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Genscape Acquires Energy Fundamentals, Creating A Unique Combination Of Patented, Real-Time Fundamental Data & Award-Winning European Power Market Scenario Analysis - Genscape Expands Product Offering To Empower Analysts & Traders To Create In-House Views Of Short & Long Term Market Events

Date 27/11/2014

Today Genscape announces its acquisition of Energy Fundamentals GmbH, the developer of the award-winning European Power System Insight (EPSI) platform for power market fundamental analysis. Through the acquisition, Genscape expands its European product portfolio to combine analytics and scenario analysis tools with its own patented, real-time fundamental data for the first time ever. This integration of Energy Fundamentals’ unique EPSI platform enables Genscape to offer analytical products to short and long-term market participants that build on fundamental data with scenarios at the push of a button. By combining the market expertise and modelling capabilities of Energy Fundamentals with Genscape’s existing field operations and data aggregation and mining capabilities, Genscape is able to offer a combination of fundamental data and scenario analysis to the end-user that is unique in Europe.

FESE: ‘Who Were The Winners Of The 2nd European Small And Mid-Cap Awards?’

Date 27/11/2014

On the evening of 26th November, FESE and EuropeanIssuers co-hosted a prestigious awards ceremony to celebrate the winners of the 2nd European Small and Mid-cap Awards.

Telekom Austria: New Shares Start Trading On Vienna Stock Exchange Today

Date 27/11/2014

Today, 221.5 million new shares of Telekom Austria started trading on the prime market of the Vienna Stock Exchange. Out of this total, 25.5 million shares are held in free float. The Austrian telecommunications company, which has been listed for 14 years, raised around EUR 1 billion in fresh capital in this transaction. The company carried out this year's second-largest capital increase and is also the fifth company to tap the market for fresh capital through the Vienna Stock Exchange in 2014. Austrian listed companies (Raiffeisen Bank International, PORR, FACC, BKS Bank and Telekom Austria) have raised a total of around EUR 4 billion in equity in 2014 – the largest volume since 2007. 

Euronext Launches Dairy Complex

Date 27/11/2014

Euronext today announced that it will launch a dairy derivatives complex in spring 2015. The full suite of futures and options will cover the three key dairy products currently traded in Europe and internationally: butter; skimmed milk powder; and whey powder, allowing the European dairy community to hedge its exposure to price fluctuations in this volatile market, just as the milk quotas expire in the European market. This launch is subject to relevant regulatory review.

Thai Bourse Announces Winners Of SET Awards 2014

Date 27/11/2014

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announces the 51 winners of SET Awards 2014, with Kongkiat Opaswongkarn, CEO of Asia Plus Securities pcl (ASP), winning the Best CEO award of SET-listed companies and Pichaet Wiriyachitra, CEO of Asian Phytoceuticals pcl (APCO), being awarded  with the Best CEO award of mai-listed companies.  Minister of Finance Sommai Phasee presides over the ceremony and bestowed the awards today KBANK, SCC and BCP have been winners for SET Awards of Honor every year for seven consecutive years.

FIX Trading Community Awarded Buy-Side Project Of The Year Award 2014 By The Trade

Date 27/11/2014

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced that they have been awarded the Buy-side Project of the Year Award for 2014 by The Trade. The award is in recognition of the EMEA Investment Management Subcommittee’s work on the automation of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process.

NZX Launches Global Butter Futures Contract

Date 27/11/2014

NZX is pleased to announce it will launch a Global Butter Futures Contract on Friday 12 December. This follows successful testing of the service and receipt of regulatory approval from the Financial Markets Authority.

Shanghai Futures Exchange Notice on Trading System Testing

Date 27/11/2014

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Amends Business Guidelines For Asset Securitization

Date 27/11/2014

Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) promulgated the Business Guidelines for Asset Securitization (2014 revision) today in a bid to make corresponding adjustment to legal application and supervision rules after China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) cancelled the administrative examination and approval on asset securitization business.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Corn Starch Futures Enhances Whole Industry Chain Service Of Futures Market

Date 27/11/2014

After the release of the approval of corn starch futures, persons from the industrial circle have been looking forward to this product. Relevant person said in a recent interview that corn starch futures will help corn enterprises, especially the deep processing enterprises, to break through the double dilemma posed by policies and market and to enhance their business initiative, and the forming of the corn futures product chain will further enhance the futures market’s capacity of serving the corn industry.