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Black South Africans Hold At Least 23% Of The Top 100 Companies Listed On The Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Date 20/02/2015

As at end 2013, black South Africans hold at least 23% of the Top 100 companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The shares held by black investors includes 10% held directly (largely through BEE schemes) and 13% through mandated investment (mostly through individuals contributing to pension funds, unit trusts and life policies).

Rolling Out: Financial Democracy - Across The UK

Date 20/02/2015

The world’s first Venture Funding Hubs, launched today (Monday 23rd Feb) from Committee Room 6 in Parliament, will take financial democracy not to just London but to Manchester and Sheffield and across the north - where the team behind one of the most exciting innovations in funding, is mostly based.  

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report Week Ending 20th February, 2015

Date 20/02/2015

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading report for the week ending 20th February, 2015.

WSE: 2014 Polish Capital Market Leader Awards

Date 20/02/2015

The 2014 Stock Market Review Gala was held at the Warsaw Stock Exchange yesterday.

Traiana Wins Market Choice Award - Best New Clearing Product – Traiana Harmony CCP Connect For Equities

Date 20/02/2015

Traiana, the leading provider of pre trade risk and post trade processing solutions, announces today that its CCP Connect for Equities service has won Markets Media’s Best New Clearing Product award at the annual Market Choice Awards on 19 February 2015.  The Markets Choice Awards are decided by a combination of editorial research and online feedback, in conjunction with the Markets Media Advisory Board. 

TOCOM Foreign Customer Trades Ratio Rises To 48.4% Of Total Volume In January - Renewed

Date 20/02/2015

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc announced today that the January 2015 monthly volume of customer trades (combined sell & buy orders) originating overseas (2,004,153 contracts) accounted for 48.4 percent of the total trades (4,139,082 contracts), which renewed the all-time high ratio in three consecutive months. The volume of foreign customer trades and its proportion in the total trades on TOCOM markets started increasing significantly after the launch of the current trading platform and night session in May 2009. It has gone from 11 percent to 48.4 percent in the past five years.

United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Takes Evidence From HSBC And HMRC

Date 20/02/2015

The Treasury Committee takes evidence on recent allegations about HSBC’s Swiss private bank. Members will question Douglas Flint, Group Chairman, HSBC, and representatives from HM Revenue and Customs.

KVH And Ciena Run Successful 400 Gbps Field Trial – First In Japan

Date 20/02/2015

KVH Co., Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, in collaboration with Ciena, today announced the success of a field trial for 400 Gbps data transmission over KVH’s fiber-optic network between Tokyo and Osaka. This field trial represents the first successful data transmission at 400 Gbps over live fiber-optic infrastructure in Japan and solidifies KVH’s position as the leading innovator in Ethernet technology in the Japanese market.

ASIC Bans Former Managing Director Of Provident Capital Limited

Date 19/02/2015

ASIC has banned Mr Michael Roger O’Sullivan of Sydney from managing corporations for five years and from providing financial services for seven years. The ban follows an ASIC investigation which found Mr O’Sullivan breached his duties as a director and failed to comply with financial services laws.

BOX Options Exchange Comment Letter On SR-OCC-2015-02

Date 19/02/2015

Dear Mr. Fields:

BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) appreciates this opportunity to comment on the above-referenced filing made by The Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”) concerning a proposed capital plan for raising additional capital that would support the OCC’s function as a systemically important financial market utility (the “Proposed Capital Plan” or “Plan”). BOX appreciates that the OCC needs to raise additional capital to comply with new Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) requirements. However, BOX believes additional clarity on the Plan is needed.