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20 Companies In The Warsaw Stock Exchange RESPECT Index

Date 31/07/2012

• A new company has been added to the composition of the RESPECT Index in the fifth edition of the project which builds the WSE responsible companies index portfolio
• The RESPECT Index portfolio covers companies listed on the WSE which follow the highest corporate social responsibility (CSR) standards

Jeff Singer Completes Successful Four Years As CEO Of NASDAQ Dubai To Take Up New Position At DIFC Authority - Hamed Ali Is Appointed Chief Operating Officer

Date 31/07/2012

NASDAQ Dubai today announced that Jeff Singer has stepped down as Chief Executive after four successful years at the region’s international exchange. Mr. Singer takes up the position of Chief Executive of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority, which operates the onshore financial centre in which NASDAQ Dubai is located, effective August 1, 2012.

HKEx: Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting And Suspensions - As At 31 July 2012

Date 31/07/2012

Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions, As at 31 July 2012

Boerse Stuttgart Welcomes Draft Law To Control High-Frequency Trading - Precise Definitions Needed For Different Investor Groups

Date 31/07/2012

Dr Christoph Boschan, Managing Director of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, described the official draft of Germany’s proposed high-frequency trading law, published today by the Federal Ministry of Finance, as a ‘very useful initiative from the perspective of a stock exchange that focuses on private investors’. Boerse Stuttgart is pleased to note that the supervisory body’s powers are to be extended and the obligations of trading platforms and participants are specified. ‘Overall, we see this as confirmation of our own efforts in the area of self-regulation in favour of private investors. In Stuttgart we have had a restrictive approach to high-frequency trading for some time. Furthermore, it is in the interest of all financial market stakeholders that we create greater legal certainty in terms of the way we deal with high-frequency traders,’ observed Dr Boschan.

London Stock Exchange: Three New Issuers Raise £275m On Retail Bond Market In July

Date 31/07/2012

• July's issues bring total amount raised on ORB to over £2bn since launch
• Severn Trent Plc's RPI-linked bond raises £75m
• Primary Health Properties Plc's 5.375% bond raises £75m
• ICAP's 5.5% bond raises £125m

CPSS-IOSCO Issue Consultative Report On The Recovery And Resolution Of Financial Market Infrastructures

Date 31/07/2012

The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have today published for public comment a consultative report on the Recovery and resolution of financial market infrastructures.

SunGard Identifies Ten Trends In Commodities Trading For 2012

Date 31/07/2012

Kirk Howell, chief operating officer of SunGard’s Kiodex business unit, said, “Geopolitical events, an unclear demand and supply picture, and new activities by central banks –such as unconventional monetary policies like quantitative easing – are broadening the range of potential outcomes and risks for commodities transactions. The growth of electronic and algorithmic trading, intraday price volatility, and new regulations will require firms to change their business processes, especially for processing commodity derivatives.”

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

Date 31/07/2012

TSE has published the index value of TSE Home Price Index for May on July 31, 2012.

UBS's Second Quarter 2012 Results

Date 31/07/2012

UBS second-quarter pre-tax profit CHF 951 million; wealth management businesses' net new money inflows increased to CHF 13.2 billion; industry-leading Basel 2.5 tier 1 ratio strengthened further to 19.2%; phase-in Basel III tier 1 ratio1 target of 13% already surpassed; Basel III RWA1 reduced by CHF 45 billion; Group and Investment Bank RWA targets lowered.

SGX And SIAS Bring Investing To The Heartlands

Date 31/07/2012

Singapore Exchange (“SGX”) and Securities Investors Association (Singapore) (“SIAS”) announced today they are signing a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to formalize their commitment over the next 3 years to bring investing to the heartlands.