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ASIC Releases ASX Assessment Report

Date 05/07/2012

ASIC today released its annual assessment report of the ASX Group (ASX) licensees (REP 289).

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Imposes Composition Amount Of $35,000 On MAA Financial Planners Pte Ltd (“MAA”) For Breaches Under The Financial Advisers Act (Cap. 110) (The “FAA”)

Date 05/07/2012

 On 26 June 2012, MAA Financial Planners Pte Ltd (“MAA”) paid a composition amount of $20,000 for contravention of section 13(1) of the FAA and $15,000 for contraventions of written directions issued to MAA on 16 October 2008 under section 58(1) of the FAA.

Result Of The JFTC’s Review Of The Business Combination Between Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. And Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc.

Date 05/07/2012

Today, Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. and Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. (collectively "Companies") received a "Notification To The Effect That a Cease and Desist Order Will Not Be Issued" from the Japan Fair Trade Commission (hereafter the "JFTC"). Upon receipt of this notification, the business combination between the Companies has been approved by the JFTC.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Holds Training Class For Guiding Rational Investment In Fujian

Date 05/07/2012

Recently, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the Fujian Securities Regulatory Bureau (FSRB) jointly held a special training class for guiding rational investment, with a view to intensifying the investor education and protection and strengthening investors' abilities of rational participation in investments. Among those present at the training class were heads of business departments from nearly 200 securities companies as well as relevant officials from the FSRB and the SSE who delivered speeches respectively.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange: To Reinforce The Awareness Of Risk Prevention, To Participate In New Share Trading With Caution

Date 05/07/2012

Since the issue of a new round of reformative measures on the IPO system, the market witness some new changes, with the phenomenon of speculation on the first day changed somewhat, and the newly issued shares seen both rise and fall on the first trading day. Among the 25 newly issued shares since May 25, 14 stocks rose while the other 11 fell on the first trading day, with an average rise of 9.45%, lower than that of before. However, a recent newly issued stock ---Yilida triggered temporary trading suspension three times on its first trading days, rising 43.94% on that day. Its rising trend continued on the second day, and hit the daily limit on price increases. It is reported that the major drive for the rise of Yilida was small-medium investors, whose awareness of risk prevention shall be further reinforced. Investors shall pay close attention to Yilida’s risk reminder announcement issued on July 5. The announcement specially mentioned that the PE for its stock price has excelled the industrial PE, which is 35.86%, thus it has the risk of being over-evaluated.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces June Market Performance

Date 04/07/2012

• Total of agribusiness securities registered with the Exchange rises from BRL 14.83 billion to BRL 19.79 billion
• Agribusiness derivatives total 194,465 contracts traded from 183,317. Corn derivatives total 81,139 contracts from 55,249 the previous month

TSX Block List Leaders - June 2012

Date 04/07/2012

Block Trade Summaries

Block trades are large trades with a volume of 10,000 shares or more and a value of $100,000 or more. The TSX Block List Leaders lists shows the top ten brokers chosen by their customers to execute these significant block trades on Toronto Stock Exchange. For a full list of block trades for all brokers, get our Broker Block Summary.

TMX Group – Consolidated Trading Statistics June 2012 - Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Montreal Exchange, Natural Gas Exchange

Date 04/07/2012

TMX Group Inc. today announced June 2012 trading statistics for its diversified group of exchanges – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange (MX) and Natural Gas Exchange (NGX), as well as TMX Select, TMX Group's alternative trading system.

Notice Of Ontario Securities Commission Approval: Maple Group Acquisition Corporation

Date 04/07/2012

Staff of the Commission (Staff or we) are publishing this notice (Notice) in connection with the proposed acquisition by Maple Group Acquisition Corporation (Maple) of TMX Group Inc. (TMX Group), which, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, TSX Inc. (TSX), operates the Toronto Stock Exchange.  Maple also proposes to acquire Alpha Trading Systems Limited Partnership (Alpha LP), which owns the exchange operating company Alpha Exchange Inc. (Alpha Exchange), along with the general partner of Alpha LP, Alpha Trading Systems Inc. (Alpha GP) (collectively, Alpha).  Finally, Maple proposes to acquire The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (CDS Ltd.) and, indirectly, CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (CDS Clearing and, collectively, CDS) (collectively, the Maple Proposal).  

Maple Group Acquisition Corporation And TMX Group Announce Receipt Of No Action Letter From Competition Bureau

Date 04/07/2012

Maple Group Acquisition Corporation (Maple) and TMX Group Inc. (TMX Group) announced that Maple has received today a No Action Letter (NAL) from the Competition Bureau in respect of the proposed acquisitions of TMX Group, CDS and Alpha Group. Following an extensive review of the Maple proposal, and in light of the Ontario Securities Commission's recognition orders finalized today, the Competition Bureau does not, at this time, intend to make an application to the Competition Tribunal to challenge the proposed transaction under the merger provisions of the Competition Act.