News Centre

Clearstream’s IT Division Signs Two New Customers For Its IT Hosting And Managed Services - Banco Bradesco And BKCP Bank Outsource IT Hosting To Clearstream Services - Clearstream’s IT Hosting And Managed Services Offering Now Has 20 Clients

Date 15/12/2011

The Brazilian bank Banco Bradesco and BKCP Bank from Belgium will use Clearstream’s IT Hosting and Managed Services. Clearstream Services will run the IT infrastructure for the private banking application hub for Banco Bradesco outside the Americas, with supporting services provided by Real Solutions S.A. For BCKP Bank, the entire IT infrastructure will be supported by Clearstream Services, including the IT office infrastructure within the bank’s branches. All services will be hosted in Luxembourg. Clearstream Services now has 20 customers in its external IT business. Cost control continues to be a major concern in the financial sector and beyond. Financial institutions want to avoid to invest significant amounts of time and money in the construction and management of IT infrastructures, and thus increasingly outsource IT services to specialized providers.

HKEx Plans To Start After-Hours Futures Trading In The Second Half Of 2012

Date 15/12/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will proceed with a revised version of its proposal and start after-hours futures trading (AHFT) in the second half of 2012 after market support was found in a consultation.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: 2 New Companies Join The TA-25 Index

Date 15/12/2011

EDHEC-Risk Institute Announces “Solvency II Benchmarks” To Assist European Insurers With Their Allocation To Equities

Date 15/12/2011

At separate seminars in Paris and London on December 13 and 14, 2011, entitled “Solvency II Benchmarks: How to Implement an Optimal Equity Allocation within Solvency II,” EDHEC-Risk Institute presented the results of research carried out with the support of Russell Investments that has led to the development of risk management strategies that allow European insurance companies to keep a reasonable capital requirement while providing attractive products to policyholders.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Lo Kam Chung Convicted Of Unlicensed Securities Advising Via Facebook

Date 15/12/2011

The Eastern Magistracy today convicted Mr Lo Kam Chung of carrying on a business of advising on securities when he was not licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to do so.

HKEx To Introduce HSI Volatility Index Futures On 20 February

Date 15/12/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce trading of HSI Volatility Index (VHSI) Futures on Monday, 20 February 2012.

Ljubljana Stock Exchange: Monthly Statistics November 2011

Date 15/12/2011

Click here to download Ljubljana Stock Exchange's monthly statistics for November 2011.

SGX To Announce Second Quarter Results On 16 Jan 2012

Date 15/12/2011

apore Exchange (SGX) will be announcing its second quarter (2Q) FY2012 results on Monday,16 January 2012, after market closes.

Qatar Remains Under Review For Potential Reclassification By MSCI As Part Of The 2012 Annual Market Classification Review

Date 15/12/2011

Qatar Exchange today marked the decision taken by MSCI last night to maintain the status of Qatar as a “Frontier” market and remain under review for potential reclassification to “Emerging” market as part of the 2012 annual market classification review as understandable in view of the fact that no changes have yet been made to foreign ownership limits since the June announcement by the MSCI.

Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Selects Fixnetix As The UK Point Of Presence And Network Provider - Emerging Markets Now Offering High Performance Direct Connectivity

Date 15/12/2011

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and Fixnetix announced today that the exchange has chosen Fixnetix as the provider of the JSE’s point of presence (PoP) in the UK, giving global investors easier access to the JSEs markets.