Chartis Names SunGard A Category Leader In Enterprise Collateral Management

Date 11/10/2012

Chartis Research has positioned SunGard Financial Systems as a category leader in its RiskTech Quadrant for enterprise collateral management solutions. SunGard is the only vendor recognized as a category leader for both the trading and banking books.

Global Financial Markets Association Letter To Risk Management Group At The Bank For International Settlements Regarding BCBS 227

Date 11/10/2012

Click here to download a letter from the Global Financial Markets Association to the Risk Management Group At The Bank For International Settlements regarding BCBS 227.

Quoted Companies Alliance Appoints Two New Directors To Its Board

Date 11/10/2012

The Quoted Companies Alliance, the independent membership organisation that champions the interests of small to mid-size quoted companies, announces the appointments of directors of Oliver Hemsley, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Numis Corporation plc, and Vijay Thakrar, a tax partner with Deloitte LLP, to its board. This is with effect from 2th October 2012, following the Quoted Companies Alliance’s Annual General Meeting.

Intergovernmental Group Of Twenty-Four On International Monetary Affairs And Development Communiqué

Date 11/10/2012

1. We, the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development, held our eighty-eighth meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on October 11, 2012 with Mr. P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance of India, in the Chair, Mr. José Antonio Meade, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico, as First Vice-Chair, and Dr. Ashraf El-Araby, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Egypt, as Second Vice-Chair.

First Dual Counter Security To Debut At HKEx

Date 11/10/2012

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the pending listing tomorrow (Friday) of the first dual counter (DC) security, Harvest MSCI China A Index ETF (Harvest ETF, or Exchange Traded Fund) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEx.

CEE Summit Of The Vienna Stock Exchange: Privatizations As A Driver Of The Economy And The Capital Market

Date 11/10/2012

Companies benefit from privatizations, especially via IPOs, as these result in greater operational efficiency, thus improving their international competitiveness. In addition to safeguarding jobs, successful companies create even more employment and therefore support overall economic growth. Privatization is not only a means to raise additional capital through the stock market, but has advantages for the national economy per se. These findings are the outcome of a round of discussions held at the CEE Summit of the Vienna Stock Exchange, which has taken place in Vienna today. Guests of honor included Victor Cionga, CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, Ivan Takev, CEO of the Sofia Stock Exchange, Silvia Davidoiu, Ambassador of Romania to Austria, and Elena Radkova Shekerletova, Ambassador of Bulgaria to Austria, among other financial markets experts from Bulgaria, Romania and Austria.

European Parliament - Insider Trading: "No Safe Haven For Those Intent On Committing Abuse"

Date 11/10/2012

The financial crisis has called attention to some unsavoury market abuse practices such as traders taking advantage of insider knowledge in order to make an extra euro. But times are changing: the EP's economic and monetary affairs committee supported on 9 October the introduction of jail time for the most serious offenders. British Labour MEP Arlene McCarthy, responsible for steering the legislation through European Parliament, explains why.

EEX Runs First Primary Market Auction For The Czech Republic

Date 11/10/2012

Today, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) successfully carried out the first auction on behalf of the Czech Ministry of the Environment. The auction comprises unallocated volumes from the Czech Republic’s new entrants’ reserve  (NER)  for  the  second  trading  period  of  the  EU  emissions  trading  system (2008-2012).

Thomson Reuters Global Equities Monthly Market Share Data Updated To Reflect September 2012 Activity

Date 11/10/2012

Monthly Market Share Reports

BME’s Co-Location Service To Start On November 12th - Five Firms Have Applied For The Service

Date 11/10/2012

BME’s co-location service will start operations on November 12th in its Data Processing Centre, in Madrid. In addition, BME will provide high-tech facilities to house its Market Member’s automatic trading systems.