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SGX Posts FY2014 Net Profit Of $320 Million

Date 31/07/2014

• SGX: All businesses grew in FY2014 excluding securities business
• SGX FY2014 net profit down 5% at $320 million on 4% fall in revenue to $687 million
• SGX proposes unchanged final dividend of 16 cents, total dividend of 28 cents

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Palladium Advances Over 2,900 Yen Per Gram

Date 31/07/2014

TOCOM June 2015 Palladium futures contract (most active/back contract month) temporarily reached 2,906 yen per gram during the sessions for July 30. The settlement price for the day was 2,900 yen per gram, which marked the highest since March 28, 2001 (approx. 13 years and 4 months).

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Publication Of ‘Financial Monitoring Report’

Date 31/07/2014

Based on the Financial Monitoring Policy announced in 2013, the Japan FSA published the results and challenges of financial monitoring during July 2013 to June 2014 as Financial Monitoring Report.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange To Change "Top 10 Volume By Member"

Date 31/07/2014

TOCOM publishes the "Top 10 Volume by Member" report, which contains information on the members holding 10 largest trade volumes, with the name of each member and the number of trade volume (the total of buy and sell transactions) for each commodity.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Board Of Directors Aligns With International Standards And Strengthens Risk Management Framework - Over-All Risk Management Policy Across All TASE Group Companies Approved - Board Of Directors Risk Management Committee To Be Established - Chief Risk Management Officer Joins TASE Senior Management

Date 31/07/2014

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) Board of Directors approved a series of decisions designed to consolidate the risk management framework employed in the TASE group at its last meeting. The approved measures will strengthen the group’s ability to identify and respond to risks inherent in TASE’s activity and business environment in real time and will conform with requisite international standards and best practices.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Finds Firms Fail To Deliver Best Execution

Date 31/07/2014

Retail and professional clients are being failed by firms that don’t properly apply the rules on best execution when trading on their behalf, according to a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

EDHEC-Risk Institute Releases The First Robust Yet Implementable Valuation Method For Infrastructure Debt And Defines Data Collection Needed

Date 31/07/2014

A new paper entitled “Unlisted Infrastructure Debt Valuation and Performance Measurement”, drawn from the Natixis research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute on the “Investment and Governance Characteristics of Infrastructure Debt Instruments,” proposes the first academically robust, yet operationally implementable valuation and risk measurement framework for illiquid infrastructure debt.

Frankfurt Stock Exchange: Feike AG Listed In The General Standard

Date 31/07/2014

Shares of the Chinese Feike AG (ISIN: DE000A1YCNB3) have been tradable in the General Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 31 July. A total of 10,000,000 shares were listed; the initial listing price was €7,50.

MOU Signed Between KRX And KIBO

Date 31/07/2014

On Monday, July 28, the Korea Exchange (KRX) concluded an MOU with the Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KIBO) in order to support the listing of quality small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and venture companies that are oriented towards technological innovation. 

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Compliance With IOSCO Principles For Financial Benchmarks

Date 31/07/2014

On July 17, 2013, IOSCO (The International Organization of Securities Commissions) published “Principles for Financial Benchmarks” (the “Principles”). The Principles require Benchmark Administrators to disclose their status of compliance with the Principles.