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HKFE Announces Margin Rates For Adjusted Hong Kong & China Gas Futures

Date 06/06/2013

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, 7 June 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 margins are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #13-24: Disaster Recovery Facilities In Chicago Operational In September

Date 06/06/2013

Direct Edge® announces its disaster recovery facilities at the Equinix CH4 data center (CH4) in Chicago will be fully operational on the first trading day of September 2013 (September 3).  The products and services of the EDGX Exchange (EDGX®) and EDGA Exchange (EDGX®) will be offered through CH4 in the event of a disruption that impacts the Direct Edge primary facility at the Equinix NY4 data center (NY4) in Secaucus, New Jersey. The implementation is being completed ahead of the timetable originally announced in August 2012.  

HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 06/06/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements.

Instinet Strengthens Asia-Pacific Regional Sales Trading Team

Date 06/06/2013

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading, today announced the appointment of Karan Wadhera as Head of Regional Sales Trading and Joe Hancock as Executive Director on the Regional Sales Trading team.

HKEx Announces Market Makers And Margin Rates For A-share ETF Futures

Date 06/06/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has obtained the Securities and Futures Commission’s approval to launch China AMC CSI 300 index ETF, CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF and iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF futures on Monday, 10 June 2013.  The underlying ETFs, or Exchange Traded Funds, are designed to track the performance of A shares.  The futures will be HKEx’s first futures on A-share ETFs.

HKEx Change In Senior Executive

Date 06/06/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) announces that Mr Martin Abbott (“Mr Abbott”) has tendered his resignation from the HKEx group in order to pursue other opportunities. Mr Abbott is currently the Co-head of Global Markets of HKEx as well as the Chief Executive of The London Metal Exchange (“LME”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of HKEx.  Mr Abbott will remain in his current positions and will continue to be actively engaged in the business until the end of this year.

Martin Abbott To Step Down As HKEx’s Co-Head Of Global Markets And LME’s CE

Date 06/06/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and The London Metal Exchange (LME) announce today that Martin Abbott, HKEx’s Co-head of Global Markets and LME’s Chief Executive (CE), has tendered his resignation from the HKEx group.  Mr Abbott has agreed to stay in his current positions until the end of this year in order to facilitate a smooth and orderly transition.

Malaysia And Japan Co-Host Regional Corporate Governance Forum

Date 06/06/2013

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today concluded the two-day Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance (ARCG), organised in partnership with the Government of Japan.

UBS Appoints Clearstream As Primary ICSD For Its Global Investment Bank And Wealth Management Businesses - Strategic Fit And Global Securities Financing Services Amongst Decision Criteria -Smooth Transfer Of Assets Through Phased Migration Planned For End Of 2013 -Tessler: “UBS’ Decision Confirms Our Business Strategy”

Date 06/06/2013

UBS’ decision to consolidate the majority of its securities custody, settlement, and financing business at Clearstream as primary International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) follows an intensive 18-month assessment. The review included the global securities business of UBS’ Investment Bank and Wealth Management.

HKEx On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics

Date 06/06/2013

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor

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