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UK’s Serious Fraud Office: Trader Charged In LIBOR Investigation

Date 18/06/2013

Tom Hayes, a former trader at UBS and Citigroup, has today been charged with offences of conspiracy to defraud in connection with the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into the manipulation of LIBOR.

Tokyo Stock Exchange And Osaka Securities Exchange: Information Related To Integration Of Cash Equity Markets

Date 18/06/2013

The cash equity markets of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange will be integrated on July 15, 2013. This page contains information related to said integration.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Welcomes Appointment Of Executive Director

Date 18/06/2013

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomes the appointment by the Financial Secretary of Mr James Shipton as Executive Director of the new integrated Intermediaries Supervision and Licensing Division for a three-year term effective from 19 June 2013.

Report By BME’s Research Department: 19 Ways To Remunerate Shareholders

Date 18/06/2013

• Since 2008, shareholder remuneration by Spanish listed companies has consistently exceeded €24.5 billion a year
• Record high in 2009, at €33.9 billion, 5 times as much as in the year 2000
• The Spanish stock market, world leader in terms of shareholder remuneration
• The dividend yield data collected from 1990 bears out the importance of shareholder remuneration in the Spanish stock market

Azul Systems And Solarflare Partner To Eliminate Java Application Jitter For Capital Markets - Companies Work Together To Reduce End-To-End Java Application Latency And Eliminate Jitter That Compromise A Customer's Competitive Edge

Date 18/06/2013

Azul Systems, the award-winning leader in Java runtime scalability, today entered into a technical partnership with Solarflare, a leader in application-intelligent 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) networking software and hardware. The partnership will provide an integrated runtime platform for financial services companies that will improve throughput, lower latency and eliminate jitter for Java applications.

Thomson Reuters Named Calculating Agent For New Traded Methodology Benchmarks - Transaction-Based Benchmarks Highlight A Future Trend

Date 18/06/2013

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced it has been selected as the calculation agent to compile and publish new traded methodology benchmarks for a series of foreign exchange currency pairs for the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). This marks a transition from traditional survey based benchmarks, which rely on quotes contributed by a panel of banks, to traded methodology, and is likely to lead a trend for future benchmarks across the globe.

JPX Derivatives Trading Volume Passes 200 Million Mark

Date 18/06/2013

JPX is proud to announce that today the combined year-to-date trading volume of derivatives products on Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) reached 202,335,793 contracts (preliminary figure).

Japan Exchange Group To Re-Launch Super-Long-Term JGB Futures

Date 18/06/2013

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) announced it has decided to re-launch Super-Long-Term (20-year) JGB futures (SL-JGB futures) based on JGB market conditions and discussions with investors. The re-launch is scheduled for April 2014, following the integration of the derivatives markets.

Osaka Securities Exchange And Tokyo Stock Exchange: Request For Public Comments: Developing Rules In Connection With The Integration Of Derivatives Markets

Date 18/06/2013

Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) has decided to develop trading rules, Transaction Participants rules, and the other relevant rules for the purpose of integrating the derivatives markets of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. into the OSE derivatives market in March 2014 following the integration of the cash markets which is scheduled on July 16, 2013.

EEX: NCG Futures To Be Migrated Onto PEGAS On 27 June

Date 18/06/2013

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) continues to migrate its natural gas products onto PEGAS, the EEX and Powernext common exchange platform.