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European Commission Pushing For “Bad Policy” On Short Selling And Credit Default Swaps, Warns London MEP

Date 07/12/2010

A leaked report from the European Commission has highlighted the “efficiency of CDS markets in sovereign debt” and praises credit default swaps for keeping national bond yields low. The leaked document even says that CDS has benefited Greece by providing it with added liquidity.
CFTC Releases History Of “Traders In Financial Futures” COT Data

Date 07/12/2010

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, December 3, 2010, made available more than four years of history of “Traders in Financial Futures” data included in the weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) reports. History for these commodity futures markets is available at www.cftc.gov.
Thailand Futures Exchange: Investors In Thai Gold Futures Should Use Only SEC-Approved Brokers

Date 07/12/2010

The Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) has warned investors trading in gold futures to use only brokers authorized by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The list of all 41 approved brokers is available on the SEC and TFEX websites.
London Stock Exchange Group Monthly Market Report - November 2010

Date 07/12/2010

London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) sits at the heart of the world's financial community, offering international business unrivalled access to Europe's capital markets. In November a total of 24.5 million trades were carried out across the Group's electronic equity order books with a combined value of £187.2 billion (€219.6 billion), up 14 per cent on November 2009 (21.4 million trades).
UK's Financial Services Authority Contacts 49,000 People To Warn Them They Could Be Targets Of Boiler Room Share Fraudsters

Date 07/12/2010

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is contacting thousands of people to warn them they could become victims of share fraud after it recovered its biggest ever ‘master list’ used by boiler room fraudsters.

HKEx To Further Enhance Market Data Services

Date 07/12/2010

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Tuesday) three major initiatives to further improve its market data services. These initiatives will provide broader access to real-time market prices for the investing public, faster derivatives market data and a simpler licensing regime for information vendors. Fees of the new services are subject to the regulatory approval.
Honorary CISI Fellowships For Hector Sants And Angela Knight CBE

Date 07/12/2010

FSA CEO Hector Sants and Angela Knight CBE, Chief Executive of the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), have each been awarded Honorary Fellowship of the CISI.
RTS Stock Exchange Wins FOW Awards For Best Innovations In Eastern Europe

Date 07/12/2010

The winners of the FOW Awards for Innovation 2010 were announced on December 1, 2010 at the close of FOW's Derivatives World conference in London.
Deutsche Börse: Xetra-Gold Top Pick For Asset Managers - Almost Three Quarters Of All Precious Metal Portfolio Recommendations For “Xetra-Gold”

Date 07/12/2010

Nearly 75 percent of all investment recommendations in precious metals from banks and independent investment advisors are for “Xetra-Gold”. This was the conclusion reached by Quanvest GmbH in its assessment of investment recommendations as part of this year’s Fuchsbriefe tests. “71 percent of all portfolio recommendations for precious metal investments are for Xetra-Gold,” said Christian Libor, managing director of Quanvest.
Emerging Markets: Leveling The ESG Playing Field - Companies Operating In Emerging Markets Are Progressively Catching Up With Their Developed Market Peers In Terms Of Environmental, Social And Governance (ESG) Transparency And Performance, Despite Signifi

Date 07/12/2010

The integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into business practices by emerging market companies has improved over the past few years, according to the new Eurosif Emerging Markets Report. Although lower than in developed markets and with different country implementation levels, ESG integration by companies operating in emerging market economies is on the rise, with investors playing a role in shaping and developing the market.