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SGX: New Entrant To Specialised Consumer Service Sector

Date 20/02/2013

• The Specialised Consumer Service Subsector consists of four Mainboard listings that span across education and medical services.
• The four Mainboard listings are Raffles Education, Overseas Education, Informatics Education and Cordlife.
• The newest addition to the Consumer Service Subsector, Overseas Education, was listed on 7 February , and has gained 25.0% from the offer price of S$0.48.

SIX Reinforces Its Commitment To The Swiss Market For Structured Products

Date 20/02/2013

In a joint press release issued today, SIX and Deutsche Börse have announced that the Scoach cooperation agreement is to be terminated as of 30 June 2013. SIX will continue to further develop the successful market for structured products in Zurich.

TriOptima Eliminates JPY271.6 Trillion Notional In Interest Rate Swaps From LCH Swapclear In Record-Breaking Compression Cycle

Date 20/02/2013

TriOptima announces today that it eliminated JPY 271.6 trillion (USD3 trillion) in cleared interest rate swap notional principal outstandings from LCH SwapClear, the largest ever triReduce compression cycle in JPY interest rate swaps.  Since TriOptima began offering its triReduce early termination service in JPY in 2004, almost JPY1,600 trillion (USD18.3 trillion) in cleared and uncleared swaps have been eliminated.

Deutsche Börse: Joint Venture Scoach To Face Termination

Date 20/02/2013

The joint trading platform Scoach for structured products in Switzerland and Germany operated by SIX and Deutsche Börse will face disbandment because SIX terminated the cooperation contract.

Initial Margin Requirement On The Moscow Exchange Derivatives Market

Date 20/02/2013

According to the proposal of the Derivatives Market Committee of Moscow Exchange CJSC JSCB National Clearing Centre decided to decrease the minimum initial margin for instruments on indices traded on the Derivatives Market and in the Standard Sector of the Moscow Exchange.

Tehran Stock Exchange Market Cap Breakdown

Date 20/02/2013

Based on the latest report of TSE’s Data and Information department, Basic Metals, Chemical Products and Metal Ore Mining are the leading sectors in the Exchange, with 20.21, 13.52 and 11.77 percent of total market capitalization, respectively.

QuantHouse Leverages BT To Expand Asian Distribution Capabilities

Date 20/02/2013

QuantHouse, S&P Capital IQ’s Real Time operation and the global provider of next generation trading solutions, is expanding its core services to Asia by teaming-up with BT. QuantHouse will be using BT Radianz services to distribute its low-latency European and American market data feeds into the Asia/Pacific region.

Fidessa Named Best Equities Trading Platform At The Wall Street Letter Awards

Date 20/02/2013

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) announced today that its equities trading platform has been recognized as the best vendor solution at Wall Street Letter’s annual awards. Designed to showcase excellence among providers to the institutional trading industry, these awards are judged by an independent panel of industry professionals. Fidessa’s platform, taking the award for the second year running, enables clients to trade effectively and efficiently on a global scale.

Thai Bourse Market Report For January - Daily Average Trading Volume Up 51 Pct Year-To-Date To USD 1.93 Bln - Market Cap At THB 12.54 Trillion, Up 6.01 Pct From End-2011 - Derivatives Trading Up 57 Pct Year-To-Date At 67,772 Contracts Per Day

Date 20/02/2013

The Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET) securities trading volume in January surged 51 percent from a year earlier as market sentiment was cheered by easing fears of European debt woes and the first increase of China’s economic growth in the fourth quarter after it had retreated for the previous seven quarters, signaling a recovery of the global economy.  

Cleartrade Exchange Launches Unique Data Tool For Freight And Iron Ore Derivatives Market - Leading Exchange For Freight And Commodity Derivatives Puts Aggregated Daily Volume Data In The Hands Of Iron Ore And Freight Traders World-Wide

Date 20/02/2013

Cleartrade Exchange (CLTX), the Singapore-regulated futures exchange, has unveiled the Cleartrade Exchange Data Centre (CDC), a web-based service that delivers unprecedented data transparency on iron ore and freight derivatives markets.