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Deutsche Börse: Statement: The Management And Supervisory Boards Of Deutsche Börse AG Recommend Acceptance Of The Offer Made By Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V. - Combination Of Deutsche Börse And NYSE Euronext Creates The World’s Premier Global Exchange Group - Superior Value Creation Through Enhanced Growth Profile And Significant Synergies - Management And Supervisory Boards Of Deutsche Börse Recommend That All Shareholders Accept The Offer

Date 12/05/2011

Management Board and Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft today made a joint statement in accordance with Section 27 of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG) on the voluntary takeover offer published on 4 May 2011 by Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V.

Exchanges Sector Benefits From Merger Discussions - FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Experienced A 4.0 Per Cent Increase In April - Mondo Visione Exchange Forum Set Against Merger Backdrop

Date 12/05/2011

Exchanges Sector Benefits From Merger Discussions  - FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Experienced A 4.0 Per Cent Increase In April  - Mondo Visione Exchange Forum Set Against Merger Backdrop

Nomura’s NEXT FUNDS Thai Stock SET50 Exchange Traded Fund Lists On Tokyo Stock Exchange

Date 12/05/2011

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., Japan’s largest asset manager and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today listed its NEXT FUNDS Thai Stock SET50 Exchange Traded Fund (ticker: 1559) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, marking the first listing of a Thai-stock ETF in Japan.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Encourages Listed Banks To Trade Bonds At Bourse

Date 12/05/2011

On May 11, Bank of Communications submitted orders to the auction system of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) through its rented business units, and concluded deals of RMB40 million, which not only marked the success of the mode whereby listed commercial banks participate in the trading of bonds at the bourse through their business units rented from securities companies but also proved the SSE's capability to ensure the security of listed commercial banks' trading information and technology in the aforesaid mode.

Nomura's Next Funds FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Exchange Traded Fund Lists On Tokyo Stock Exchange

Date 12/05/2011

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., Japan's largest asset manager and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today listed its NEXT FUNDS FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Exchange Traded Fund (ticker: 1560) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, marking the first listing of a Malaysia-stock ETF in Japan.

ASIC Consults On Market Integrity Rules For The FEX Market

Date 12/05/2011

ASIC today announced it has released a consultation paper proposing new market integrity rules which will apply should Financial and Energy Exchange Limited (FEX) be granted an Australian market licence. 

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Expansion Of Circuit Breaker Level (Silver, All Contract Months, 5/12 11:40 JST)

Date 12/05/2011

As of 11:40 today (5/12nd), the CB trigger level will be expanded.

Speech By Mr Peter Ong, Singapore's Permanent Secretary For Finance At The Investment Management Assocation Of Singapore (IMAS) 12th Annual Conference

Date 12/05/2011

The world economy is now in the midst of an economic upturn, and analysts have forecast that 2011 will see strong growth.  The International Monetary Fund has projected real global GDP growth in 2011 and 2012 to be about 4.5 percent, with growth in the Asia Pacific region projected to average nearly 7 percent in both 2011 and 2012 .

Thomson Reuters Embeds Data Visualization Technology Into Quant Trading Platform

Date 11/05/2011

Thomson Reuters today announced it has joined forces with Panopticon Software, a provider of visual data analysis solutions, to embed data visualization capabilities into the Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform for Velocity Analytics. These new capabilities are available both as a managed service within Elektron, the firm’s high performance real-time network and hosting environment, or deployed directly at client sites. The fully integrated high-performance, low latency platform enables firms to move seamlessly from strategy development and testing to deployment and monitoring.

Statement From NASDAQ OMX

Date 11/05/2011

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ) has issued the following statement with regard to the ongoing antitrust process surrounding its offer to acquire the NYSE Euronext, following its presentation at the UBS Global Financial Services Conference in New York yesterday:

NASDAQ OMX is working closely with the Department of Justice to provide all the necessary materials they require to conduct a thorough review of our proposed transaction and it has also made its Hart-Scott Rodino filings. NASDAQ OMX makes no comment on the specifics of these discussions or how they are progressing, has received no assurances from the Department of Justice as to the timing or outcome of the review.  Comments made by NASDAQ OMX concerning the impact of potential remedies on NASDAQ OMX are based solely upon the views ofNASDAQ OMX.