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  • HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

    Date 26/06/2009

    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 Thursday, 2 July 2009, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margini

  • UK’s Financial Services Authority Bans Director For Inadequate Supervision Of His Firm

    Date 26/06/2009

    The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has prohibited Simon Robins, Compliance Director of Chase UK Corporation Limited (Chase), for failing to adequately supervise the operations of the firm. As a result of these failings the firm was used by third parties to obtain mortgage applications on a fraudulent basis.

  • HKEx Publishes Consultation Paper On Certified Emission Reduction Futures

    Date 26/06/2009

    Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today (Friday) published a consultation paper on certified emission reduction (CER) futures. 

  • European Investment Bank And IFC Create Global Emerging Markets Risk Database Consortium

    Date 26/06/2009

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, have signed a cooperation agreement creating a Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) Risk Database Consortium to pool data and strengthen risk-management practices among multilateral development banks.

  • British Bankers’ Association: Fourth City Of London-Swiss Financial Round Table Sketches Vision Of Banking For The Future

    Date 26/06/2009

    Fifty senior representatives of the Swiss and British financial services industries met in Zurich today for the fourth Financial Round Table hosted by Pierre Mirabaud, chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association. Senior representatives of the major banks of both countries as well as the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the new Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) attended the meeting which this year focused on the vision of banking for the future.