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Moscow Exchange Indices Weekly Review: April 29 - May 3, 2013

Date 07/05/2013

Weekly review: April 29 - May 3, 2013 (pdf, 587 Kb)

SIX Financial Information’s Intraday Pricing Service Bolsters Triangle Park Capital Markets Data Service

Date 07/05/2013

SIX Financial Information is teaming up with Triangle Park to redistribute end-of-day pricing data, a move that enhances Triangle Park’s data offering for surveillance, monitoring and OTC price verification activities.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Press Conference By Taro Aso, Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Of Finance, And Minister Of State For Financial Services

Date 07/05/2013

(Excerpt)

(Friday, April 26, 2013, from 8:56 am to 9:25 am)

Cargill Breaks Ground On A U.S. $100 Million Investment In Indonesia To Meet Growing Customer Demands And To Stimulate Growth Of The Cocoa Sector In Asia - Investment In Indonesia Will Establish Cargill’s First Cocoa Processing Operation In Asia

Date 07/05/2013

Cargill broke ground today on a U.S. $100 million investment to construct a state-of-the-art cocoa processing facility in Gresik, in the East-Java region of Indonesia. Cargill stated that the new facility is to meet the growing demand amongst customers for cocoa products and to encourage the development of the Asian cocoa sector. 

BNP Paribas And Clearstream’s Collateral Management Collaboration Goes Live - Cooperation On Collateral Management Solution Goes Live With Triparty Fixed Income And Equities Trade - Clearstream Takes Care Of Global Collateral Allocation, Optimisation And Exposure Coverage - BNP Paribas Securities Services Remains The Local Custodian And Carries Out Local Settlement And Asset Servicing- Solution Enables Efficient Collateral Management With Reduced Fragmentation

Date 07/05/2013

A collateral management service developed for customers of both Clearstream and BNP Paribas Securities Services has now launched across multiple markets and for both fixed income and equities. The live service enables mutual customers to use Clearstream’s global collateral allocation, optimisation and exposure coverage while BNP Paribas Securities Services remains the local custodian, managing local settlement and asset servicing for its clients.

SGX And China Beijing International Mining Exchange Collaborate To Develop Iron Ore Market

Date 07/05/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and China Beijing International Mining Exchange (CBMX) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate in the development of both Chinese and international iron ore markets.  The agreement was signed in Singapore at the Singapore Iron Ore Week 2013, between Dong Chaobin, President of CBMX and Magnus Böcker, CEO of SGX.

Power Exchanges: European Market Coupling Tests Begin

Date 07/05/2013

The day-ahead price coupling projects for power markets in North-Western Europe (NWE) and South-Western Europe (SWE) today jointly announce the start of end-to-end testing across their combined regions, using the Price Coupling of Regions (PCR) system solution. 

The Systemic Importance Of Collateral And The Role Of The Repo Market - ICMA European Repo Council Paper Highlights The Disruptive Impact Of The Proposed FTT On The Widespread Use Of Collateral That Underpins The Modern Financial System

Date 07/05/2013

A supplementary paper from the ICMA’s European Repo Council explains the importance of collateral to the stability and efficiency of the financial system. It highlights how the proposed Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) would impact the movement of collateral, posing significant systemic risks and interrupting the flow of money between banks, to governments and to the real economy.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - April 2013

Date 07/05/2013

Highlights  

Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first four months of 2013 was $70,324 million, an increase of 17 per cent when compared with $60,253 million for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first four months of 2013 was $9,601 million, an increase of 20 per cent when compared with $8,022 million for the same period last year.
• The average daily of turnover of ETFs for the first four months of 2013 was $4,918 million, an increase of 167 per cent when compared with $1,841 million for the same period last year.

Derivatives Market 

• The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first four months of 2013 was 545,311 contracts, an increase of 12 per cent when compared with the 485,290 contracts for the same period last year.

SGX Welcomes OKH Global To Mainboard

Date 07/05/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to welcome the listing of OKH Global Limited on Mainboard under the stock code “S3N”.