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SWIFT Extends Sanctions Screening To Support All Financial Transaction Formats - Hosted Service Provides Simple, Cost-Effective Compliance With Sanctions Regulations

Date 13/01/2015

SWIFT announces the extension of its Sanctions Screening service to support all messages used in financial transactions, regardless of format or financial network. Users can now screen all transaction formats, including SEPA and Fedwire, and transactions sent over networks other than SWIFT. The extended service also enables greater flexibility and back-office integration, addressing the needs of mid-sized banks and other users that have more complex business and operational requirements.

SGX Unveils Campaign To Help Investors Benefit From Smaller Board Lots

Date 13/01/2015

2014 ended on a positive note. The Straits Times Index (STI) delivered a 9.5% total return, above the 10-year average of 8.7% per annum. More investors are investing. In the past year, 71,043 new accounts were opened, 12% more than the year before. More than half of the 1.7 million CDP accounts open have investments today.

EDHEC-Risk Institute And Rothschild & Cie Launch New Research Chair On Active Allocation To Smart Factor Indices

Date 13/01/2015

Rothschild & Cie and EDHEC-Risk Institute have announced the creation of a new research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute entitled “Active Allocation to Smart Factor Indices.” This new chair will follow on from the previous Rothschild & Cie research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute on “The Case for Inflation-Linked Corporate Bonds: Issuers’ and Investors’ Perspectives.”

Moscow Exchange: Derivatives Market Intraday Clearing Session To End Later Than Usual Today

Date 13/01/2015

Due to the need to conduct additional verification of the intraday clearing session results on Moscow Exchange's Derivatives Market, the session will end seven minutes later today, at 2:10 pm MSK.

JSE Equity And Equity Derivatives Markets End 2014 With Several Record Highs - Equity And Equity Derivatives Markets Achieve Outstanding Records In Trades And Value Traded In December

Date 13/01/2015

Salient features:

JSE Equity Market

• A record eight new companies, with a total market capitalization of R23bn, listed on the JSE in December
• 45% increase in the value of trades for December
• R345bn value traded for December, highest ever December month turnover recorded 
• Net inflow of R13.4 billion from foreigners in 2014 (compared to net outflow in 2013)
• All-time daily value traded high reached on 18 December; value traded at R53.7bn

Dubai Financial Market Performance, 2014

Date 13/01/2015

The Dubai Financial Market General Index increased by 12% to 3774 points at the end of this year compared to 3369.8 points at the end of 2013. At the sectoral level, indexes of three out of the nine sectors represented on DFM ended the year in the green, with the Banking sector increasing the most by 32.3%, followed by the Real Estate and Construction sector by 17.6% and Industrial sector by 17.5%. The Services, Insurance, Telecommunication, Consumer Staples, Financial and Investment Services and Transportation indices down 54.6%, 29.4%, 24.3%, 16.2%, 6.4%  and 5.6% respectively.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Set To Host Diaspora Investor Forum

Date 13/01/2015

In keeping with its mandate of promoting and influencing the economic growth and development of Nigeria, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has concluded plans to organize its first investor forum for Nigerian Diaspora. The forum which is expected to take place on Monday, January 19, 2015, at Hilton Zurich Airport Hotel, Switzerland, is targeted at Nigerian Diaspora in Switzerland and across Europe.

Sanction Against Accu Holding AG - Sanction Against Accu Holding AG For Breaching The Rules On Regular Reporting Obligations - SIX Exchange Regulation Has Imposed A Fine In The Amount Of CHF 20’000.- On Accu Holding AG.

Date 13/01/2015

SIX Exchange Regulation, which is charged by SIX Swiss Exchange AG with the monitoring and enforcement of issuer obligations, has by means of a sanction notice imposed a fine of CHF 20’000.- on Accu Holding AG, Emmen (LU), for breaching the rules governing the regular  reporting obligations. In May 2014, Accu Holding AG published the 2013 annual report and submitted it to SIX Exchange Regulation too late.

Tokyo Stock Exchange ETF/ETN Monthly Report For December 2014

Date 13/01/2015

ETF/ETN trading in December remained strong, with one new ETF listing.

• In December 2014, trading in the ETF/ETN market continued near record highs, with monthly trading value of approximately JPY 3.9 trillion and daily average trading value of about JPY 188 billion.
• Activity in the Simplex WTI ETF (1671) grew sharply, as it rose to 18th in trading value. Other ETFs and ETNs tracking oil sector indices also saw significant gains.
• NEXT NOTES S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Net Total Return Index ETN (2044), listed in November 2014, was ranked 20th overall again.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: The Sixth Meeting Of The Working Group On Investment Management Of The Financial System Council

Date 13/01/2015

The Working Group on Investment Management of the Financial System Council will hold its sixth meeting on 19. January, 2015 as follows.The meeting is open to the public.