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FTSE Launches Super Liquid Index Series

Date 27/11/2012

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award winning global index provider, today announces the launch of the FTSE Super Liquid Index Series (SLQ), a broad family of real-time free float market capitalisation weighted indices designed to mimic the characteristics of key FTSE indices via a smaller, highly liquid universe of stocks.

TriOptima And Four SGX Members Complete First Portfolio Compression Cycle In Singapore Clearinghouse

Date 27/11/2012

TriOptima announces that four SGX member banks successfully eliminated more than 82% of the SGD interest rate swaps they wanted to terminate in the first SGX triReduce portfolio compression cycle. The four participants, including two local institutions, reduced notional principal outstanding by $25billion SGD in the inaugural compression cycle for cleared trades.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Has Published The Index Value Of TSE Home Price Index For September

Date 27/11/2012

The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Composite of Tokyo Metro Area) is 76.71 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Tokyo) is 80.16 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Kanagawa) is 77.57 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Chiba) is 65.78. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Saitama) is 66.04 points.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Former CITIC Pacific Senior Executive Jailed For Insider Dealing

Date 27/11/2012

The Eastern Magistracy today sentenced Mr Simon Chui Wing Nin, a former assistant director of finance at CITIC Pacific Limited (CITIC Pacific), to 15 months of imprisonment following his conviction on two counts of insider dealing in the company’s shares prior to a profit warning issued in October 2008.

Bluecrest Capital Management Selects The Calypso System For Front Office Trading Solution - Solution Supports Expansion Of Global Hedge Fund’s Trading Operation

Date 27/11/2012

Calypso Technology Inc., the global capital markets platform provider, today announced that BlueCrest Capital Management ("BlueCrest"), a leading global hedge fund manager with over $33 billion in assets under management, has chosen Calypso’s Front Office Solution to support its funds. The Calypso solution will support BlueCrest’s order management, trade capture, lifecycle management, real-time position and risk management. The product coverage is comprehensive and covers interest rate derivatives, bonds, repos, FX, equities, equity derivatives, credit, commodities, cash and loans. Trades will be fed into Calypso from more than a dozen external trading platforms. 

Christiania Securities Takes The Next Step And Outsources Non-Core Business To Neonet - A Flexible Cost Model And A Cutting-Edge Technical Platform Made The Norwegian Brokerage Firm Christiania Securities Outsource Its Execution Services To Neonet

Date 27/11/2012

Neonet, the independent execution service provider, today announced an execution service agreement with the Norwegian brokerage firm Christiania Securities AS.

RTS Realtime Systems Builds On Leadership Position In Asia Pacific - Announces New Data Centers In Shanghai, Tokyo - New Office in Shanghai - Re-Location Of CEO To Singapore

Date 27/11/2012

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a leading global trading solutions provider, announced today a series of strategic moves in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. As the 8th Annual FIA Asia Derivatives Conference kicks off tomorrow in Singapore, RTS unveiled plans to: go live with a new data center in Shanghai within days; open in January a fully staffed sales and client support office in Shanghai, its first office in China; open a new data center in Tokyo by year-end; and re-locate the firm’s Chief Executive Officer to Singapore.

First ETFs Tracking Platinum And Silver Prices To Debut At HKEx

Date 27/11/2012

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the pending listing tomorrow (Wednesday) of three precious metals-related Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEx, including the Exchange’s first silver and platinum ETFs.

Statement On Greece By IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde

Date 27/11/2012

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement at the conclusion of the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels today:

“I welcome the initiatives agreed today by the Eurogroup aimed at further supporting Greece’s economic reform program and making a substantial contribution to the sustainability of its debt. This builds on the significant efforts by the Greek government to carry forward its fiscal and structural reform agenda."

SGX Enhances Efficiency For Clearing Members With OTC Portfolio Compression Service

Date 26/11/2012

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has successfully completed its first compression of cleared Singapore dollar interest rate swaps (IRS) held by Clearing Members.