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SIX Swiss Exchange: Index Adjustments On The Occasion Of The Ordinary Index Review

Date 10/07/2012

The Management Committee of SIX Swiss Exchange has decided to make changes to SIX Swiss Exchange index baskets on the basis of a recommendation from the Index Commission and in compliance with the SMI, SLI, SPI and SXI index rules. The indices will be adjusted on 21. September 2012 after closing. The adjustment takes effect on 24. September 2012.

Press Conference By Tadahiro Matsushita, Japan's Minister for Financial Services - Insider Trading

Date 10/07/2012

[Opening Remarks by Minister Matsushita]

I have a statement to make concerning the review of the system for managing corporate information.

In light of the series of cases of leakage of insider information at major Japanese securities companies, today, July 3, the Financial Services Agency decided to ask 12 major securities companies that play an important role in the underwriting of public offering of new shares to review their systems for managing corporate information.

Bloomberg Creates First NDF Clearing Link From FXGO To CME Group

Date 10/07/2012

Bloomberg executives today announced the industry’s first integration between a foreign exchange (FX) trading platform and a clearinghouse for clearing of non-deliverable forwards (NDFs). The connectivity was established to prepare for the mandatory clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives traded on swap execution facilities (SEFs).

EBS Announces New Dealing Rules

Date 10/07/2012

EBS, ICAP’s market leading electronic FX platform, today announces that it has published new Dealing Rules for its customers and is relaunching the EBS brand. 

TOM Insight June 2012

Date 10/07/2012

Click here to download TOM’s June‘ 12 Insight, a document describing matching statistics on TOM MTF and savings made for the retail client by TOM Smart Execution.

Thomson Reuters Launches Eikon For Compliance Management To Put Compliance Front And Centre Of The Trading Floor - Launch Comes On Back Of Poll That Reveals Only One In Three Traders Are Aware Of All Regulatory Rules Associated With Their Activity

Date 10/07/2012

Thomson Reuters today announced a solution to help streamline compliance workflows and provide simultaneous access to regulatory and market content. Thomson Reuters Eikon for Compliance Management, a version of its flagship Eikon desktop dedicated to trading floor compliance, combines Thomson Reuters market leading global regulatory intelligence with Eikon’s rich market data, news and analytics, to facilitate simple, timely and auditable compliance communication with the front office.

DnB Nord Selects SunGard’s Valdi For Connectivity To The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 10/07/2012

DnB NORD Polska (DnB Nord), the Polish brokerage arm of DnB NORD, one of Norway’s largest financial groups and a member of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), has selected SunGard’s Valdi trading solution to support its trading floor and provide connectivity to the WSE.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For ICBC Futures

Date 10/07/2012

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 12 July 2012, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

Fitch: Stable Outlooks Dominate Global Bank Ratings In Q212; Trends Show Marginal Negative Shift

Date 10/07/2012

Fitch Ratings says that over 70% of Outlooks assigned to bank ratings globally are Stable. This considerable degree of stability has persisted for a while, holding true for over five quarters. Nevertheless, the gradual negative shift in ratings continues. A newly-published report highlights that 21.5% of global bank ratings in Q212 are on Negative Outlook/Watch (Q112: 18.8%) and 3.6% on Positive Outlook/Watch (Q112: 3.8%).

Tehran Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin - June 2012

Date 10/07/2012

Please click here to download the TSE Monthly Bulletin for June 2012.