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  • NYSE Euronext Completes Offering Of Net And Gross Return Versions On Its Main European Indices

    Date 02/02/2011

    Today NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced the launch of ten new net and gross return indices. For the AEX®, AMX®, AScX® and PSI 20® net return versions were released and for the BEL Mid® and BEL Small® indices gross return versions were launched. Net and gross return versions were also introduced for the CAC 40® and AEX® Equal Weight indices. With these new indices all of NYSE Euronext’s main European indices now have a net and gross return version.

  • Privatizations Could Raise Up To EUR 24 Billion On Vienna Stock Exchange

    Date 02/02/2011

    In Austria, there are a number of companies, especially at the regional level, that are potential candidates for privatization through the Vienna Stock Exchange and would contribute to the revival of the Austrian capital market. A study entitled “The Privatization Potential of State-owned Enterprises” conducted by the Economica Institute for Economic Research names the following candidates at the regional level: In the energy sector, BEWAG, Energie Oberösterreich, Energie Steiermark, KELAG, Salzburg AG, TIWAG, Vorarlberger Illwerke and Wien Energie. In the transport sector, there is potential in the airports of Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Linz and Salzburg. Additionally, at the national level Münze Österreich and Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft are privatization candidates. The partial privatization of these companies – the state keeps a stake of 25% + 1 share – could raise an IPO volume of EUR 19.9 billion on the Austrian capital market. Furthermore, the potential of secondary public offerings by already partially privatized companies listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (Österreichische Post, Telekom Austria, OMV, Flughafen Wien, EVN and Verbund) would be EUR 3.9 billion.

  • SEC Proposes Rules For Security-Based Swap Execution Facilities

    Date 02/02/2011

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to propose rules defining security-based swap execution facilities (SEFs) and establishing their registration requirements, as well as their duties and core principles.

  • NASDAQ OMX Reports Record Fourth Quarter 2010 Results - Non-GAAP EPS Of $0.55 Represents 20% Increase Over Q409 Results

    Date 02/02/2011

    The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. ("NASDAQ OMX®") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) reported strong results for the fourth quarter of 2010. Net income attributable to NASDAQ OMX for the fourth quarter of 2010 was $137 million, or $0.69 per diluted share, compared with $101 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2010, and $43 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2009. For the full year of 2010, net income attributable to NASDAQ OMX was $395 million, or $1.91 per diluted share.

  • Speech By SEC Commissioner Troy A. Paredes: Statement At Open Meeting To Propose Rules Regarding The Registration And Regulation Of Security-Based Swap Execution Facilities (Regulation SB SEF)

    Date 02/02/2011

    Thank you, Chairman Schapiro.

    Section 763 of the Dodd-Frank Act amends the Exchange Act to authorize the Commission to adopt rules regarding the registration and regulation of security-based swap execution facilities ("SB SEFs"). Pursuant to this authority, the Commission is proposing these rules.