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Eurex Clearing’s Lending CCP To Extend Covered Markets And Service Scope - Commitment Of Major Market Participants - As Of Now European Equities From Belgium, France And Netherlands Also Included - First CCP Service To Offer Processing Of Voluntary Corporate Actions

Date 18/06/2013

Eurex Clearing, one of the world’s leading clearing houses, announced that it has extended the product and service scope of its Lending CCP, Europe’s first central counterparty (CCP) service for the bilateral securities lending market. Since early June, equities from three additional European countries are accepted and an innovative solution for voluntary corporate actions has been introduced.

Direct Edge Introduces EdgeRisk Gateway

Date 18/06/2013

Direct Edge® announces EdgeRisk Gateway^SM, a new risk management tool that provides a dedicated access gateway for trading on the EDGA Exchange (EDGA®) and EDGX Exchange (EDGX®).  Access gateways perform order validations and manage the flow of information between the order matching engines and the EDGX and/or EDGA Member.

Mobile Trading Increasingly Gains Momentum Amongst Dubai Financial Market Investors

Date 18/06/2013

• Essa Kazim: Expansion of mobile trading in line with the vision of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
•  “Emirates NBD” and “Mubasher” provide the service to DFM investors, “Alramz” and “Hermes” to follow 

European Commission: Stricter Rules For Credit Rating Agencies To Enter Into Force

Date 18/06/2013

As of 20 June, credit rating agencies (CRAs) will have to follow stricter rules which will make them more accountable for their actions. The new rules also aim to reduce over-reliance on credit ratings while at the same time improving the quality of the rating process. Credit rating agencies will have to be more transparent when rating sovereign states.

UK’s Serious Fraud Office: Trader Charged In LIBOR Investigation

Date 18/06/2013

Tom Hayes, a former trader at UBS and Citigroup, has today been charged with offences of conspiracy to defraud in connection with the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into the manipulation of LIBOR.

Tokyo Stock Exchange And Osaka Securities Exchange: Information Related To Integration Of Cash Equity Markets

Date 18/06/2013

The cash equity markets of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange will be integrated on July 15, 2013. This page contains information related to said integration.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Welcomes Appointment Of Executive Director

Date 18/06/2013

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomes the appointment by the Financial Secretary of Mr James Shipton as Executive Director of the new integrated Intermediaries Supervision and Licensing Division for a three-year term effective from 19 June 2013.

Report By BME’s Research Department: 19 Ways To Remunerate Shareholders

Date 18/06/2013

• Since 2008, shareholder remuneration by Spanish listed companies has consistently exceeded €24.5 billion a year
• Record high in 2009, at €33.9 billion, 5 times as much as in the year 2000
• The Spanish stock market, world leader in terms of shareholder remuneration
• The dividend yield data collected from 1990 bears out the importance of shareholder remuneration in the Spanish stock market

Azul Systems And Solarflare Partner To Eliminate Java Application Jitter For Capital Markets - Companies Work Together To Reduce End-To-End Java Application Latency And Eliminate Jitter That Compromise A Customer's Competitive Edge

Date 18/06/2013

Azul Systems, the award-winning leader in Java runtime scalability, today entered into a technical partnership with Solarflare, a leader in application-intelligent 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) networking software and hardware. The partnership will provide an integrated runtime platform for financial services companies that will improve throughput, lower latency and eliminate jitter for Java applications.

Thomson Reuters Named Calculating Agent For New Traded Methodology Benchmarks - Transaction-Based Benchmarks Highlight A Future Trend

Date 18/06/2013

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced it has been selected as the calculation agent to compile and publish new traded methodology benchmarks for a series of foreign exchange currency pairs for the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). This marks a transition from traditional survey based benchmarks, which rely on quotes contributed by a panel of banks, to traded methodology, and is likely to lead a trend for future benchmarks across the globe.