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Analysis Of Securities Investment By Koreans In 2010

Date 18/05/2011

The Korea Exchange (KRX) analyzed the number of Korean who invested in the stocks of 723 companies listed in the KOSPI Market and 1,011 companies listed in the KOSDAQ Market in 2010.
Opening Address By Mr Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At The Merrill Lynch Asian Stars Conference 2011

Date 18/05/2011

According to estimates by the late British economist, Angus Maddison, two thousand years ago, India had the largest GDP in the world. China was close behind. Together, they accounted for more than half of global GDP. Asia ex Japan was 75 per cent of world GDP. And this was at the height of the Roman Empire in Europe, which accounted for just 10 per cent of global output. Over the next 1,800 years, the two Asian giants remained the largest economies in the world, with China pulling ahead of India about 500 years ago. For much of this period, Asia ex Japan was typically about three times larger than Western Europe.
Shanghai Stock Exchange To Introduce Cross-border ETFs This Year

Date 18/05/2011

The debut of Hong Kong share ETFs is drawing near as regulators, bourses and industry representatives from China's mainland and Hong Kong gathered in Hong Kong on May 13 for a seminar on cross-border products cooperation and development.
FinArch Continues Worldwide Expansion With The Opening Of A New Office In Thailand

Date 18/05/2011

Financial Architects (FinArch), voted the best integrated Finance and Risk vendor by Chartis Research for the second year, is pleased to announce the opening of a new regional office in Bangkok, Thailand.
Arirang KRX100EW ETF And K100EW ETF To Be Listed On The Korea Exchange

Date 18/05/2011

The Korea Exchange (KRX) is going to list two ETFs, Arirang KRX100EW ETF and Arirang K100EW ETF, on May 18, 2011.

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange Has A New Corporate Identity

Date 17/05/2011

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange changed its corporate identity on 17 May 2011.
European Economic And Financial Affairs Council Recommends The Nomination Of Mario Draghi As President Of The European Central Bank

Date 17/05/2011

The Council today adopted a recommendation on the nomination of Mario Draghi (Italy)as President of the European Central Bank, to succeed Jean-Claude Trichet, whose term ofoffice expires on 31 October.
Hellenic Exchanges S.A. - CFO And New Director Of Strategic Planning, Communication And Investor Relations At HELEX

Date 17/05/2011

Hellenic Exchanges informs investors that the Board of Directors, at its meeting on 16.5.2011, appointed Mr. Vassilios Govaris as Chief Financial Officer, and Mrs. Georgia Mourla to replace Mr. Symeon Spyrou as Director of Strategic Planning, Communication and Investor Relations.
CFTC Charges Florida Firm, American Precious Metals, LLC, And Principals, Sammy J. Goldman And Harry Robert Tanner, Jr., With Fraud - American Precious Metals, Allegedly A Boiler Room Telemarketing Firm, Purportedly Purchased More Than $23 Million Of Precious Metals For Customers Of Their Leveraged Precious Metals Purchase Program, But Allegedly Never Purchased Any Metal For Customers

Date 17/05/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it charged precious metals firm American Precious Metals, LLC (APM) of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and its founders and principals, Sammy J. Goldman of Delray Beach, Fla., and Harry Robert Tanner, Jr. of Lake Worth, Fla., with fraud in connection with offering, purchasing, selling or delivering gold, silver, platinum and palladium to U.S. retail customers on a leveraged basis. The CFTC’s lawsuit also alleges that the defendants violated the Commodity Exchange Act’s prohibition against selling palladium to customers on a leveraged basis. APM has never been registered with the CFTC.
ESMA Submits Its Technical Advice To The Commission On Fees For CRAs

Date 17/05/2011

The European Commission (the Commission) sent a formal request to ESMA to provide technical advice to assist the Commission in formulating a Regulation on fees for Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) by delegated act (please, find in Annex II a copy of the Commission’s formal request). The advice was due to be delivered to the Commission by 13 May 2011. On 14 April 2011, ESMA released a consultation to receive industry input in order to assist it in providing advice to the European Commission. In order to deliver its advice to the Commission, ESMA considered possible fee structures for CRAs registered or certified in the EU and for CRAs seeking registration or certification. In order to finalise the advice by the due deadline, ESMA decided it was appropriate to conduct a shortened consultation on these possible structures in order to enable it to deliver robust advice to the Commission.