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The Middle East Investor Relations Society Launches The Palestine Chapter, The Latest Initiative To Promote IR Best Practice In The Middle East

Date 07/02/2012

The Middle East Investor Relations Society (ME-IR Society) and a number of Palestinian companies following IR best practices met in Ramallah today to agree an Investor Relations Charter.  The Charter will improve the quality of investor relations practices and educational resources in Palestine. The Charter also creates an informal supervisory Board of ME-IR Society member companies which will assist with the development of IR initiatives in Palestine.  The new Board consists of representatives from The Palestine Exchange (PEX); PADICO, PALTEL, Bank of Palestine, Jerusalem Pharmaceuticals; and Bank of New York Mellon.

AX Trading Names Industry Vet John King Head of Sales

Date 07/02/2012

AX Trading LLC today announced that industry veteran John King has joined the firm as Managing Director - Head of Sales. Mr. King will report to Peter Jenkins, President and Head of the Institutional Equities business at AX Trading.

ADEX Monthly Statistical Bulletin January 2012

Date 07/02/2012

MTS And Newedge Launch Agency Cash Management (ACM) Platform For Tri-Party Repo Market

Date 07/02/2012

• Transparent, electronic platform offers investors access to low-risk, secured money market investments
• Offers benefits of tri-party repo to the buy-side and delivers new pools of liquidity to the sell-side
• Provides access to wholesale pricing with cash placed via daily cash auctions

Powernext Gas Spot: New Volume Record

Date 07/02/2012

On 3rd February 2012, 524 GWh were traded on the Powernext Gas Spot platform. This sets a new daily volume record. The previous one was registered on 25th November 2011 with 418 GWh.

Fidessa Explores Challenges And Opportunities Of Best Execution In Australia - Third White Paper In Series On Australia Looks At How Firms Can Turn Regulatory Burden Into Competitive Edge

Date 07/02/2012

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world’s financial community, has today announced the publication of the third in its series of white papers looking at issues raised by the new market integrity legislation in Australia. Entitled Beauty and the Best - the perils and opportunities of Best Execution in a multi-market structure, the paper examines different ways in which equity brokers might approach the new obligation for Best Execution, and how their buy-side clients will be affected.

EEX Launches CO2 Products For Airline Industry

Date 07/02/2012

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will soon offer emission allowances for the airline industry for trading. The so-called European Aviation Allowances (EUAA) are special EU emission allowances which can only be used by airline companies for compliance purposes.

Thai Futures Exchange Announces Broker Ranking For January

Date 07/02/2012

The Thailand Futures Exchange plc (TFEX), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) group, launches monthly broker ranking report to announce top active derivatives brokers which have the most client trading volumes by markets, which are equities, precious metal, and energy.

Deutsche Börse: New ComStage ETF Launched On Xetra - First Leveraged ETF On Emerging Markets

Date 07/02/2012

An additional equity index fund issued by ComStage ETF has been tradable on Xetra since Tuesday. For the first time, investors have the opportunity to participate in the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index with a double leverage.

DGCX January 2012 Volumes Jump 95% From 2011 - Gold Futures Rise 355.7% From December 2011 To Reach 30,567 Contracts - Monthly Volumes Of 475,942 Contracts Represent Value Of $ 19.32 Billion - India Rupee Record The Highest Monthly Volume Every Of 431,902 Contracts In January

Date 07/02/2012

Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) got off to a strong start in 2012 with January volumes rising 95% from the same month last year to hit 475,942 contracts, valued at $ 19.32 billion.