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Seven Finalists Named For Platts’ Energy “Asia CEO Of The Year” Award - Winner To Be Announced October 28 At Platts Top 250 Asia Awards Dinner In Singapore

Date 25/09/2014

Seven executives from energy companies in India, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand have been selected as finalists for Platts’ Asia CEO of the Year, which recognizes excellence in energy industry leadership in the Asia-Pacific region and places the recipient in the running for the global energy CEO of the Year award to be determined later this year.

BRED Selects SunGard's Hosted Trading Service To Access Euronext Markets

Date 25/09/2014

BRED Banque Populaire, the cooperative commercial bank of one of the largest banking groups in France, Groupe BPCE, has gone live with SunGard’s Valdi outsourced trading services. SunGard is hosting the application in a managed services environment. BRED will utilize SunGard’s Valdi Market Access to connect to electronic equity, fixed income and derivatives markets worldwide.  

StatPro Signs 5 Year Contract Renewal With Top 10 Asset Manager For GIPS Solution

Date 25/09/2014

StatPro Group plc (AIM: SOG), the AIM listed provider of cloud-based portfolio analytics for the global asset management industry, today announced it has signed a 5 year contract renewal worth over £ 1.6m with a top 10 asset manager, for its leading GIPS compliance solution, StatPro Composites.

Business Sentiment Contracts As Tougher Sanctions Hit Russia - MNI Russia Business Indicator Falls To 47.5 In September

Date 25/09/2014

The MNI Russia Business Indicator declined by 4.0 points to 47.5 in September from 51.5 in August, the lowest level this year, as sanctions by the EU and US continued to limit companies’ access to foreign capital markets.

Platts Report: China Oil Demand Climbed 3.7% In August From A Year Ago - Growth Rate Reached Highest In A Year - China Remained A Net Oil Product Exporter

Date 25/09/2014

China's apparent oil demand* in August climbed to its highest level in a year, according to a just-released Platts analysis of Chinese government data.

HKEx: Update On Legal Proceedings - London Metal Exchange And HKEx Class Action Lawsuits Filed In The United States - Aluminium Metal Warehousing

Date 25/09/2014

As disclosed in the announcements on 4 and 7 August 2013 as well as on 14 March and 13 May 2014 (collectively, the “Announcements”), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”), along with its subsidiaries, The London Metal Exchange (the “LME”) and LME Holdings Limited (“LMEH”), were named as co-defendants in class action lawsuits filed in the United States (“US”) regarding alleged anti-competitive and monopolistic behaviour in connection with aluminium metal warehousing. 

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Releases 2014 Investigations And Enforcement Report

Date 25/09/2014

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today released its Investigations and Enforcement Report for the year ending 30 June 2014.

Our Markets: A Regulatory Update - A Speech By John Price, Commissioner, Australian Securities And Investments Commission To The G100 Dinner, 24 September 2014.

Date 25/09/2014

Today I will focus on just a few of the key areas of our current work that I hope will be of interest to you, namely:

• the deregulation work currently being undertaken by ASIC
• our surveillance work in both the financial reporting and audit areas
• our report on the handling of confidential, market-sensitive information, and
• some key observations about ASIC’s submissions to some recent inquiries.

NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date September 15, 2014

Date 24/09/2014

At the end of the settlement date of September 15, 2014, short interest in 2,243 NASDAQ Global Market^SM securities totaled 8,133,779,532 shares compared with 7,968,918,511 shares in 2,239 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of August 29, 2014. The Mid-September short interest represents 5.67 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 5.56 days for the prior reporting period.

SEC Market Structure Research: A Characterization Of Market Quality For Small Capitalization US Equities

Date 24/09/2014

This paper characterizes some aspects of market quality for small and mid capitalization stocks during 2013. First, it tabulates some widely-used summary market quality measures such as quoted and effective spreads and trading volume. Then it describes the aggregate displayed depth of the limit order book for these stocks.