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UK Export Finance Begins Support For Renminbi Loans

Date 19/06/2014

UK Export Finance has added the offshore renminbi to its list of supported currencies as it looks to structure its first renminbi supported deal. 

Baring Asset Management: Intermediaries To Increase Client Exposure To Resources And Commodities

Date 19/06/2014

• Nearly two in five (38%) intermediaries believe their clients should increase their exposure to natural resources and commodities
• One in six (16%) now ‘very favourable’ towards natural resources/commodities – up from just 6% in the last barometer
• Just one in ten concerned about the supply and security of global resources 

Calypso Technology Opens New Office In Toronto

Date 19/06/2014

Calypso Technology, Inc., a leading provider of cross-asset front-to-back technology solutions for financial markets, announced today that it has opened a new office in Toronto, Canada.  Located centrally in the Toronto Financial District, the new office will serve as a sales, support and professional services hub for Calypso’s growing portfolio of customers in Toronto and other regions in Canada.

HKEx: Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

Date 19/06/2014

Updated:  19/06/2014

Japan's Securities And Exchange Surveillance Commission: Recommendation For Administrative Monetary Penalty Payment Order For Violation Of Disclosure Requirements By AIREX INC.

Date 19/06/2014

1. Contents of the Recommendation

The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, today, made a recommendation to the prime minister and the commissioner of the Financial Services Agency that an administrative monetary penalty payment order be issued in regard to misstatements of financial reports on material issues by AIREX INC. (“AIREX”), pursuant to Article 20(1) of the Act for Establishment of the Financial Services Agency. This recommendation is based on the findings of the disclosure statements inspection of the company, whereby the following violations of laws and ordinances were identified.

Q&A On “Notice Of Relevant Issues For Imposing Risk Alerts On Corporate Bonds” And “Notice Of Amending Article 6 Of ‘Shanghai Stock Exchange Interim Measures For Investor Suitability Management Of Bond Market’”

Date 19/06/2014

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) recently issued the “Notice of Relevant Issues for Imposing Risk Alerts on Corporate Bonds” (the “Notice of Risk Alerts” for short) and the “Notice of Amending Article 6 of ‘SSE Interim Measures for Investor Suitability Management of Bond Market’” (the “Notice of Amending Measures” for short), in a bid to propel the standardized growth of the corporate bond market, and protect legal rights and interests of investors, especially small and medium-sized ones. An official of the SSE answered the following questions about the two notices in an interview.

Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: Lyxor UCITS ETF German Mid-Cap MDAX Launched On Xetra

Date 19/06/2014

A new exchange-traded equity index fund issued by Lyxor Asset Management has been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Thursday.

Thai Alternative Bourse Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Date 19/06/2014

The Market for Alternative Investment (mai), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) group, will celebrate its 15th anniversary on June 21, after continuously building strengths and opportunities for small- and medium-cap companies having raised funds via mai worth a total THB 57.5 billion (approx. USD 1.77 billion). The bourse has so far attracted 115 Thai companies. Today’s mai market capitalization worth THB 229.5 billion (USD 7.06 billion).

FESE Announces Winner Of The Josseph De La Vega Prize 2014

Date 19/06/2014

The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) is delighted to announce that this year’s winner of the De la Vega Prize 2014 is Kai Zimmermann from Goethe University Frankfurtfor his paper “Price Discovery in European Volatility Interruptions”.

Companies Listed On The ChiNext Board Utilize In Micro-And-Quick Refinancing Mechanism

Date 19/06/2014

After the implementation of Interim Management Measures on Securities Issuance of Companies Listed on the ChiNext Board (hereinafter referred as Management Measures) issued by China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the release of regulation on information disclosure of refinancing of the ChiNext Board, the companies listed on the ChiNext Board take immediate action in probing the utilization of refinancing to propel the companies’ development. On the night of June 17, 2014, Watertek Information (300324) and Lecron Energy Saving (300343) disclosed their preplan on non-public offering share. Before that, Jinfu New Material(300128) also put forward the proposal of ‘mandate to the board to apply for non-public offering, refinancing not more than 10% of the net asset of the end of last year’ on their annual general meeting.