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Second Burgundy Dress Rehearsal Completed

Date 27/05/2013

On Saturday 25 May the second and final dress rehearsal (DR2) for Millennium Exchange on the Burgundy markets was conducted. A number of members and information vendors participated and Oslo Børs completed all planned activities, including a failover and recovery where the trade was resumed at the secondary data center (SDC).

European Parliament: MEPs To Quiz Barnier On Banking Union And Financial Services Legislation

Date 27/05/2013

This afternoon, from 17:00 (CET), Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs will meet internal market and financial services Commissioner Michel Barnier. The key issue will be the process to establish a banking union. More specifically, MEPs will discuss the last steps to set up a single bank supervisor and the pending and forthcoming legislation on bank recovery and resolution.

Thai Bourse Adjusts Member Regulations To Be More Flexible

Date 27/05/2013

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) agreed on May 27 to make regulations governing member firms more flexible and aligned with the current situation.

Court Dismisses hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission’s Appeal Against Fund Manager’s Acquittal

Date 27/05/2013

The Court of First Instance today dismissed an appeal by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) against the decision to acquit Mr Liang Jiang, a fund manager, on charges of false trading during the global financial crisis in 2008.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency Publishes An English Translation Of Briefing Materials Of 2013 Amendment Bill Of Financial Instruments And Exchange Act

Date 27/05/2013

Legislation

• Name of Laws and Regulations, FSA Japan (PDF:274KB)

  For the full text, please search here by name of laws and regulations ⇒

• 2013 Amendment Bill of Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, etc. Outline(PDF:296KB) Briefing Materials (PDF:781KB)
• Financial Instruments and Exchange (Amendment) Act of 2012 Outline (PDF:152KB) Briefing Materials (PDF:280KB)

HKFE Announces Margin Rates For Adjusted PICC Futures Contracts

Date 27/05/2013

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 Tuesday, 28 May 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.

ESMA: Questions And Answers—Prospectuses (19th Updated Version) May 2013

Date 27/05/2013

The purpose of this document is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of the PD and its implementing measures. It does this by providing responses to questions posed by the general public and competent authorities in relation to the practical application of the PD.

Securities Commission Malaysia Shares Conceptual Framework For Unlisted Market With Industry

Date 27/05/2013

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today shared with the industry a conceptual framework for an unlisted market, Malaysia’s first online platform to trade unlisted securities and alternative investment products (MyULM).

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Date 27/05/2013

NASDAQ Dubai Plans Platform For Trading Sukuk And Bonds On-Exchange

Date 27/05/2013

NASDAQ Dubai, the Middle East’s international financial exchange, is preparing to open a platform on which investors can trade Sukuk (Islamic bonds) and conventional bonds.