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Tokyo Stock Exchange: Request In Relation To Recent Issues Pertaining To Listed Companies

Date 26/10/2011

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and Tokyo Stock Exchange Regulation hereby released the "Request in reaction to recent issues pertaining to listed companies".

RTS Group Weekly Trading Results

Date 26/10/2011

Weekly Trading Results: October 17 - 21, 2011 (pdf, 402 Кб)

NASDAQ OMX Adopts ICB Company Classification Standard Globally

Date 26/10/2011

NASDAQ OMX has decided to adopt the ICB (Industry Classification Benchmark) standard globally, effective as of February 1, 2012. The NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Reykjavik, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius will adopt ICB which is the current standard on the NASDAQ OMX exchanges in the US.

IMF Sees Varied Outlook For Mideast, With Oil-Importing Countries Facing Continued Economic Pressures

Date 26/10/2011

The economic outlook for countries across the Middle East and North Africa region varies markedly, with the oil-exporters seeing a mild pickup in growth in 2011 on the back of higher oil prices, and the oil-importers experiencing a dramatic slowdown, the IMF says in its latest assessment of the region. The IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia, released today, projects growth in the Middle East and North Africa region, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, at 3.9 percent in 2011, down from 4.4 percent in 2010.

SIX Swiss Exchange To Offer Co-Location Services For New X-Stream INET Trading Platform With Equinix

Date 26/10/2011

SIX Swiss Exchange will offer co-location services for its new equities trading platform X-stream INET together with Equinix, a provider of global data center services. Connection to the new platform, scheduled for launch in the first half of 2012, will be provided in Equinix’s Zurich International Business Exchange (IBX) data center, and will offer market participants significantly enhanced trading capacity and reduced latency.

TABB Says Proposed Margin Rules For OTC Interest-Rate Derivatives Will Severely Damage Swaps Market Liquidity - Proposed Rules Will Render Many Trade Structures Extinct And Represent $1.4 Trillion In New Capital Allocation Globally For Rates Swaps

Date 26/10/2011

Regulatory mandates requiring firms to post initial margin on over-the-counter derivatives (OTCD) are among the biggest changes that Dodd-Frank legislation is set to bring about. According to TABB Group estimates in new research, these new margin rules will cause OTC interest-rate derivatives market participants to shoulder at least $1.4 trillion in new capital charges globally within the next three to five years.

ASIC Appoints New Queensland Regional Commissioner

Date 26/10/2011

ASIC Chairman Mr Greg Medcraft today welcomed the appointment of ASIC Senior Executive Leader Brett Bassett as Queensland Regional Commissioner.

MSCI Launches New Chinese Name “MSCI 明晟” - Market Leader Demonstrates Commitment To Greater China Market

Date 25/10/2011

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, including indices, portfolio risk and performance analytics and corporate governance services, announced yesterday the launch of its new Chinese name for use across Greater China - “MSCI 明晟” (“Ming Sheng”).

European Parliament: Preparing The Eurozone Summit

Date 25/10/2011

On Tuesday the main spokespersons for Parliament's political groups held a debate to discuss Wednesday's Eurozone summit, which is intended to deliver the instruments needed to handle the Eurozone crisis. MEPs broadly criticised the "summitry" management, arguing that the past year had already shown that this was not the way to handle the crisis.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 25/10/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, October 28, 2011:

• Augen Gold Corp. (TSXVN:GLD) will be removed from the index. The shares of the company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange having been acquired by Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc. (TSXVN:TRR).