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Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Court Gives Directions In Ernst & Young Proceedings

Date 07/09/2012

The Court of First Instance today granted directions in the proceedings commenced by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) against Ernst & Young in relation to access to accounting records.

HKEx Publishes Consultation Paper On Board Diversity

Date 07/09/2012

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) published a consultation paper today (Friday) on proposed changes to the Corporate Governance Code and Corporate Governance Report (Code) concerning board diversity.

Clearstream’s August 2012 Figures

Date 07/09/2012

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission Publishes Aggregated Short Positions

Date 07/09/2012

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today commences the weekly publication of aggregated short positions of specified shares under the Securities and Futures (Short Position Reporting) Rules (Rules).

MCX – COMDEX Weekly Market Report: August 31, 2012 – September 06, 2012

Date 07/09/2012

MCX Comdex was up by 1.72% to 3954.75, MCX Metal was up by 2.92% to 5277.31 and MCX Energy was up by 1.13% to 3616.14.

Securities Commission Malaysia: Wider Access For Retail Investors To Bonds And Sukuk

Date 07/09/2012

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today launched the Malaysian retail bonds and sukuk framework that provides retail investors direct access to invest in bonds and sukuk.

NASDAQ OMX Nordic Launches Weekly Options

Date 07/09/2012

nnounces that trading in weekly options starts today on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB market. The weekly options are traded with expiration every Friday, thus complementing the existing options products with monthly expiration. Weekly options are listed every Thursday after close enabling investors to trade options expiring in one or two weeks. The OMXS30 index will act as underlying for the weekly options.

Thai Financials, Services, Food Industries Post Higher Net Profits In H1

Date 07/09/2012

• H1 sales rose y-o-y 13.4 pct, but higher costs dragged total earnings down 14.9 pct
• The profit decrease capped in big-sized firms in resources, industrials
• Return on equity (ROE) at 7.31 pct, down from 9.15 pct a year ago
• Debt to equity ratios (D/E) up at 1.32 times vs. 1.27 times a year ago

New Zealand: New Designated Settlement System

Date 07/09/2012

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today announced that the NZ Clear Settlement System has been declared a designated settlement system under Part 5C of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act. 

NCUA Files Suit Against UBS Securities

Date 07/09/2012

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has filed suit in Federal District Court in Kansas against UBS Securities, alleging the investment giant violated federal and state securities laws through misrepresentations in the sale of mortgage-backed securities to U.S. Central Federal Credit Union (US Central) and Western Corporate Federal Credit Union (WesCorp).