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Eurex Clearing Launches The First Major Element Of Its New Client Asset Protection Services - New “Individual Clearing Model” Offers Individual Client Segregation To Ensure Maximum Protection And Portability Of Client Assets - Upcoming European Regulatory Requirements Of EMIR On Segregation Of Clients’ And Intermediaries’ Assets Already Addressed - Important Contribution To Increase Market Safety And Integrity

Date 22/08/2011

Eurex Clearing, Europe’s leading clearinghouse, announced the launch of its “Individual Clearing Model”, the first major element of a new suite of industry leading client segregation services. The new service is the first segregation solution offered by a clearing house enabling full legal and operational segregation of all assets (positions and margin collateral) for its non-clearing members (clients with trading admission) at the clearing house level. The new model allows for collateral and positions to be transferred immediately in the event of a clearing member default, thus clients are protected and enabled to continue their trading activities.

Thailand Futures Exchange Resumes Trading Of Silver Futures At 15:04 Hrs After Temporary Halt

Date 22/08/2011

Due to the Silver Futures was executed more than 10% of the latest settlement price, Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) decided to suspend trading of all Silver Futures series for a certain period, from 14.34 onwards, and recommenced the trading of Silver Futures from 15:04.

NASDAQ Dubai Appoints Angela Russo As General Counsel

Date 22/08/2011

NASDAQ Dubai has appointed Angela Russo, an experienced commercial and corporate lawyer, as General Counsel and Acting Head of Market Regulation.

GF Futures Joins SGX As First Chinese Member

Date 22/08/2011

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomes its first Chinese member, GF Futures (Hong Kong).

Tokyo Grain Exchange Circuit Breaker Level For Rice futures For The Clearing Period Of August 23, 2011

Date 22/08/2011

Click here to download the circuit breaker for rice futures for the clearing period of August 23, 2011. 

NZX Dairy Futures Final Settlement Price Period Name Change

Date 21/08/2011

The Settlement Price1 at expiry for all NZX Dairy Futures (WMP, AMF and SMP) (“Dairy Futures Contracts”) is currently calculated by taking a simple average of the winning prices for the relevant product specifications in Contract Period 1 ("C1").

Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange Weekly Market Commentary - August 21, 2011

Date 21/08/2011

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.

Tehran Stock Exchange: Offers Bank Pasargard (BPI) To Public

Date 20/08/2011

On 16 August 2011, trading on Bank Pasargad's equity shares was started on Tehran StockExchange for first time after listing. At the first day, 122 Million equity shares of BPI (as 9th listed Bank) were traded at the price of IRR 2,106 (0.20 USD) with the total value of IRR 257 billion (24.4 USD million).

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 19/08/2011

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

• On August 18, 2011, the bid by Canadian Tire Corporation (TSX:CTC.A) to acquire Forzani Group Ltd. (TSX:FGL) expired. Canadian Tire will acquire Forzani Group for $CDN26.50 cash per share. Forzani Group will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Discretionary and the S&P/TSX Composite Dividend Indices effective after the close of Wednesday, August 24, 2011.

CFTC’s Office Of Chief Economist To Host Conference On Commodity Markets

Date 19/08/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Office of Chief Economist will host a high-level research conference on August 25-26, 2011, to discuss key issues affecting commodity markets. CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler will give opening remarks at 9 a.m. on August 25, 2011.