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A World First: Structured Products In The Trading Currency Gold - Scoach Switzerland Is The First Exchange In The World To Offer Trading In Gold Structured Products

Date 10/10/2011

As of 10 October 2011, Scoach Switzerland will support trading in structured products with gold as the trading currency. The Swiss central depository, SIX Securities Services, is responsible for the processing. The initial spark for innovation in the sector originates from EFG Financial Products, one of the most innovative issuers of exchange-traded structured products on Scoach Switzerland.
New Record For MarketDataPeaks.com - 07-October-2011 - Peak Of 6.65 Million Messages Per Second

Date 10/10/2011

Exegy, Inc., the market data appliance company, announced today that the Exegy Ticker Plant driving the MarketDataPeaks web site hit a new processing peak of 6.65 million messages per second. This compares to 6.1 million on 12 September when the market turned up and down rapidly in reaction to news and rumours about the debt crisis in the Euro zone.
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 10/10/2011

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 issued today 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.
Thai Bourse Joins With Four Banks For SWIFT’s Corporate Actions Service

Date 10/10/2011

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announces the first collaboration of its new post-trade service with four leading banks – HSBC Thailand, Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) plc, Bangkok Bank plc, and Citibank Thailand – in which they agree to send corporate action news via SWIFT messages starting from this month.
Tehran Stock Exchange Bulletin - September 2011

Date 09/10/2011

Click here to dowbload Tehran Stock Exchange's bulletin for September 2011.

Jafza-Based Companies Explore Ways To Access Capital Markets At A Seminar Led By NASDAQ Dubai - Panel Of Experts Explain How Companies Can Capitalise On Ipos, Private Equity Deals, Long-Term Debt And Bank Loans In Current Economic Conditions

Date 09/10/2011

Senior executives of prominent companies based in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) took part in the first of a series of ground-breaking seminars titled “Access Capital for Growth”, hosted by Jafza and NASDAQ Dubai that examined various ways for them to access the capital markets.
Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange: Weekly Market Commentary - October 9, 2011

Date 09/10/2011

Welcome to the Weekly Market Commentary from DGCX, providing you with a snapshot of what’s happening in the energy, precious metal and currency futures markets.
October 2011 InBOX

Date 07/10/2011

This is the October issue of InBOX, your news source from inside the BOX Options Exchange. This monthly publication will provide convenient summaries of recent developments at BOX.
BATS 1000 Index Advances 2.3% This Week

Date 07/10/2011

BATS Global Markets, a global stock market operator, reports the BATS 1000SM Index (Ticker: BATSK) rose 294.40 points, or 2.3%, this week to close at 13,126.22 as of 4 p.m. ET today. The S&P 500 Index was up 2.1% on the week.
Fitch Downgrades Italy To 'A+' - Outlook Negative

Date 07/10/2011

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Italian Republic's (Italy) foreign and local currency Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) from 'AA-' (AA minus) to 'A+' (A plus) and the short-term rating from 'F1+' to 'F1'. The Outlook on the long-term ratings is Negative. The Country Ceiling of 'AAA' has also been affirmed.