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Two New UBS ETFs Launched On Xetra - ETFs Offer First-Time Access To Swiss Franc Bonds From Foreign Issuers

Date 13/08/2013

Financial Services Competitiveness Maintains Upward Trend

Date 13/08/2013

TheCityUK’s latest research shows the competitiveness of financial services in the UK continued to improve in Q2 2013, the first time since the end of June 2011 that there have been back-to-back quarterly increases.

Moscow Exchange - SPECTRA Migration: Functional System Testing On 17 August

Date 13/08/2013

Moscow Exchange would like to remind you about the SPECTRA platform migration to the M1 Data Center followed by comprehensive functional and load testing on 17 August.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For CITIC Pacific Futures

Date 13/08/2013

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 15 August 2013, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

Kinetic And Eukleia Announce Joint Transaction Reporting Training Initiative

Date 13/08/2013

Kinetic Partners and Eukleia Training have launched a new online transaction reporting (TR) module.  The course has been devised in response to FCA’s on-going enforcement activity and its recent remarks on weaknesses in industry training on this topic.

HKEx: Contributions Of Late Stock Exchange Chairman Sir Q W Lee

Date 13/08/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) deeply regrets the passing of Sir Q W Lee, who contributed significantly to the development of Hong Kong’s securities market when he was the chairman of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited between October 1988 and December 1991.

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report July 2013

Date 13/08/2013

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 210 at the end of July 2013. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 23 at the end of the month.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 12 August, 2013 - Issue 12

Date 13/08/2013

From 5 to 9 August, Shenzhen Component Index closed at 8146.0 points after gaining 2.3%. SME Index closed at 4964.3 points after gaining 2.9%. ChiNext Index ended its upward trend and closed at 1172.5 points after losing 1.4%. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$91.0 billion, or an 11.8% increase from the week before. 

CFTC Issues Final Rules To Implement Enhanced Risk Management Standards For Systemically Important Derivatives Clearing Organizations

Date 12/08/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved final rules to implement enhanced risk management standards for systemically important derivatives clearing organizations (SIDCO).

CPSS And IOSCO Issue Report On Progress Towards Implementing The Principles For Financial Market Infrastructures

Date 12/08/2013

CPSS and IOSCO have today published Implementation of the PFMIs - Level 1 assessment report.  The report reviews jurisdictions’ progress towards implementing the Principles for financial market infrastructures (the PFMIs), published by CPSS-IOSCO in April 2012 and which includes risk management standards for financial market infrastructures (FMIs) such as central counterparties, payment systems and securities settlement systems, and trade repositories.  This report reviews jurisdictions’ progress towards adopting legislation and other regulations and policies that will allow authorities to completely implement the PFMIs into their regulatory frameworks for market infrastructures. Future CPSS-IOSCO assessments will evaluate the consistency of implementation measures in each jurisdiction with the PFMIs and will evaluate consistency of outcomes among FMIs themselves resulting from the application of the PFMIs.  CPSS and IOSCO will periodically publish updates to this report to demonstrate progress made towards full implementation.