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Japan's Financial Services Agency: Publication Of “Taxation Of Revenue Bonds Q&A”

Date 29/05/2012

The 2012 tax reform improved the Bond Income Tax Exemption Scheme and introduced a tax exemption for interest on certain revenue bonds received by foreign investors.
DIFC-Based Companies Record Substantial Financial Growth Over The Last Three Years

Date 28/05/2012

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the financial and business hub connecting the region’s growth markets with the markets of Europe, Asia and the Americas, today issued its Monetary and Financial Report covering the period 2008 to Q1 2012, updating the market on the monetary and financial activity of entities registered in the Centre during that period.
UK's Financial Services Authority: Three Guilty Of Insider Dealing

Date 28/05/2012

In a prosecution brought by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) three people have pleaded guilty to insider dealing. James Sanders a director of Blue Index, a specialist Contract for Difference (CFD) brokerage, had previously pleaded guilty to a total of 10 charges of insider dealing, his wife Miranda Sanders pleaded guilty to 5 charges of insider dealing, and James Swallow, a co-director of Blue Index, pleaded guilty to 3 charges of insider dealing at an earlier hearing. The defendants will be sentenced on 19 June 2012.
SGX Partners CFA Singapore To Enhance Investment Competencies

Date 28/05/2012

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and CFA Singapore (CFAS) today announced a collaboration to enhance the level of investment competencies in Singapore. This collaboration will see SGX Academy and CFAS adopt a two-prong approach: firstly, to enhance the competencies of trading representatives and financial advisers; and secondly, to equip young investors with basic investment knowledge.
HKEx Receives Regulatory Approval For Launch Of First Exchange-Traded RMB Currency Futures Settled In RMB

Date 28/05/2012

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has received approval from the Securities and Futures Commission to offer Renminbi (RMB) currency futures and plans to introduce them in the third quarter of this year, subject to market readiness. They will be the first exchange-traded currency futures settled in RMB.

UK's Financial Services Authority: New Chairman Of The Practitioner Panel Appointed

Date 28/05/2012

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced that Joe Garner has been appointed chairman of the Financial Services Practitioner Panel, with effect from 1 June 2012. He will succeed Russell Collins who is retiring from Deloitte at the end of May.
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Signs Registrar Agreement With Injaz Mena Investment

Date 28/05/2012

The agreement was signed between Mr. Rashed Al Baloushi, CEO of ADX, and Mr. Ali Khalfan Al Dhaheri, CEO of Injaz Mena Investment, at Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange main offices in Abu Dhabi n the presence of senior staff of both parties.
Reminder: As Of June 4th, 2012 NASDAQ OMX Baltic Exchanges Change Tick Size Table In Equity Markets

Date 28/05/2012

NASDAQ OMX Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius exchanges together with market participants decided to change current 0.001 tick size.
FTSE Value-Stocks Index Series Extended With New Custom Solutions, To Support Value-Based ETFs Listed By Sensible Asset Management Hong Kong

Date 28/05/2012

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the global index provider, announces the licensing of Value Partners Group (“Value Partners”), for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sensible Asset Management Hong Kong Limited (“SAMHK”), to create a series of country specific Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). The ETFs will be based on new customised versions of the existing FTSE Value-Stocks Japan, FTSE Value-Stocks Korea and FTSE Value-Stocks Taiwan indices. The licensing forms part of an extended cooperation agreement with Value Partners, and will see the new ETFs listed today on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”).
President Of Islamic Development Bank To Discuss Islamic Finance In London - UK Islamic Finance Secretariat Welcomes His Excellency Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President Of Islamic Development Bank Group, To London

Date 28/05/2012

Today (28 May 2012) Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB), is visiting London following discussions with Alderman David Wootton, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, during his recent visit to Jeddah.