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Press Conference By Tadahiro Matsushita, Japan's Minister For Financial Services - Insider Trading, Daiwa Securities

Date 08/08/2012

(Excerpt)

(Tuesday, July 31, 2012, from 9:21 a.m. to 9:42 a.m.)

[Opening Remarks by Minister Matsushita]

At the cabinet meeting, the Japan Revitalization Strategy was approved. This is intended to lay the foundation for Japan's economic growth by achieving recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake under the basic philosophy of opening up the frontier and creating new values. From the perspective of deploying physical, human and financial resources in order to pull Japan out of deflation, the strategy calls for the implementation of various policy measures by fiscal 2013, with a view to achieving an average economic growth of around 3% in nominal terms and around 2% in real terms over a period through fiscal 2020. The minister in charge reported on that.

The minister said he wants to make it possible to clarify prioritization by devoting efforts to the three priority sectors: the environment, life and agriculture, and forestry and fisheries, as well as small and medium-size enterprises.

HKEx Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements For The Six Months Ended 30 June 2012

Date 08/08/2012

Click here to download HKEx's condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2012 (unaudited).

Thailand Futures Exchange To Modify SET50 Index Futures And Options And To launch Sector Index Futures In October

Date 08/08/2012

Thailand’s Futures Exchange (TFEX), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand group, plans to improve its SET50 Index Futures and Options, and also to introduce Sector Index Futures in October.

Presentation By HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li And Deputy Chief Financial Officer Vincent Kwong On 2012 Interim Results Announcement

Date 08/08/2012

Click here to download the presentation by HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li and Deputy Chief Financial Officer Vincent Kwong on 2012 Interim Results announcement.

ESMA Publishes Update On MiFID Waivers From Pre-Trade Transparency

Date 08/08/2012

ESMA published todays a revision of its waiver document (ESMA/2011/241) which provides information on the pre-trade transparency of trading systems already set up in the European Union and informs on the compliance of such systems with MiFID, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.

FTSE Announces Changes For The FTSE Italia Index Series

Date 08/08/2012

FTSE Group (“FTSE”) announces that the FTSE Italia Series (including the FTSE MIB) will be changed to use actual free float, rounded up to the next 1%. This change will take effect from the next index review on 24 September 2012.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Base Price And Daily Price Limits For Newly Listing ETF(1574)

Date 08/08/2012

The base price, etc. of MAXIS TOPIX Risk Control (10%) ETF (Code: 1574), which are scheduled for initial listing on August 9, are as below.

Orc Commits To Full Support Of Eurex Exchange’s New Trading Architecture

Date 08/08/2012

Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, today announced support for Eurex Exchange’s new trading architecture, the all-new trading platform scheduled for launch on December 3, 2012. Orc clients will immediately benefit from performance improvements, enhanced features and greater flexibility offered by the new platform, including new order types and more efficient processing and reporting.

Thai Bourse Market Report For July - Daily Average Stock Trading Volume Up 6.1 Pct M-O-M, Down 19.4 Pct Y-O-Y - Derivatives Trading At 43,380 Contracts Per Day, Down 17.5 Pct From June - Market Cap At THB 9.94 Trillion, Up 18.25 Pct From End-2011

Date 08/08/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET) securities trading volume in July rose 6.1 percent from the previous month, but down 19.44 percent from a year earlier. Market sentiment in July was weighed by mounting concerns of Euro debt crisis, especially in Greek and Spain, and China’s economy is growing at a slow pace.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Releases "Guidelines For Development And Innovation Of Fund Products"

Date 08/08/2012

With a view to implementing the requirement of Chairman Guo Shuqing for promoting fund management companies to accelerate the transition to modern wealth management institutions and supporting them to develop fund products meeting risk return demands of different investors in a market-oriented and customer-centered approach, the Shanghai Securities Exchange (SSE) has recently published and implemented the "SSE Guidelines for Development and Innovation of Fund Products" after having solicited opinions from fund companies for several times. The guidelines will ease a restriction on the development of only one ETF product for one index.