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CESR Consults On Definition Of Advice Under MiFID

Date 14/10/2009

CESR issued today a consultation paper seeking to clarify and illustrate situations where firms will, or will not, be considered as providing investment advice. Investment advice is an investment service under MiFID, which is why the distinction is important.
Private Equity And Financial Services Headhunters Report Growth Says InterExec - Portillo Attends Forum For UK’s Top Headhunters

Date 14/10/2009

Some of the UK’s leading Headhunters are seeing an upward trend in the Private Equity sector, according to discussions held at a Lunch Forum last week, hosted by InterExec, where Michael Portillo was the guest speaker.
SIX Swiss Exchange Launches New Real Estate Indices SXI Real Estate®

Date 14/10/2009

In response to a widely observed need on the real estate market, SIX Swiss Exchange will add real estate to its SXI index family as of 1 December 2009. Besides to the existing benchmarks, the SWX Immobilienfonds Index and the SWX Swiss Real Estate Index, which are to continue with new names, SIX Swiss Exchange has created four new indicators for real estate shares and funds. The SXI Swiss Real Estate Shares brings together the five largest and most liquid real estate shares, while the S
Growth Continues For Exchanges - September 2009 Sees 6.4 Per Cent Increase In FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index - 16 Of 18 Listed Exchanges Experience Growth In Share Value

Date 14/10/2009

The share values of listed exchanges grew by 6.4 per cent during September 2009, amid further signs that the sector is returning to buoyancy and outperforming the rest of the market in terms of recovery.
GCC Oil And Gas Reserves Are Worth US$18.3 Trillion: DIFC Authority Report - The Enormous Energy Commodity Assets Are Large Enough To Finance The Transformation Of The GCC Economies, As Well As To Impact Global Asset Valuations

Date 14/10/2009

The present value of the oil and gas reserves of the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council is estimated at US$18.3 trillion, larger than the 2008 GDP of the United States, according to an economic note released today by the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFCA).

Thomson Reuters Rolls Out Fund Accounting Solution

Date 14/10/2009

Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of its latest release of PORTIA, an enterprise-wide investment accounting system. Thomson Reuters PORTIA has been transformed to include robust fund accounting capabilities, providing clients a single solution for managing their investments, accounting in multiple bases, generating operational reports as well as meeting regulatory requirements. The new functionality allows clients to support the management of securities and funds without the need for
Tokyo Grain Exchange: Daily Price Limits From October 15, 2009

Date 14/10/2009

The daily price limits will change from October 15, 2009. Soybeans will be reverted to 1,800yen. Non-GMO Soybeans will be reverted to 1,800yen. Raw sugar will be reverted to 1,200yen.
RTS Indices Weekly Review

Date 14/10/2009

Weekly review: October 5 – 9, 2009 (pdf, 208 K6)
NASDAQ OMX Starts Trading Short- And Long-Position ETFs Based On OMXS30

Date 14/10/2009

NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB, part of the NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ:NDAQ), today starts trading in two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), HQ OMXS30 Double Long and HQ OMXS30 Double Short, enabling Nordic investors to trade internationally recognized indices in local currency.
FORTS: New Record Trading Volume In RTS Index Futures - Exceeds USD2.4 Billion

Date 14/10/2009

October 13, 2009 FORTS saw a new record number of trades executed in the futures contract on the RTS Index.