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HKEx Arrangements For Adjustment Of Zijin Mining Options

Date 01/06/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the arrangements for the adjustment to the contract terms of all open Zijin Mining options contracts in existence after the market close on 10 June 2011 to account for Zijin Mining’s bonusissue comprising an additional five ordinary shares for each 10 ordinary shares held.

SGX Proposes Two Initiatives To Improve Market Transparency In Opening And Closing Trading Routines

Date 01/06/2011

Singapore Exchange (“SGX”) is consulting the public on two proposed improvements to the pre-opening and pre-closing routines of the securities market.  The proposals will enhance the price discovery process and strengthen market transparency.  Together with other initiatives including a reduction in the minimum bid size of securities from 4 July 2011, these new improvements are expected to enhance the market.

Fidessa's Compliance Solution Sentinel Selected By Nomura Asset Management

Date 01/06/2011

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 Nomura Asset Management, a leading asset management firm in Japan, has successfully gone live with Sentinel, Fidessa’s investment compliance solution for the buy-side. Nomura Asset Management will use Sentinel as their new tool for investment compliance and guideline monitoring.

FSA Censures BDO LLP For Failings As A Sponsor

Date 01/06/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today censured BDO LLP (BDO) for failings while acting as a sponsor during Shore Capital Group PLC’s (Shore Capital) takeover of Puma Brandenburg Limited (Puma). This is the first public censure of a sponsor, by the FSA, in relation to the Listing Rules.

RTS Group Weekly Market Results: May 23 - 27, 2011

Date 01/06/2011

• Stock Market 
• FORTS 
• RTS Board 

HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 01/06/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements.

HSI, MHI, HHI and MCH Futures Markets

There will be mandatory intra-day variation adjustment calls in the Hang Seng Index (HSI), Mini-Hang Seng Index (MHI), H-shares Index (HHI) and Mini H-shares Index (MCH) futures markets on Friday, 3 June 2011 based on open positions in the markets at around 3:00 pm on 3 June.

Quote MTF: Fast Growing New Venue Exceeds €130m Traded Volume

Date 01/06/2011

Quote MTF, a next generation, lit trading venue for Pan-European equities, today announced that its Daily Trading Volume has surpassed the Euro 130m mark. With turnover increasing consistently week-on-week since it launched just under two months’ ago, Quote MTF is the industry’s fastest growing new venue having traded more than Euro 1.5bn

Tokyo Financial Exchange Trading Volumes In May 2011

Date 01/06/2011

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 430,682 decreasing 53.2% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 16.8% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average dailyvolume was 22,667.

SGX Is World’s First Exchange To Clear Asian FX Forwards - Singapore Exchange Will Start Clearing Asian Foreign Exchange Forwards (Non-Deliverable) By September 2011

Date 01/06/2011

The clearing of Asian Foreign Exchange (FX) Forwards will include the non-deliverable currencies traded in the region, namely Chinese Yuan, Indonesian Rupiah, Indian Rupee, Korean Won, Malaysian Ringgit, Philippine Peso and Taiwanese Dollar.

Osaka Securities Exchange: 10th Ordinary General Meeting Of Shareholders

Date 01/06/2011

Click here to download the notice of the 10th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (English Summary).