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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 29/01/2013

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 Friday, 1 February 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.

ComStage ETF S&P SMIT 40 Launched On Xetra

Date 29/01/2013

A new equity index fund issued by ComStage ETF has been tradable on Xetra since Tuesday. For the first time, investors are able to participate in the performance of the S&P SMIT 40 TRN EUR Index.

S&P Capital IQ’s Real Time Acquisition, QuantHouse, Expands Coverage In Asia

Date 29/01/2013

S&P Capital IQ is expanding its real time presence through the establishment of a Singapore office for its QuantHouse operation, which provides global next generation trading solutions. This expansion reflects the need for S&P Capital IQ to support its growing client base in the region and to capture the demand for low latency services from a diverse range of businesses, spanning the US, Europe and Asia regions.

The National Bank Of Abu Dhabi Selects BT To Connect Global Operations

Date 29/01/2013

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD)selected BT, one of the world’s leading providers of communications services and solutions, to connect its expanding network of regional and global operations.

Dubai Mercantile Exchange Appoints Head Of Energy Products

Date 29/01/2013

Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, today announced that Paul Young has joined as Head of Energy Products, effective immediately.

MCX-SX Equity And Equity Derivatives Segment To Be Inaugurated On Feb 9, 2013 By Hon’ble Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram

Date 29/01/2013

• Capital market regulator SEBI gave “commencement certificate” for trading in new segments such as Equity, Futures and Options on Equity, Interest Rate Derivatives and Wholesale Debt Market to the exchange last month.
• Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India granted the status of a “recognized stock exchange” to MCX-SX last month.
•  270 membership applications already registered by SEBI out of the 496 applications submitted by the exchange. Exchange expects to cross the 350 count shortly.

Index Cooperation Between Vienna Stock Exchange And Kazakhstan Stock Exchange

Date 29/01/2013

The Vienna Stock Exchange has acquired a new index cooperation partner with the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). Starting today, the Vienna Stock Exchange will calculate the index KTX Local. The contract was signed at the end of last year by both exchanges. The index is composed of the eight most actively traded companies and will be calculated and disseminated daily in real time by the Vienna Stock Exchange.

Panopticon Announces 2012 Results With Record Growth, Key Customer Acquisitions And Several New High Profile Strategic Alliances - Increased Demand For Real-Time Visual Analytics Solutions In Financial Services, Telecommunications, Energy, Manufacturing, And Retailing Are Driving The Company's Growth

Date 29/01/2013

Panopticon Software, the leading provider of visual data analysis software for real-time, CEP and historical time series data, today announced 112% bookings growth for 2012, leveraging the unique capabilities of its products and the company’s domain expertise to capitalize on explosive growth in market demand for real-time visualization software. 

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Notice Of Adjustment To Scope Of Underlying Securities Of Margin Trading, Securities Lending

Date 29/01/2013

To fit for the growth of margin trading and securities lending, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) decides to adjust the scope of the shares used as underlying securities of margin trading and securities lending (the underlying shares for short) as required by the "SSE Detailed Rules for Implementation of Margin Trading and Securities Lending" (the “Detailed Rules” for short).

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Further Expand The Scope Of Underlying Stocks For Margin Trading And Securities Lending

Date 29/01/2013

Recently, SZSE officially release the Circular on Adjusting the Scope of Underlying Stocks for Margin Trading and Securities Lending, which provides that the underlying stocks expand from the 98 stocks conforming to the standards of SZSE 100 Index component stocks to 200 stocks. The expansion of underlying stocks will further broaden the coverage of underlying securities, improving the mechanism of shaping the stock price and boosting the balance of market supply and demand, and is thus not only conductive to meeting the diversified trading needs of investors, but also beneficial to the sound development of capital market.