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DGCX Year-to-Date Volumes Up 51% In November

Date 10/12/2013

• 2013 year-to-date volumes up 51%, reaching over 12.9 million contracts
• Indian Rupee futures volumes increase 43% year-to-date
• DGCX accounted for 40% of the Indian Rupee futures traded globally on exchange

SGX And Thomson Reuters Launch Bond Indices For Benchmarking Investment Performance - Comprehensive Index Series For Singapore Bonds Supports Market Participants’ Need For Independently Priced Investments

Date 10/12/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of a suite of Singapore dollar (SGD) bond indices designed to meet the needs of fund managers, asset owners and custodians in benchmarking investment performances. The new index series is the only complete government, statutory board and corporate bond index series to provide five years of historical data. This offers market participants a powerful barometer of fixed income returns across a multitude of segments.

HKEx: Main Board And GEM Annual/Interim/Quarterly Reports 2012 On DVD

Date 10/12/2013

Two sets of digital video disks (DVD) containing listed companies’ annual/interim/quarterly reports are now available for public subscription via the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) website.

STOXX Introduces Emerging Markets Exposed Index For Europe

Date 10/12/2013

STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today introduced the STOXX Europe 600 EM Exposed Index. The new index represents those companies within the STOXX Europe 600 Index that derive a substantial part of their revenues from Emerging Markets countries, thus providing exposure to these growing markets through liquid securities.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For December 2013 Rubber Contract

Date 10/12/2013

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the December 2013 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.2 of the Rubber Delivery Detailed Rules, the price differential between the Good Delivery materials RSS No.3 and the non-standard grade RSS No.4 for the December 2013 contract month shall be -3.0 yen/kg. 

Shanghai Futures Exchange: Notification On Implementation Of The One-Way Large-Side Margin

Date 10/12/2013

Pursuant to the Announcement on Distribution of SHFE Amended Clearing Rules (SQSGG (2013) No.18), the Exchange will implement the regime of the One-way Large-side Margin as of December 30, 2013. 

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Fiberboard, Blockboard Futures Listed - Forestry Futures Sets Sail To Boost Construction Of A Beautiful China

Date 10/12/2013

On the morning of December 6, the futures contracts of fiberboard and blockboard were successfully listed on Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) at the same time. The listing of the "two boards" will expand China's agricultural futures products to the new area of forestry industry, increasing the number of the futures products traded on DCE to 14 as well as the number of the products traded on China’s futures market to 40.

Five Taiwanese Banks Have Selected Calastone For Offshore Fund Execution As Landbank Of Taiwan, Mega International Commercial Bank And Bank Of Taipei Sign Up For Order Routing - Far Eastern International Bank And Union Bank Of Taiwan Already Went Live With Calastone Earlier This Year

Date 10/12/2013

Landbank of Taiwan, Mega International Commercial Bank and Bank of Taipei have appointed Calastone for the execution of their offshore fund transactions via the Taiwan Depository Clearing Corporation (TDCC) fund order routing service. They selected Calastone for their experience in fund order execution globally and for their superior offshore fund coverage in Taiwan.  TDCC official figures published on their website show Calastone now have 32 fund ranges connected through the TDCC, which is significantly more than any other service provider operating in Taiwan.  Higher fund coverage allows distributors selecting Calastone to immediately maximise their offshore fund automation rate, allowing them to drastically reduce their operational costs and risks while improving their service levels.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 9 December, 2013 - Issue 27

Date 10/12/2013

Last week, Shenzhen Component Index closed at 8526.7 points after losing 0.2%. SME Index dropped 2.5% to 4994.7 points. ChiNext Index slumped 11.7% to 1206.8 points. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$101.7 billion, or a 4.3% increase from last week. 

Remarks At The AICPA 2013 Conference On Current SEC And PCAOB Developments, Julie A. Erhardt Deputy Chief Accountant, Office Of The Chief Accountant, Dec. 9, 2013

Date 10/12/2013

Introduction

Good morning. True to form, and to the nature of my work at the SEC, I will speak to you today about international financial reporting matters. I am grateful for the opportunity to do so and, as in the past, what I say will consist of my own views that do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, the Commissioners, or other members of the SEC staff.