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American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Canadian Stock Transfer Company And Wells Fargo Shareowner Services Join Equiniti’s Global Share Alliance

Date 14/03/2012

The UK’s leading provider of share registration services, Equiniti, has expanded its Global Share Alliance, along with founding partners Link and Tricor, with the addition of North American share registrars AST (American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC), CST (Canadian Stock Transfer Company Inc.) and Wells Fargo Shareowner Services. The Alliance provides a market-leading technology and financial services offering to globally listed companies.

Alexander Stubb, Minister For European Affairs And Foreign Trade Of Finland, To Ring NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell In New York City

Date 14/03/2012

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki is pleased to announce that Mr. Alexander Stubb, Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade of Finland, will ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell in New York City, NY, at 9:30 am EDT today, March 14, 2012.

The Romanian CSD Launches The Turnaround Settlement Service

Date 14/03/2012

Starting today, 14th of March 2012, Depozitarul Central will provide its clients with turnaround capabilities. This service delivers substantial efficiencies to the market players by creating further opportunities for non-resident investors, with an easier access to Romanian financial instruments, including those which are subject to public offerings.

Thai Bourse Market Report For February - Daily Average Trading Volume Up 39.81 Pct Month-On-Month To USD 1.12 Bln - Market Cap At THB 9.52 Trillion, Up 13.27 Pct From End-2011 - Derivatives Trading Up 21.80 Pct Month-On-Month At 34,230 Contracts Per Day

Date 14/03/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET) securities trading volume in February rose 39.81 percent from the previous month, and up 22.63 percent from a year earlier. The increase was helped by clearer signs of U.S. economic recovery, Greek debt resolution, and Thailand’s quick post-flood recovery.

SIX Exchange Regulation: Bergbahnen Engelberg-Trübsee-Titlis AG Is Fined

Date 14/03/2012

SIX Exchange Regulation has issued a fine of CHF 7,500 to BergbahnenEngelberg-Trübsee-Titlis AG owing to an infringement of the requirement to disclose management transactions.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority To Issue Revised Draft Guidance Note On Effective Disclosure In Offer Documents

Date 14/03/2012

The Financial Markets Authority will publish a revised draft of its guidance note by 2 April 2012 and invites further submissions from the market.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Urges Securities Companies To Strengthen Investor Education In Rational Investment

Date 14/03/2012

In order to urge securities companies to strengthen investor education in rational investment, improve the professional qualities of their personnel engaged in investor education and promote the cultural development of rational investment, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), in line with the united deployment of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), held the mobilization meeting and the lecturer training class for the special lecture tour themed "guidance for rational investment" yesterday, with the attendees being over 200 contact persons for investor education and internal lecturers from over 100 securities companies. Also present at the activity were relevant persons-in-charge of the CSRC Investor Protection Bureau and the SSE.

Keynote Address By Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority Of Singapore At Investment Management Association Of Singapore 13th Annual Conference At Raffles City Convention Centre On 14 March 2012

Date 14/03/2012

Mr Lester Gray, Chairman of IMAS,
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning.

Forces Driving the Global Economic Outlook 

A Fragile Equilibrium

1. The world economy appears to have found a fragile equilibrium.  There are weaknesses in key economies balanced by pockets of growth elsewhere.  More notably, the worst fears of the last three months of 2011 have not materialised.  The last six weeks in particular have shown signs that the global economy has avoided imminent disaster. 

Statement At The Conclusion Of The European Bank Coordination “Vienna 2.0” Initiative’s Full Forum

Date 13/03/2012

The following statement was issued today by the European Bank “Vienna” Initiative following the conclusion on March 13, 2012 of a two-day meeting in Brussels:

“Public-private Forum boosts Coordination to Support Financial Sector Stability in Emerging Europe

“Stability of the financial sector and ensuring orderly credit conditions in emerging Europe are in the shared interest of the private sector and home and host countries. To this effect, principles to avoid disorderly deleveraging in emerging Europe were agreed by officials and private sector banks at a meeting in Brussels (see Annex below). The agreement aims to better coordinate banking sector regulation and supervision and to contain negative spillovers between the euro area and emerging Europe. It emphasises the central role of European institutions and the international financial institutions in facilitating this coordination."

BATS Global Markets To IPO - First Day of Trading March 23

Date 13/03/2012

BATS Global Markets is planning to IPO in two weeks. BATS has set a price range that gives it a market capitalization of USD810 million at its midpoint.