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Thai Bourse Improves Efficiency Of Derivative Warrants Trade And Adds Underlying Assets

Date 03/06/2013

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has improved derivative warrants (DW) trading by shortening the listing period to 3 days from 15 days; lengthening ticker symbols to include the date of the last trading day for that DW, enabling investors to easily identify the allowed trading period of each set of DWs, and expanding the underlying assets for derivative warrants to include securities listed under the SET100 Index and SET Index series.

R.J. O’Brien Appoints Julie DeMatteo To Managing Director, Asset Management

Date 03/06/2013

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, announced that Julie M. DeMatteo, has joined the firm today and will serve as Managing Director, Asset Management.  DeMatteo, 50, has nearly three decades of experience in futures across various disciplines, frequently involved in structuring products as well as supporting and creating alternative investment vehicles and asset management solutions for clients.

May Statistics Report From The NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchanges

Date 03/06/2013

Share Trading

The value of average daily share trading amounted to EUR 2.2 billion, compared to EUR 2.0 billion during the past 12-month period. The average number of trades per trading day was 311,352, compared to 302,829 during the past 12-month period. The total market cap of listed companies at NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange amounted to EUR 841 billion, compared to EUR 659 billion in May 2012.

Moscow Exchange: The Government Bond Index Reviewed

Date 03/06/2013

Effective June, 2013 a reviewed list of bonds for the Government Bond Index came into force. 

LME Posts New Monthly Trading Record

Date 03/06/2013

Record volumes were transacted for the second consecutive month on the London Metal Exchange (LME) in May 2013, with 14,597,723 lots traded. April 2013 saw a record of 14,517,213 lots traded.

BME: The Spanish Stock Exchange Traded €267.93 Billion To May

Date 03/06/2013

• Equity trading volume in May reached €48.12 billion
• ETF trading to the end of May was up 50% year on year
• In May trading on BME’s Derivatives market came in at 3.4 million contracts
• The number of trades on BME’s Corporate Debt market was the highest so far this year and more than nine times as high as in the same period in 2012

Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President Of The European Commission - Lobbying – A Legitimate Exercise? - Launch Of The 'Guide To Effective Lobbying In Brussels' Survey

Date 03/06/2013

Ladies and gentlemen,

Last week I read an article in the Irish Times by a journalist who had been invited to today's event in which she expressed surprise about the fact that I had been invited to speak at this event.

First Ever IR Graduate Program For Emirati Students Launched In Dubai - Dubai Financial Market, NASDAQ Dubai And The Middle East Investor Relations Society Partner To Offer A Unique IR Graduate Program - Program Aims To Provide Emirati Students With An Introduction To The Investor Relations Profession And Capital Markets

Date 03/06/2013

The first ever Investor Relations (IR) Graduate Program has yesterday been launched as a joint initiative between Dubai Financial Market (DFM), NASDAQ Dubai and the Middle East Investor Relations Society (ME-IR Society). Six finance students from three universities in the UAE were selected for the program which will allow them to do a work placement within the IR teams of some of the major listed companies in the country including EMAAR, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, SHUAA Capital and Dubai Islamic Bank.

ESMA Publishes Review On Impact Of Short Selling Regulation

Date 03/06/2013

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its Technical Advice 2013/evaluating the impact of the Regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (Regulation) on European financial markets.

HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li Live And Direct - Strengthening The LME’s Asia Benchmark Price

Date 03/06/2013

HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li writes in his latest blog about one of changes to the LME’s business in Asia --- the LME’s Asian Benchmark Price and the reason for the change.