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Key Themes Include Fraud, Risk Governance And Compliance In The Financial Services Industry - Thomson Reuters To Host The Second Indonesian Regulatory Summit In Jakarta

Date 11/06/2013

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that it will host the second Indonesian Regulatory Summit in Jakarta in collaboration with and the support of the principal Indonesian regulatory bodies of Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board and the Ministry of Finance. The event will take place on 04 July 2013 and Dr Muliaman Hadad, chairman of OJK, will deliver the welcome keynote address.

ESMA Guidelines And Recommendations For Establishing Consistent, Efficient And Effective Assessments Of Interoperability Arrangements

Date 11/06/2013

The objective of these Guidelines and Recommendations 2013/322 is to improve the rigor and uniformity of standards applied in the assessments of interoperability arrangements.

AIFMD: Significantly Higher Costs For Depositaries Will Outweigh Advantages, Say Fund Industry Players - Increase Of Costs For Depositaries Significant And Not To Be Outweighed By Advantages, Say 60 Percent Of Delegates At Clearstream’s Fund Summit - Majority Of Alternative Fund Managers Says AIFMD Will Significantly Impact Their Operational, Legal And/Or Governance Model Set-Up - 10th Annual Clearstream Fund Summit In Brussels On 6 June Brings Together More Than 150 Delegates From The European Investment Funds Industry

Date 11/06/2013

Polling sessions during Clearstream’s Fund Summit in Brussels revealed that 60 percent of the 150 delegates anticipate that the increase of costs for depositaries posed by the new AIFMD (Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive) rules will be significant and will outweigh the advantages. On the alternative fund manager side, 56 percent of the delegates say AIFMD will significantly impact their operational, legal and/or governance model set-up.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Statistics On Dates Of Annual General Shareholders Meetings For Companies Which Settle Accounts In March 2013

Date 11/06/2013

TSE has compiled the statistics on dates of Annual General Shareholders Meetings for companies which settle accounts in March 2013.

SGX Strengthens Post-Trade Services With New Lead

Date 11/06/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to appoint Nico Torchetti as the new Head of Post Trade Services effective 1 August 2013.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: TOPIX Index Futures Trading Hits A Record High Today

Date 11/06/2013

As of today, the trading volume of TOPIX index futures reached a record high of 747,937 contracts.

Vienna Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics: Derivative Market - May 2013

Date 11/06/2013

Please click here to download Vienna Stock Exchange's monthly statistics for the derivative market in May 2013.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Fines Xcap Securities PLC £120,900 For Client Asset Failings And Applies New Penalty Regime

Date 11/06/2013

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Xcap Securities PLC (Xcap), a retail investment and capital markets business, £120,900 for failing to adequately protect client money and client assets. This is the first client asset case the FCA has brought under the new penalty regime, which applies to breaches committed from 6 March 2010, and introduces new penalty levels in such cases.

Vienna Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - May 2013

Date 11/06/2013

Please click here to download Vienna Stock Exchange's monthly statistics for May 2013.

FTSE Opens New Offices In Dubai International Financial Centre - DIFC's Office Will Act As A Hub For FTSE's Growing Operations In Africa

Date 11/06/2013

• First dedicated FTSE office in the region
• Dubai ‘gateway’ to high-growth region
• FTSE UAE Emerging Market status brings fund flows