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PORR Joins Prime Market Of The Vienna Stock Exchange Today

Date 22/12/2014

Today, PORR AG started trading on the prime market, the premium segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange. PORR AG had been listed on the standard market segment up to now. With the switch to the prime market, the company agrees to comply with tighter transparency, quality and disclosure criteria. Erste Group Bank AG will assume the role of specialist. Furthermore, the two market makers Raiffeisen Centrobank AG and Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG will add liquidity to trading in PORR shares. Market capitalization on 19 December 2014 was around EUR 650 million.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Sinopec Corp And PetroChina Futures Contracts

Date 22/12/2014

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 Wednesday, 24 December 2014, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission Commences Proceedings In Market Misconduct Tribunal Over Alleged False Research Report

Date 22/12/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has commenced proceedings in the Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) against Mr Andrew Left of Citron Research, alleging market misconduct involving the publication of a research report on Evergrande Real Estate Group Limited (Evergrande) in June 2012.

Thai Bourse Wins Outstanding Data Provider Award By FISD

Date 22/12/2014

The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) presented the 2014 Outstanding Data Provider Award to The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). The award was presented at the FISD General Meeting in New York.

SGX To Report 2Q FY2015 Results On 21 January 2015

Date 22/12/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is reporting second-quarter results for Financial Year 2015 (FY2015) after the market closes on 21 January 2015.

Latest Charles Li Direct: HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li Letter To Santa

Date 22/12/2014

In his latest blog, HKEx Chief Executive has written a letter to Santa:

TheCityUK: UK Financial & Professional Services Industry 80% More Productive Than Other Sectors

Date 22/12/2014

Figures released today by TheCityUK reveal that the financial and related professional services industry is on average 80% more productive than other sectors in the UK.  The average worker in financial and related professional services contributes £85,000 to the UK economy per year – nearly double that of the £47,000 contributed by the average worker in other sectors.

Cairo Amman Bank Weekly Economic Monitor

Date 22/12/2014

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Tokyo Stock Exchange: New ETFs And ETNs Included In Real-Time Dissemination Of “TSE Indicative NAV”

Date 22/12/2014

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will newly calculate and publish the real-time Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share for the below Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Notes(ETNs) through the FLEX standard service on January 19, 2015.

Singapore Fixed Income Indices (SFI) Weekly – 22 December 2014

Date 22/12/2014

SFI Weekly
Key highlights for the week ending 19 December 2014

• The SFI lost 0.65% to 119.25.
• YTD, the SFI currently outperforms the STI by 0.11%. The last time SFI ended the week with better YTD performance was in Oct 2014.
• SFI and its major sub-indices ended the week lower. Losses came mainly from government bonds (SFI Government Bond Index), which YTD saw its second largest weekly decline of 2014 (-0.92%). Corporate bonds (SFI Corporate Bond Index) fared better and lost 0.21%.
• Interest yield (IY) for the SFI Corporate Bond Index has reached its all-year high (3.27%); this is 10 bps higher than STI’s current dividend yield (3.17%).
• Among the SFI and its major sub-indices, Industrial bonds (SFI Industrial Bond Index) currently boast the highest IY and Yield to Maturity (YTM) of 4.18% and 3.67% respectively; it is also the only index which saw year-on-year gains in YTM (+2.83%).