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Thomson Reuters Improves Performance And Transparency For Autex FIX Order Routing Customers - Thomson Reuters Moves Autex Trade Route Onto Elektron Network To Improve Performance - Also Launches Unique Monitoring Tool For FIX Order Routing To Help Customers Better Manage Operational Risks

Date 18/12/2013

Thomson Reuters today announced that it has improved performance and transparency for customers of its Autex FIX order routing network with two strategic enhancements. The Company has moved its global FIX order routing system, Autex Trade Route, onto its Elektron network, improving performance for over 750 buy-side firms and 700 executing brokers and venues using the service. Additionally, Thomson Reuters announced the launch of Autex Client Portal, the first tool of its kind among FIX network providers, to give system administrators at financial services firms a real-time, interactive view of network status and trading activity both within the firm and across counterparty connections, enabling greater operational risk management.

Thai Bourse Market Report For November

Date 18/12/2013

• Daily average trading value down 10 pct month-on-month to USD1.09 bln
• Market cap at THB 12.02 trillion, up 1.62 pct from end-2012 
• Derivatives trading falls 20 pct month-on-month to 50,713 contracts per day

Finansinspektionen (FI) - Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority - Does Not Intend To Grant Waivers From The Basel 1 Floor

Date 18/12/2013

Finansinspektionen (FI) does not consider it to be appropriate to grant banks waivers from the Basel 1 floor. This issue has come up for discussion as a result of the new pending European regulations. FI would now like to receive feedback about this position.

NASDAQ Dubai, PwC And Latham & Watkins Hold Seminar On How To Conduct IPOs On The Region’s International Exchange

Date 18/12/2013

PwC and Latham & Watkins teamed up with NASDAQ Dubai to hold a seminar on how to carry out initial public offerings (IPOs), in response to rapidly growing interest from companies in raising capital on the region’s international exchange.

SGX Welcomes Linc Energy To Mainboard

Date 18/12/2013

Singapore Exchange (“SGX”) is pleased to welcome the listing of Linc Energy Ltd (“Linc Energy”) on Mainboard, under the stock code of “TI6”.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority AFA Update: Issue # 19 - Guidance Note: Limited Personalised Advice

Date 18/12/2013

FMA has released guidance to help financial advisers give high quality limited personalised advice that is time and cost efficient and adopts the right level of compliance.  This follows from a number of in-depth face-to-face consultations with AFA groups who provided some very helpful comments which assisted in shaping the guidance note.

Additional Statement To Modify FATCA Implementation Statement Between U.S. And Japanese Authorities

Date 18/12/2013

The Authorities of Japan (the Financial Services Agency, the Ministry of Finance and the National Tax Agency, etc.) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury have released the “Additional Statement to Modify Certain Parts of the Statement of Mutual Cooperation and Understanding between the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Authorities of Japan to Improve International Tax Compliance and to Facilitate Implementation of FATCA (the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of the United States)”.

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission Unveils Report On Trends In Risk And Risk Mitigation

Date 18/12/2013

Senior executives of global systemically important financial institutions (G-SIFIs) have shown a high degree of awareness regarding the importance of improving risk governance and risk culture following the 2008 global financial crisis, according to a report (the Report) published today by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). 

Chinese Business Confidence Highest For Two Years - MNI China Business Indicator Rose To 58.4 In December From 53.3 In November

Date 18/12/2013

Business confidence among some of China’s largest companies stood at its highestlevel  since  October  2011,  with  optimism  boosted  in  December  by  the  newly announced reform agenda.

DTCC: Money Market Instrument Optimization Through Finality

Date 18/12/2013

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), through its subsidiary, The Depository Trust Company (DTC), will institute MMI Optimization through Finality for DTCC Clients beginning in Q4 2015, bringing significant enhancements to the settlement process and further reducing risk for DTC and its Clients.