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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Hang Seng Index Futures And Mini-Hang Seng Index Futures

Date 16/10/2008

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, 20 October 2008, 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 methodol
CESR Publishes Responses Received To Its Consultation Paper On UCITS Management Company Passport

Date 16/10/2008

To view the responses, please click here.
HKEx Announces Liquidity Providers, Margin Rates And Information Vendors' Access Codes For Gold Futures

Date 16/10/2008

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced liquidity providers, margin rates and information vendors' access codes for the gold futures contract that will begin trading in its derivatives market on Monday, 20 October 2008.
Dow Jones–AIG Commodity Indexes Licensed To Eurex To Underlie Futures And Options

Date 16/10/2008

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the licensing of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index and its nine sector sub-indexes to Eurex, one of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges and the leading clearing house in Europe, to underlie standardized exchange-traded futures and options contracts. Eurex plans to launch derivatives in the first quarter of 2009.
Athens Exchange: Margin Parameter Change

Date 16/10/2008

As of Friday 17/10/2008 the fixed volatility parameter that RIVA uses for the margin calculation for the derivative products on the indices FTSE/ASE-20 and FTSE/ASE Mid-40 is being adjusted from 44% to 50%.

Eurex Significantly Expands Its Commodity Derivatives Offering In First Quarter 2009 - Gold Futures And Options To Be Launched On 2 February 2009 - Derivatives Based On Commodity Indices From Dow Jones-AIG To Follow

Date 16/10/2008

Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, today announced that it will extend its product offering, with new futures and options based on commodity underlyings in Q1 2009. As a first step, it will launch futures and options on gold on 2 February. The US dollar denominated contracts will be based on the benchmark gold fixing of the London Bullion Market, referenced to the largest gold spot market in the world.
FFastFill Chosen By Mint Equities

Date 16/10/2008

FFastFill plc, [AIM: FFA] the leading provider of application services to the electronic trading community, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a new application service provision (“ASP”) contract by Mint Equities (“Mint”). Under the contract, FFastFill will provide Mint with live connectivity to CBOT-Globex, CME, Eurex, Liffe and Euronext markets.
NASDAQ OMX Facilitates Access To Free Real-Time European Stock Data For Individual Investors In Europe

Date 16/10/2008

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced its new real-time market data service is now available to millions of individual investors in Europe. "European Last Sale" is now offered by Borsen, Denmark's largest financial newspaper, as well as Netposten.dk, both popular Danish financial websites.
Changes To SICOM's Initial And Maintenance Margins

Date 16/10/2008

Please click here for the adjusted margin levels.
Cyprus Joins Link Up Markets

Date 16/10/2008

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) that operates the Central Securities Depository in Cyprus has become a new member of Link Up Markets, the joint venture launched last April by Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) to improve efficiency and reduce costs of post-trade processing of cross-border securities transactions in Europe.