The Mondo Visione Exchange Forum kicks off today amongst a flurry of recent activity to increase competition in the exchanges and trading sector, with the launch of several new trading platforms in Europe announced.
Key speakers at the event are some of the influential leading industry executives behind the recent announcements include Aquis Exchange CEO Alasdair Haynes; CME Europe CEO Robert Ray and NASDAQ OMX NLX CEO Charlotte Crosswell.
Mr. Hüseyin Erkan, CEO, World Federation of Exchanges, officially opens the Mondo Visione Exchange Forum with a keynote address to be given by Dr. Kay Swinburne, a Member of the EU’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.
Meanwhile against this backdrop, shares of the world’s leading publicly listed exchanges, listed on the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index have remained fairly steady. The Index*, which aims to reflect market sentiment and is a key indicator of the exchanges’ performance, saw a 1.5 per cent increase in October 2012.
Commenting on the Index which closed up at 21,808.34 on 31 October 2012, Herbie Skeete, Managing Director, Mondo Visione and Co-founder of the Index said:
"London is becoming the cockpit of competition in the exchange world with established players facing increased competition from nimble new entrants armed with the latest in technology, taking advantage of regulatory changes such as MiFID II, MiFIR and Dodd-Frank,” he says.
The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index best performer by capital returns in US dollars was New Zealand’s NZX a 9.5 per cent increase in share price from 28 September to 31 October 2012. The next best performer was Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing with a 9.2 per cent increase over the same period.
The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index worst performer by capital returns in US dollars was Singapore Exchange with a 3.3 per cent decrease in share price from 28 September to 31 October 2012. This was followed by Johannesburg Stock Exchange with a 3.2 per cent decrease over the same period.
FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Monthly Analysis - October 2012
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Monthly FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Performance (Capital Return, USD)
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October 2010 |
7.5% |
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November 2010 |
-3.7% |
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December 2010 |
6.2% |
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January 2011 |
-0.1% |
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February 2011 |
1.4% |
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March 2011 |
-1.4% |
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April 2011 |
4.0% |
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May 2011 |
-3.2% |
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June 2011 |
-2.9% |
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July 2011 |
-2.5% |
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August 2011 |
-8.9% |
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September 2011 |
-12.4% |
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October 2011 |
13.5% |
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November 2011 |
-4.5% |
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December 2011 |
-3.8% |
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January 2012 |
5.8% |
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February 2012 |
11.1% |
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March 2012 |
-2.1% |
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April 2012 |
-5.7% |
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May 2012 |
-11.4% |
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June 2012 |
6.0% |
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July 2012 |
-0.5% |
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August 2012 |
1.1% |
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September 2012 |
4.8% |
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October 2012 |
1.5% |
Notes to Editors
*The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index is compiled by FTSE Group from data based on the share price performance of listed exchanges and trading platforms.
About FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index
The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index, a joint venture between FTSE Group and Mondo Visione, was established in 2000.
It is the first Index in the world to focus on listed exchanges and other trading venues. The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index compares performance of individual exchanges and trading platforms and provides a reliable barometer of the health and performance of the exchange sector.
It enables investors to track 23 publicly listed exchanges and trading floors and focuses attention of the market on this important sector.
The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index includes all publicly traded stock exchanges and trading floors:
- Australian Securities Exchange Ltd
- BM&F Bovespa
- Bolsa Mexicana de Valores SA
- Bolsa y Mercado Espanoles
- Bursa de Valori Bucuresti SA
- Bursa Malaysia
- CBOE Holdings
- CME Group
- Deutsche Bourse
- Dubai Financial Market
- Hellenic Exchanges SA
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd
- Intercontinental Exchange Inc
- Johannesburg Stock Exchange Ltd
- London Stock Exchange
- Multi Commodity Exchange of India
- NASDAQ OMX Group
- New Zealand Exchange Ltd
- NYSE Euronext
- Philippine Stock Exchange
- Singapore Exchange Ltd
- TMX Group
- Warsaw Stock Exchange
About Mondo Visione
Mondo Visione is the leading source of insight and knowledge about the world’s exchanges and trading venues. Since 1991, Mondo Visione has provided those who operate and invest in the global markets with fast, reliable information, delivered in print and online. The company also organises conferences and events where market professionals can share ideas and experience with their peers, regulators, system providers, academics and journalists.
Mondo Visione publishes the industry-standard Handbook of World Stock, Derivative and Commodity Exchanges, which provides trading, settlement and organisational information for around 250 exchanges in over 100 countries. The handbook, which celebrated its 20th year of publication in 2010, is produced annually and is available in hardcopy and online.
World Exchanges: Global Industry Outlook and Investment Analysis is a quarterly investment analysis of the listed exchanges sector and 19 of the leading publicly-owned exchanges from around the world.
Mondo Visione also publishes Trading Places, a monthly digest of news and comment about the global exchange industry, and together with FTSE Group owns and publishes the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index, which tracks the stock market performance of listed exchanges.
For further information please visit www.mondovisione.com
