 19/11/2013

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Sui Yu For Regulatory Breaches

Date 19/11/2013

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Ms Sui Yu from re-entering the industry for three months from 19 November 2013 to 18 February 2014.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Holds Situation Simulated Trading Training Of Options Strategies

Date 19/11/2013

To make further efforts in the options and develop the market, on November 12 and 13, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) invited the experts with rich experience of overseas options trading to organize a 2-day situation simulated trading training of options strategies for the member units with more than 110 trainees selected by over 40 member units participating in the workshop.

Premiums Paid On JSE Grain Trades Reach R10 Million

Date 19/11/2013

In the JSE’s commodity derivatives market, a spot basis trading platform introduced just over a year ago has seen farmers and clients selling grain earn a premium of R10 million over the past year. 

DGCX To List Plastics Futures Contract

Date 19/11/2013

• Contract to go live on February 28, 2014
• Plastic Futures Contract for Polypropylene
• Contract to be sized at 5 metric tons and quoted in US dollars
• Delivered In-Warehouse at Jebel Ali (JAFZA) and Dubai World Central (DWC) Free Zones

IntercontinentalExchange To Acquire Singapore Mercantile Exchange - Broadens Exchange And Clearing Operations To Asian Markets And Customers

Date 19/11/2013

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) in an all-cash transaction.  The acquisition will add to ICE's current network of markets and clearing houses in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, the U.K. and continental Europe.  

Moscow Exchange Announces 3Q13 Results

Date 19/11/2013

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announced its 3Q13 IFRS results. Strong earnings were driven by growth across our highly diversified business, particularly by FX and money market products.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Studies, Implements Requirements Of 3rd Plenary Session Of 18th CPC Central Committee

Date 19/11/2013

On the morning of November 15, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) held an outreach meeting for the leading group of the SSE CPC Committee to study and discuss the requirements put forward at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee (hereafter referred to as the 3rd Plenary Session).