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ICAP Electronic Markets Volumes - December 2015

Date 07/01/2016

ICAP Electronic Markets Volumes - December 2015

UK Financial Conduct Authority Statement Re: Tracey McDermott

Date 07/01/2016

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirms that Acting Chief Executive Tracey McDermott decided in early December to withdraw from the process to appoint the permanent Chief Executive of the FCA.

Licence Applicant Convicted Of Providing False Or Misleading Information To Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission

Date 07/01/2016

The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today convicted Mr Zheng Kai of making false or misleading representations in his licence application to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - December 2015

Date 07/01/2016

Highlights

- Securities Market

• Market capitalisation was $24.7 trillion at the end of 2015, representing a year-on-year decrease of 2 per cent.
• The Hang Seng Index ended 2015 at 21914.4, representing a year-on-year decrease of 7 per cent.
• The average daily turnover in 2015 was $105.6 billion, an increase of 52 per cent when compared with $69.5 billion in 2014.
• The average daily turnover of ETFs in 2015 was $8.8 billion, an increase of 87 per cent when compared with $4.7 billion in 2014.
• The average daily turnover of derivative warrants in 2015 was $18.2 billion, an increase of 119 per cent when compared with $8.3 billion in 2014.
• The average daily turnover of CBBCs in 2015 was $7.4 billion, an increase of 48 per cent when compared with $5.0 billion in 2014.
• There were 138* newly listed companies in 2015, a record high, and an increase of 13 per cent when compared with the 122* in 2014.
• Funds raised through IPOs in 2015 was $261.3 billion, an increase of 12 per cent when compared with $232.5 billion in 2014.
• Total funds raised in 2015 was $1,109.0 billion, an increase of 18 per cent when compared with $942.7 billion in 2014.

Positive Pre-Announced Corporate Earnings Guidance Has Significant Upside Impact On Stock Performance, S&P Capital IQ And SNL Research Finds - While Negative Guidance Drives Short-Term Stock Price Declines, Positive Guidance Drives Short-Term And Long-Term Gains

Date 07/01/2016

S&P Capital IQ and SNL, a business unit of McGraw Hill Financial (NYSE:MHFI) and a leading provider of research, analytics and data, released a new research note today which charts the impact of corporate earnings guidance on a company’s stock price.

PEGAS Ends The Year With A Record-Breaking December - PEGAS Trading Volumes In December 2015

Date 07/01/2016

PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, recorded its best traded volume to date with a total of 143.3 TWh traded in December 2015 (previous record: 129.3 TWh in November 2015). This accounts for almost threefold the volume traded over the same period last year (December 2014: 50.8 TWh).

Nasdaq Positioned As A Leader In Gartner’s 2015 Magic Quadrant For Operational Risk Management Solutions For Its BWise GRC Platform

Date 07/01/2016

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has been positioned in the ‘Leaders’  Quadrant in Gartner’s December 2015 Magic Quadrant for Operational Risk Management Solutions for BWise, its leading Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) software.

HKEx Publishes Market Statistics 2015

Date 07/01/2016

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) published a set of market statistics for the full year of 2015 on its website today (Thursday).

Solactive Starts Benchmark Offering - Sets The Foundation For New Smart Beta Index Creation

Date 07/01/2016

Solactive, one of the growing player in the index space, made a strategic decision to enter the benchmark index business with the launch of benchmark families in the equity as well as the fixed income space. Solactive will approach market participants by offering an aggressive pricing model.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Decision On Transitioning To 100-Share Trading Units

Date 07/01/2016

Stock exchanges nationwide hereby announce that the deadline for transitioning to 100-share trading units has been set as indicated below. The joint decision comes after reviewing responses from 1000-share companies to the “Survey on Transition to 100-share Trading Units”.