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HKEx: Listing Nominating Committee Extends Application Period For Listing Committee Candidates

Date 12/03/2013

The Listing Nominating Committee has extended the application period for nominations to Listing Committee to 28 March 2013 from 16 March 2013. The Listing Nominating Committee is now seeking applications from individuals interested in serving on the Listing Committee and the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) Listing Committee¹. Appointments will be for a term of approximately twelve months commencing in May 2013.

DTCC Receives Approval To Establish First OTC Derivatives Trade Repository In Japan

Date 12/03/2013

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that its registration to establish a Japanese over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trade repository with the Financial Services Agency of Japan (J-FSA) has been approved. DTCC will begin operating this service ahead of the J-FSA’s mandated 1 April deadline for market participants in Japan to begin reporting their OTC derivatives transactions directly to regulators or to a third-party trade repository. Based in Tokyo and operated by the company’s DTCC Data Repository (Japan) KK (DDRJ) subsidiary, this is the first trade repository to be approved and established for the Japanese market.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: On March 12, 2013, The Trading Volume Of Equity Options Reached 74,573 Contracts, The Highest Level Since January 13, 2011

Date 12/03/2013

On March 12, 2013, the trading volume of equity options reached 74,573 contracts, the highest level since January 13, 2011.

First Triparty Repo Auction Platform To Join Euroclear’s Collateral Highway

Date 12/03/2013

Euroclear announces today that a Memorandum of Understanding has just been signed with Newedge UK Financial Limited  (‘Newedge’) and EuroMTS Ltd. (‘MTS’) to promote Euroclear’s global Collateral Highway as a means to manage collateral for triparty repo transactions conducted on the Newedge/MTS Agency Cash Management (ACM) platform in Europe.

Moscow Exchange: Start Of Additional Trading Session On March 14-15, 2013

Date 12/03/2013

Please be informed that in accordance with Clause 6.2 of the Derivatives rules of the Derivatives market FORTS the additional evening trading session on the market will start ten minutes later on March 14-15, 2013, i.e. at 19:10 MSK, as these are the last days to settle options.

DGCX’s New Trading Platform Goes Live

Date 12/03/2013

• Advanced  trading and clearing platform will enable DGCX to expand product offerings and attract new traders
• The new platform facilitates greater efficiency and liquidity in the DGCX  marketplace by offering ultra-fast matching and real-time clearing
• Provides a new risk management benchmark worldwide by integrated trading and clearing in real-time

Thai Bourse Launches Campaign To Attract First-Time Investors

Date 12/03/2013

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) joins hands with 28 leading brokers to launch a campaign, “Your 1^st stock: Beginning with equities and investing with quality” in order to give insights, intensive training, an exclusive workshop, and other benefits for new investors throughout this year, aiming to boost the number of new investors by 70,000 investors in 2013.

Contango Markets Adds Derivatives Operations And IT Unit

Date 12/03/2013

Specialist derivatives consultancy, Contango Markets, is launching a new unit, 'Contango Operations', to help tackle many of the pre- and post-trade issues affecting market participants as the implementation phase resulting from years of discussion over regulatory change is set to hit the financial markets.

Changes To The UBS Board Of Directors - Reto Francioni To Be Nominated For Election To The UBS Board Of Directors At The Forthcoming Annual General Meeting. Wolfgang Mayrhuber Will Not Stand For Re-Election

Date 12/03/2013

The UBS Board of Directors announced today that it will nominate Reto Francioni for election to the Board at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 2 May 2013. Wolfgang Mayrhuber has announced his decision not to stand for re-election to the Board of Directors at the firm's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Moscow Exchange: Settlement Of Futures And Options In March 2013

Date 12/03/2013

On March 14, 2013 futures and options contracts will be settled through the unified settlement technology implemented on the Derivatives market FORTS and market sector Standard.