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World Economic Forum Report 2011-2012: South Africa Boasts Best Regulation Of Securities Exchanges

Date 08/09/2011

The latest World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness report ranks South Africa first out of 142 countries for its regulation of securities exchanges. This is the second successive year that South Africa has achieved this ranking and, together with several other elements of the report, suggests that the country’s exchange is a sound environment in which to invest.

FORTS: Final Settlement Price Determined For Futures On The Russian Volatility Index

Date 08/09/2011

September 7, 2011 was the last trading day for September futures contract on the Russian Volatility Index.

Amundi Launches 7 New Emerging Market ETFs On London Stock Exchange -

Date 08/09/2011

London Stock Exchange welcomes seven new ETFs from Amundi tracking emerging markets - London Stock Exchange’s position as the leader in emerging market ETFs reinforced

SGX: No Changes To STI Constituents After Half-Yearly Review

Date 08/09/2011

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) and FTSE Group (FTSE) announced today that constituents of the Straits Times Index (STI) will be unchanged following the conclusion of its half-yearly review.

ICAP Voted First Place In Interest Rate Broker Category In Risk Magazine Interdealer Rankings 2011

Date 08/09/2011

ICAP plc, the world’s premier interdealer broker and provider of post trade risk and information services, announced today that it has been voted first place in the interest rate broker category in Risk Magazine’s annual interdealer rankings published this month. This is the sixth consecutive year that ICAP has won this award. ICAP gained first place in more interest rate product categories than any other broker (18). ICAP’s joint venture in the currency options market, Tradition-ICAP, was successful in a further six products in the currencies category and ICAP came first place a further four times, also in the currencies category.

Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange Monthly Update Newsletter - September 2011

Date 08/09/2011

DGCX Sets New Monthly Volume Record of Over Half a Million Contracts in August

• DGCX recorded highest ever monthly volume of 548,566 contracts in August, valued at US $27.83 billion a rise of 393%from 2010
• Year-to-date volumes up 89% on 2010 to 2,276,779 contracts valued at US $111.96 Billion
• Average daily volume up 371% year-on-year of 23,851 contracts, worth US $1.21 billion
• DGCX saw the highest daily volume of 35,796 contracts on August 4, 2011
• Average daily total Open Interest of 15,110 contracts recorded in August• Currency volumes up 561 % on 2010 to 511,279 contracts in August
• DGCX achieved several volume records in August

Clearstream’s August 2011 Figures

Date 08/09/2011

In August 2011, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered a slight decrease of 0.4 percent to € 10.82 trillion (compared to € 10.86 trillion in August 2010). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business decreased by 1 percent from € 5.9 trillion in August 2010 to € 5.8 trillion in August 2011 while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 1 percent from € 4.96 trillion in August 2010 to € 4.99 trillion in August 2011.

RTS Indices Monthly Review

Date 08/09/2011

Monthly review: August, 2011 (pdf, 182 Кб)

Interim Dividend Payments Of Thai Listed Firms Hit Record High

Date 08/09/2011

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announces Thai listed companies on the main board and the Market for Alternatives Investment (mai) make unprecedented dividend payments for the first half of this year, with a record 126 companies paying THB 110 billion (USD 3.67 billion), the highest value since the two markets were established.

Summary Of August 2011 Activities At Tokyo Commodity Exchange - TOCOM Average Daily Volume Up 53.9 % In August From The Previous Month

Date 08/09/2011

Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) announced today that August 2011 trading volume averaged 175,068 contracts per day, up 53.9% from July 2011. This significant increase was led by the Gold contract, TOCOM’s most traded product, which increased 77.2% to an average of 112,222 contracts per day. The Gold Mini contract increased by 89.2% to and average of 20,631 contracts per day. There were also large increases in average daily volume for Platinum (up 23.9% to 12,914 contracts) and Crude Oil (up 19.1% to 5,393 contracts).