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Household Brands Are UK’s Top Dividend Achievers - Large-Caps Dominate Index Of Consistent Dividend-Paying Stocks - Vodafone, SABMiller And British American Tobacco Included - Consumer Goods Predominant

Date 05/03/2012

Trusted brands known and used in every household in the UK were also among some of the most consistent, dividend yielding stocks over the past year, according to Indxis, a leading independent provider of bespoke indexes and investment products.

Thai Listed Firms’ Earnings Up 4.3 Pct In 2011 - 2011 Net Profits Of Listed Companies Up 4.3 Pct Y-O-Y - Sales Up 22.2 Pct Y-O-Y To THB 9.10 Trillion (USD 297.33 Billion) - PTT, PTTEP, SCB, PTTGC And BBL Are Top Five Best Performers In Terms Of Amount Of Net Profits

Date 05/03/2012

Companies listed on The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) report a net profit of THB 625.37 billion (approx. USD 20.42 billion) in January-December, 2011, up 4.30 percent from a year earlier, with four of the industry groups – Resources, Financials, Industrials, and Agro & Food Industry -- having increased their net profit.

February 2012 On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 05/03/2012

• WSE bonds sold to individual investors were newly listed;
• Foreign investors had the biggest share in trading in 2011;
• WSE acquired POLPX shares.

ICAP Extends Data Partnership With Japan’s QUICK Corp.

Date 05/03/2012

ICAP, the world’s leading interdealer broker, announces today that it has extended its long-established distribution partnership with Japan’s QUICK Corp. (QUICK), one of the leading suppliers of real-time financial information.  The new three-year agreement will continue the provision of ICAP’s data products and services to QUICK customers in Japan and internationally via QUICK’s ActiveManager and Astra product series. 

EEX Trading Results In February

Date 05/03/2012

In February 2012, the total trading volume on the Natural Gas Market of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) amounted to 8,886,546 MWh, doubling the February volume traded last year (4,070,980 MWh).

SGX Market Activities Continue To Grow In February

Date 05/03/2012

Singapore Exchange (SGX), the world’s biggest offshore market for Asian equity futures, posted growth in derivatives volume in February. Activity in the securities and commodity market also grew in February from January and versus a year earlier.

ETF Securities Launches Sterling-Hedged Commodities Solution For UK Investors - 14 New Exchange-Traded Commodities Listed On The London Stock Exchange

Date 05/03/2012

ETF Securities has on Friday 2 March launched a range of 14 new sterling-hedged Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) on the London Stock Exchange. The products are designed to mitigate the effects of currency volatility in the portfolios of sterling-based investors by reducing exposure to the US dollar - the currency in which most commodities are priced.

Thai Bourse Holds Campaign To Promote SET-Listed ETFs

Date 05/03/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) gears up its 2012 strategy to boost investment in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and stimulate new ETF launches by holding the campaign “ETFs give chances to win a THB 10,000 gift voucher every week,” aiming to increase ETF purchases and boost assets under management to THB 7.5 billion (approx. USD 244.3 million) this year.

HKEx And Shanghai Futures Exchange Sign MOU

Date 05/03/2012

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation and the exchange of information.

The Spanish Midcaps Meet Thirty Institutional Investors In New York - First Edition Of The Spanish Small & Midcaps Conference In New York, Organised By BME And Banco Portugués De Investimento (BPI)

Date 05/03/2012

Tomorrow begins in New York the first edition of the “Spanish Small &  Midcaps Conference”, organized by BME and BPI in collaboration with IESE  Business School. The gathering will bring together 30 US institutional investors  with the managers of 11 Spanish listed companies of medium and small  capitalisation.