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Thomson Reuters Eikon Awarded Prestigious Edison Accolade For Innovation - Thomson Reuters Joins Ranks Of Key Innovators In Award Ceremony To Honor Companies At The Forefront Of Innovation, Creativity And Ingenuity In The Global Economy

Date 29/04/2013

Thomson Reuters has been honored by the internationally renowned Edison Awards for its service and technology innovation in its flagship financial markets desktop, Thomson Reuters Eikon. The award for Innovative Services was presented last night (April 25th) at a ceremony at the historic Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom in Chicago with finalists voted on by a distinguished panel of over 3,000 industry experts including senior business executives and leading scientists and academics.

NASDAQ OMX To Launch Marketplace Designed For Exchange Traded Products

Date 29/04/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), the world's largest exchange company, today announced that it will re-launch NASDAQ OMX PSX^(SM) (PSX^(SM)) in an effort to create the leading marketplace for Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). The price-time exchange will offer unique market making programs and features designed to provide robust liquidity to institutional and retail investors. PSX will re-launch in May 2013 pending approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Continues NewConnect Reform In Partnership With The Market

Date 29/04/2013

• The Warsaw Stock Exchange introduces major amendments to the ATS Rules concerning the conditions of introduction of financial instruments to trading and the scope of the information document, and strengthens disclosure obligations of companies and requirements for Authorised Advisers.
• The amendments, which derive from analytical work carried out by the WSE, external experts and representatives of the capital market community, are part of a project designed to reform the Alternative Trading System and take effect as of 1 June 2013.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority: Sue Lewis Appointed Chair Of The Financial Services Consumer Panel

Date 29/04/2013

Sue Lewis has been appointed the new Chair of the independent Financial Services Consumer Panel.  The Panel advises the FCA on the interests and concerns of consumers providing constructive challenge to its policymaking process.

South Asian Federation Of Exchanges (SAFE) Held The Third ‘Pakistan IPO Summit 2013’

Date 29/04/2013

South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) held the third ‘Pakistan IPO Summit 2013’ in the series of IPO Summit events on Monday 29th April 2013, at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore. The summit was held under the auspices of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) as Lead Patron and in collaboration with all the capital market institutions of the country like Karachi Stock Exchange Limited (KSE), Lahore Stock Exchange Limited (LSE), National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited (NCCPL), Shajar Capital Pakistan (Private) Limited, AKD Securities Limited and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP).

Palestine Exchange (PEX) Holiday Announcement -Labor's Day

Date 29/04/2013

The Palestine Exchange (PEX) will be closed on Thursday  02/05/2013 celebrating the International Labor Day. The PEX will resume its business on Sunday 05/05/2013.

Thai Bourse’s First “TFEX Open House” Declared A Success

Date 29/04/2013

The Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand group, wrapped up its first “TFEX Open House” with a success.  The event, aimed at helping expand the quality investor base and held during April 27-28 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, attracted more than 2,500 participants, of which 80% were first-time derivatives investors, who joined the event to gather information on derivatives to help them make investment decisions.

MCX-SX To Introduce Trading In Futures And Options On Its Flagship Index ‘SX40’ From May 15, 2013

Date 29/04/2013

• SX40, a free float-based index of 40 large cap and liquid stocks, has been designed to measure the economic performance of market representing all industries of our Economy
• MCX-SX is the first and only exchange in India to have adopted FTSE’s Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB), a global benchmarking in industry classification for its index design and data dissemination purposes.
• SX40 has offered higher returns and risk adjusted returns in the past 3 years, as compared to other benchmark indices in the Indian market

HKEx Welcomes Government Appointment Of Howard Lee To Its Risk Management Committee

Date 29/04/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the Government's appointment of Howard Lee as a member of HKEx's Risk Management Committee (RMC).

SmartStream Supports SWIFT’s Global Electronic Trade Confirmation (GETC) Solution

Date 29/04/2013

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management specialist, today announced that its TLM Trade Process Management solution, which addresses the post-trade allocation, confirmation, clearing and settlement processes, now fully supports SWIFT’s Global Electronic Trade Communication (GETC) solution.