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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - September 2012

Date 08/10/2012

• The average daily turnover for the first nine months of 2012 was $53,143 million, a decrease of 27 per cent when compared with $73,236 million for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover for September was $52,372 million, an increase of 20 per cent when compared with $43,806 million for August.
• The average daily turnover of RQFII A-share ETFs, which was launched in July this year, was $66 million for September 2012.

Securities Commission Malaysia Allows Trading, Introducing Representatives For Stockbroking Industry

Date 08/10/2012

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today issued the Guidelines for Registered Persons which provides for two new classes of registered persons, namely Trading Representative and Introducing Representative.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Remains European Leader By Number Of IPOs In Q3 2012 - The WSE Is The European Leader By The Number Of IPOs And #4 In Europe By The Value Of IPOs In Q3 2012

Date 08/10/2012

According to the latest  quarterly PwC IPO Watch Europe report on the number and value of initial public  offerings (IPOs) on the key European exchanges, the Warsaw Stock Exchange once  again remained a European IPO leader. In Q3 2012, there were 26 IPOs on the WSE  (including 2 IPOs on the Main Market and 24 IPOs on NewConnect), representing  more than 46% of all IPOs on European markets.

Premium Segment Launched For Trading Corporate Bonds - Deutsche Börse Issues First Bond In Prime Standard For Corporate Bonds - More Transparent Pricing Compared With OTC Trading

Date 08/10/2012

Deutsche Börse's new premium corporate bond segment launches today. The first tradable bond is from Deutsche Börse AG (ISIN DE000A1RE1W1).

Cinnober: Java Leads As High-Performance Language For Mission-Critical Financial Applications

Date 08/10/2012

Cinnober has today released a white paper addressing the benefits of using Java in mission-critical financial applications. The authors succinctly lay out its memory and processing advantages resulting in fast execution while at the same time avoiding unnecessary code complexity.

Börse Berlin Raises Turnover By 12%

Date 08/10/2012

In Q3 2012 both marketplaces, XONTRO and Equiduct, reached a turnover of € 12.9 billion, a plus of 12% compared to Q2 2012 (€ 11.5 billion). In the same period of time the number of trades amounted to 2 million, a raise of over 5% (1.9 million in Q2 2012).

Memorandum Of Understanding Between KDPW And The National Depository Center Of The Azerbaijan Republic

Date 08/10/2012

The Polish National Depository for Securities (KDPW) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the central securities depository of Azerbaijan – the National Depository Center of the Azerbaijan Republic. The MoU was signed in Baku at the celebrations of the 15th anniversary of the National Depository Center of the Azerbaijan Republic.

The FTSE Curex FX Index Series Expands To A Total Of Eight Executable Offshore Renminbi FX Benchmarks

Date 08/10/2012

FTSE, the award winning global index provider, and Cürex Group, a leading developer of intellectual property and technologies that link institutional foreign exchange liquidity with global exchange traded products, today announced the expansion of the FTSE Cürex FX Index Series with the addition of seven new streaming benchmark currency pairs, enabling investors to trade Offshore Renminbi (CNH) against seven major currencies at an independently calculated benchmark rate.

MarketPrizm Provides Low Latency Trading Infrastructure To LME

Date 08/10/2012

MarketPrizm, a leading provider of market data and trading infrastructure services, today announced that it has established its low latency trading infrastructure for clients at the London Metal Exchange (LME). 

Fidessa Expands Asian Footprint With Mumbai Base - Global Multi-Asset Expansion Fuels Opening Of Indian Office And Datacentres

Date 08/10/2012

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world’s financial community, has today announced the opening of a Mumbai office, building on the strength of its other regional bases in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. Growing demand from Fidessa's global clients to trade Indian equities and derivatives has driven the establishment of a local team, office and datacentre facilities. Sayant Chatterjee, previously Fidessa’s Senior Vice President of Business Development in New York, will head up the operations as Managing Director of India.