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HKEx: Scrip Dividend Scheme In Relation To The Interim Dividend For The Year Ending 31 December 2013 Calculation Of Market Value

Date 02/09/2013

On 15 August 2013, the Board declared payment of the Interim Dividend to  Shareholders whose names appeared on HKEx’s register of members on the Record  Date. The Interim Dividend will be payable in cash with a scrip alternative  under which eligible Shareholders may elect to receive the Interim Dividend  wholly or partly in the form of New Shares instead of in cash.

Euroclear Nederland And Broadridge To Launch Automated Meeting Notification Service

Date 02/09/2013

Euroclear Nederland and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. are launching an automated, ISO-compliant shareholder meeting notification service in the Netherlands. As of today, Dutch and foreign institutional investors will be able to receive meeting notifications for equities listed on NYSE Euronext-Amsterdam and NYSE Alternext.

ECC Launches Clearing Services For PXE

Date 02/09/2013

Today, the European Commodity Clearing (ECC) successfully launched clearing and settlement services for all transactions concluded on the Prague- based Power Exchange Central Europe (PXE).

DZ BANK AG New Clearing Member In EurexOTC Clear - Connected Since 30 August 2013 - Extension Of Network To Cover Cooperative Financial Sector

Date 02/09/2013

Eurex Clearing, Europe's leading clearing house, welcomes DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt/Main, as a new member of EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS). The number of clearing members on EurexOTC Clear increases to 15. In addition to serving major group companies and affiliates, DZ BANK AG will offer its services to other interested clients as well.

Margin Requirements For Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives - Final Document

Date 02/09/2013

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) released today the final framework for margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives.

Italian Tax On HFT Hits Cash Equities

Date 02/09/2013

Italy will today become the first EU country to bring into force a tax on high-frequency trading, after introducing a tax on certain equity derivatives earlier this year.

Oslo Børs: Current Opening Hours For Trading In Equities To Be Continued

Date 02/09/2013

After having analyzed the possible impact of reduced trading hours over the past twelve months, Oslo Børs has chosen to continue with the current opening hours for trading in equities. This means that the trading day for equities concludes with the closing auction at 16:25.

SWIFT’s Affirmations Application Supports Compliance With EMIR - Affirmations, Implemented In Conjunction With Alliance Lite2, Enables Easy, Low-Cost Automation Of Buy Side Treasury Confirmations To Help Meet New Regulatory Demands

Date 02/09/2013

SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 212 countries and territories, announced today that its Affirmations application supports compliance with EMIR by making multi-asset class electronic confirmation matching accessible to players of all sizes.

EEX Spins Off Trading In Emission Rights Into An Independent Company - Registered In The Commercial Register On 30 August

Date 02/09/2013

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) spins off its Emissions Spot and Derivatives Markets into a separate company with the corporate name Global Environmental Exchange GmbH (GEEX). The spin-off to the wholly owned EEX subsidiary, which was entered in the commercial register on 30 August 2013, was carried out with retrospective effect as of 1 January 2013.

Warsaw Stock Exchange To Offer Co-Location Services – High Performance Access (HPA)

Date 02/09/2013

• From 2 September 2013, WSE members, their clients and data vendors will be able to access co-location services and have rapid access to the UTP system – High Performance Access
• HPA enables WSE members and information distributors to co-locate hardware and software in the immediate vicinity of the WSE trading system, minimizing order roundtrip latency and reducing execution risk