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  • Index Drops But Trading Value On Thai Bourse Rises In January

    Date 09/02/2011

    In 2010, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) had the second-highest rate of return in all of Asia, at 40.60% for the year. It was therefore no surprise that foreign investors cashed in on some of their profits in January 2011, as they did in other emerging markets that had given such high returns in 2010, moving to markets expected to benefit from the US economic recovery. Thus, as of January 31, the SET Index closed at 964.10, down 6.65% from end-2010.  The decrease in stock prices led SET’s market capitalization to drop to THB7.81 trillion (approx. USD 254.43 billion), while the SET’s forward P/E ratio also dropped from 14.55 at end-2010 to 11.48 at end-January 2011.  However, daily average trading value of the SET and Market for Alternative Index (mai) rose to THB36 billion (approx. USD 1.17 billion), an 89.23% year-on-year surge and a 12.06% month-on-month increase.  The daily average trading volume on the derivatives market also increased in all products, particularly 10-baht weight gold futures, went up to 2,925 contracts, which is the highest record since it opened for trade in August 2010.

  • The CEESEG Stock Exchanges – The Ideal Listing Platform For Bonds

    Date 09/02/2011

    The bond markets of the CEE Stock Exchange Group (CEESEG), which comprise the exchanges of Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague and Vienna as 100% subsidiaries, performed excellently last year. In Vienna alone, 544 new listings and inclusions in trading with an issuing volume of EUR 52.3 billion were recorded. Also, in Budapest, Ljubljana and Prague the number of new bond listings and their volumes went up versus 2009. Particularly pleasing is the rise in government bonds issues: The CEESEG Group posted an increase of EUR 15.2 billion in 2010, which is a gain of 6.14% versus the previous year.

  • SmartPool Welcomes Penson Financial Services To Their European Dark Trading Community - Penson To Offer Low-Cost Access To SmartPool Through An All In-One Execution, Clearing And Settlement Solution - Expanding SmartPool’s Reach Into Continental Europe

    Date 09/02/2011

    SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P.Morgan and BNP Paribas, today confirmed Penson Financial Services Ltd, (Penson), the London-based clearing unit of Penson Worldwide, Inc. (PNSN), as the latest member of the European dark pool. 
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  • ESMA: Update Of The List Of Measures Recently Taken By Competent Authorities Regarding Short-Selling

    Date 09/02/2011

    CESR published on 22 September 2008 a statement that facilitates an overview of actions taken by CESR Members in relation to short-selling. The statement paper includes either the statements or links to the statements published by CESR Members explaining the measures taken. This paper is not a comparison of the measures taken.

  • London Stock Exchange Group Plc And TMX Group Inc. Join Forces In Merger Of Equals

    Date 09/02/2011

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