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UK’s Financial Services Authority Announces Annual Funding Requirement For 2011/12

Date 01/02/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today announced its proposed Annual Funding Requirement (AFR) for 2011/12. The AFR for 2011/12 is £500.5m, up from £454.7m in 2010/11, a gross increase of 10.1% in overall funding. The increase will be borne by larger firms, reflecting the resources applied to intensive supervision of high impact firms.
Chi-X Japan Posts Another Record Month - Only Six Months After Launch, Strong Growth Momentum Continues; January Value Traded Reaches ¥212 Billion, Up From ¥115 Billion In December

Date 01/02/2011

Chi-X Japan Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X Global Inc., today announced that January 2011 was another record month for the firm, with turnover reaching ¥211.8 billion and 367 million shares changing hands. Additionally, Chi-X Japan now has 12 trading participants actively using its low latency, state-of-the-art trading venue and has expanded its universe of stocks available for trading to 822 from five at the time of launch.
London Stock Exchange Celebrates Retail Bond Market's First Birthday

Date 01/02/2011

The London Stock Exchange today marked the first anniversary of the launch of its Order book for Retail Bonds (ORB). Since February 2010 the ORB, designed specifically for private investors, has seen significant growth in both the number and range of bonds available for trading, as well as an increase in the number of participants offering investors access to the platform.
Sasol Inzalo BEE Ordinary Shares (Cash Offer) List On New JSE BEE Scheme Share Trading Facility

Date 01/02/2011

Today Sasol and the JSE announced the listing of the Sasol BEE Ordinary shares on the JSE’s Main Board effective from 7 February 2011.
Greenlight: Financial Trading – Consumer Search For Stock Trading Platforms Most Popular

Date 01/02/2011

446,000 searches were made online by UK consumers looking for trading-related platforms and services in October 2010. This is according to latest quarterly independent research from leading search marketing and technology firm, Greenlight. However, the majority of the most visible trading platforms relied on online advertising – paying for online visibility. Just two managed to secure prominence in the natural search* sphere which was dominated by informational sites.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For CITIC Pacific Futures

Date 01/02/2011

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 7 February 2011, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
2010 IPO Market Capitalisation Up 5-Fold And Record Year For Bond Listings At Singapore Exchange

Date 01/02/2011

• Total IPO market capitalisation recorded more than $50 billion • Number of IPOs up 26%; Over $11 billion raised in 39 IPOs • Record number of 277 bond listings amounting to $140 billion in notional value • SGX strengthens its role as the preferred listing gateway to Asia
EDF New Market Maker In EEX Natural Gas Trading

Date 01/02/2011

The European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) welcomes EDF Trading Limited as a new market maker for trading on the Derivatives Market for Natural Gas. As a market maker for the Natural Gas Derivatives Market, EDF Trading Limited will submit quotes for the first two front months and front quarters in the Net- Connect Germany (NCG) market areas as of now.
Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Volume In January 2011

Date 01/02/2011

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 711,407 increasing 11.6% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 25.7% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily volume was 37,442 .
Norwegian Investment Bank Pareto Securities Live With Fidessa's Sell-Side Trading Platform

Date 01/02/2011

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, market data and global connectivity solutions for the buy-side and sell-side, has today announced that Oslo based Pareto Securities AS (Pareto) is live with its Software as a Service (SaaS) sell-side trading platform.