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SGX Clears First AsiaClear Iron Ore Futures Trades

Date 26/04/2013

SGX is pleased to announce its first SGX AsiaClear Iron Ore Futures trades done on 24 April 2013.  The two trades with a total of 200 lots (20,000 mt) involving Barclays Bank, Deustche Bank and Trafigura and brokered by Freight Investor Services and London Commodity Brokers, were matched and cleared using SGX’s block trade facility known as Negotiated Large Trades (NLTs).

The FX Market Of The Moscow Exchange Sets New Records

Date 26/04/2013

On April 25, 2013 a new trading record was set on the Moscow Exchange's FX market.

SGX Revises Mainboard Listing Fees

Date 26/04/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is revising annual listing fees for Mainboard companies from 1 January 2014. The fees for new and additional listing of securities on Mainboard will be revised from 1 July 2013.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report

Date 26/04/2013

Please click here to download MSE's weekly trading report.

SGX Adds Maybank As Clearing Member For OTC Financial Derivatives

Date 26/04/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) welcomes Malayan Banking (Maybank) to AsiaClear as a new bank clearing member for over-the-counter (OTC) financial derivatives.

Thai Bourse Revamps Electronic Trading Portal For Professional And Beginning Investors

Date 26/04/2013

Thai bourse has revamped its electronic trading portal www.settrade.com with more information and functions to help it more effectively cater to the demand of new online investors while still being a complete information center for finance and investment.  The refurbished site is now much easier and faster to access, with timely updates through all social media.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Sets Out New Rules For The Platforms Industry

Date 26/04/2013

The Financial Conduct Authority has published rules to make the way that investors pay for platforms more transparent. In the future, platforms, in both the advised and non-advised market, will not be allowed to be funded by payments (commonly described as ‘rebates’) from product providers.  Instead, a platform service must be paid for by a platform charge which is disclosed to and agreed by the investor.

HKEx: Exchange Publishes Consultation Papers On Its Connected Transaction Rules

Date 26/04/2013

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today (Friday) published consultation papers to seek views on:

• Proposed changes to its Listing Rules (Rules) on connected transactions; and
• Proposed changes to align the definitions of connected person and associate in its Rules.

Tokyo Stock Exchange To Expand "TSE Indicative NAV"(ETN) Lineup

Date 26/04/2013

Beginning Apr 30, 2013, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will begin calculating and publishing Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share in real time for the ETNs below.

“One Day At The Shanghai Stock Exchange” Successfully Held

Date 26/04/2013

On April 25, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) held the “One Day at the SSE”, a public activity involving micro-blog fans of the SSE, inviting investors and reporters to jointly beat the opening and closing gongs for that day’s trading. It was the first time the gong was beaten by general investors since the establishment of the SSE.