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LCH.Clearnet Appoints Charlie Longden As CEO Of CDSClear

Date 06/12/2011

LCH.Clearnet SA (LCH.Clearnet) has appointed Charlie Longden as CEO of CDSClear, its credit default swap (CDS) clearing service. Charlie joins LCH.Clearnet from Markit where he was managing director of fixed income, heading up the development of new credit services, including Markit’s new evaluated bonds platform, as well as managing the CDS product in Europe.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - November 2011

Date 06/12/2011

Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first 11 months of 2011 was $71,792 million, an increase of 3 per cent when compared with $69,664 million for the same period last year.

Borsa Italiana: New Edition Of The Italian Corporate Governance Code

Date 06/12/2011

Yesterday the new edition of Corporate Governance Code of Listed Companies was presented in Milan, at Palazzo Mezzanotte, the headquarter of Borsa Italiana.

State Street Global Advisors Implements Fixed Income Trading And Compliance With Fidessa

Date 06/12/2011

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world’s financial community, has today announced that State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), has successfully implemented Fidessa’s buy-side investment solution for fixed income and compliance. In one of SSgA’s largest upgrades to its front office systems, the firm now benefits from a single platform covering connectivity, trading workflow and pre-trade compliance for all asset classes.

DGCX November Volumes Rise 121 % Year-On-Year To Reach 423,945 Contracts - Year-To-Date (YTD) Volume Stands At 3,629,409 Contracts, A 106 % Increase On 2010 - Average Daily Volume In November Stands At 19,270 Contracts, A 101% Rise On Last Year

Date 06/12/2011

November volumes on the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) grew 121 % year-on-year to reach 423,945 contracts, valued at US$ 17.15 billion. Year-to-date volume in 2011 also increased 106% on 2010 levels to reach 3,629,409 contracts valued at US$ 169 billion.

South African Listed Companies Make Progress Tackling Climate Change - JSE’s 2011 SRI Index Annual Review Results

Date 06/12/2011

Two thirds of JSE-listed companies assessed on behalf of the JSE by global investment research provider EIRIS (with their local partner at the University of Stellenbosch Business School), fulfil the base requirements to become a constituent of the exchange’s Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Index.

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report - November 2011

Date 06/12/2011

Click here to download the ASX Group monthly activity Report for November 2011.

Shanghai Stock Exchange To Build Integrity-oriented Legal System For Market

Date 06/12/2011

The symposium on the integrity and legal system construction in the market was held yesterday in response to “December 4, the National Law Publicity Day”.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange To Launch Legal System Promotion Activity For China Legal System Promotion Day

Date 06/12/2011

With the coming of December 4, the 11th China Legal System Promotion Day, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, China Securities Depository & Clearing Corp. Ltd. Shenzhen Branch and Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. jointly organized an online legal system promotion campaign focusing on the hot topics of “ChiNext board delisting system and investor’s rights protection”. On the morning of December 5, a dedicated legal system promotion team composed of the business experts from the Exchange and Clearing Company and the invited senior lawyers had a two-hour comprehensive communication with the investors through the Investor Online Communication Platform. 420 hot topics were discussed, including the ChiNext delisting system, securities issuance, listing, trading, registration, clearing, as well as the normalized operation of listed companies, information disclosure, acquisition and restructuring, funds and bonds businesses, and the establishment of honesty system.

ASX Compliance Monthly Activity Report – November 2011

Date 06/12/2011

Average monthly new listings for FY11 year-to-date stand at 9 (compared to 13 listings per month on average forFY10).