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Five Israeli Shares Were Added To The FTSE Med 100 Index

Date 25/11/2010

On Monday, 22/11/2010 on the occassion of the FTSE's semi-annual update of the FTSE Med-100 index, five Israeli shares were added to the index: B Communications, Menorah Mivtachim Holdings, Mellanox Technologies, Internet Gold and Ceragon.
Trading Of 10 New ETFs By Deutsche Bank Begins On The Spanish Stock Exchange - The First ETFs Issued By Deutsche Bank’s Asset Manager

Date 25/11/2010

The Spanish stock exchange has begun trading 10 new exchange traded funds (ETFs) issued by Deutsche Bank’s asset manager, DB X-Trackers, which will for the first time operate on this market following recent legal changes to allow trading in this investment product.
Alpiq Switches To Trayport’s GlobalVision Trading Gateway To Boost Its European Energy Trading Operations

Date 25/11/2010

Trayport Limited, a leading provider of multi-asset-class electronic trading solutions, today said that Alpiq, an independent Swiss service provider in the field of energy generation, trading and sales, has chosen to use GlobalVision Trading GatewaySM to trade energy commodities. Trading Gateway is a trading platform that enables users to trade commodities on multiple liquidity pools on a single user interface. The agreement with Alpiq shows Trayport’s intent to help energy companies grow and
New Appointments To The Supervisory Boards At The Stuttgart Stock Exchange - Dr Christian Holzherr Appointed As New Member

Date 25/11/2010

Dr Christian Holzherr, Management Board Member and Chief Financial Officer at Celesio AG, has been appointed to the Supervisory Boards of Boerse Stuttgart Holding GmbH, Boerse Stuttgart AG and EUWAX AG. The instatement of Dr Holzherr, an academically trained business engineer, completes the appointments to the Supervisory Boards. Dr Christian Holzherr has served Celesio AG since 2008 and was previously a Member of the Board of Management and Chief Financial Officer at EnBW AG.
SWIFT Sharia Compliant For Murabaha - AAOIFI Certification Enables The Automated Processing Of Murabaha Treasury Transactions

Date 25/11/2010

SWIFT today announced that ISO 15022 message standards for the processing of treasury Murabaha transactions have been certified compliant with the international Islamic finance standards issued by AAOIFI (Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions). This certification paves the way towards the automated processing of Murabaha treasury transactions, which reportedly represent 60% of all Islamic financing.

European Parliament: New Financial Market Supervision System Signed Into Law

Date 25/11/2010

The President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, and Belgium's State Secretary for European Affairs, Olivier Chastel, on Wednesday formally signed into law the financial supervision package, which will establish new authorities oversee the operation of banks, securities markets and insurance companies, as well as monitoring the build up of risk in the economic system as a whole.
Overseas Investor Trading In HKEx Derivatives Market Reaches Five-Year High

Date 25/11/2010

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited’s (HKEx) Derivatives Market Transaction Survey 2009/10 (covering the period from July 2009 to June 2010) found that the contribution of overseas investors (primarily institutions) to the trading in HKEx’s derivatives (futures and options) market reached the highest level in the recent five years. This made the three-pillar support for derivatives trading stronger — half by Exchange Participants’ (EPs) principal trading and the other half eq
Goldman Sachs Is A New ETF Provider On Xetra New Hedge Fund - Replication ETF Tradable On Xetra

Date 25/11/2010

An ETF issued by Goldman Sachs Structured Investments II SICAV has been tradable on Xetra for the first time since Tuesday.
HKEx Website To Carry Exchange Rates For Calculation Of Stamp Duty And Other Trading-Related Fees On RMB And USD Transactions In HKEx’s Securities Market

Date 25/11/2010

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will publish information about the exchange rates for Hong Kong dollars (HKD) against renminbi (RMB)* and US dollars (USD) on its website commencing from 29 November 2010 for calculation of stamp duty and other trading-related fees, including transaction levy, investor compensation levy (currently exempted) and trading fee, on transactions in the respective currencies in its securities market.
Thai Bourse Prepares For Sponsor-Based Listing Process

Date 25/11/2010

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) held a seminar on “Sponsor-based listing process – the move forward for capital markets,” aiming at exchanging viewpoints among related parties in the Thai and Asian capital markets. The seminar was to prepare for sponsor-supervised regulation listing, using disclosure-based principles, to support entrepreneurs with high growth potential to raise funds through the capital market and develop the Thai capital market’s international competitiveness.