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Europe Likely To Recover From The Financial Crisis In 2014, Says S&P Capital IQ Equity Research

Date 14/02/2013

The storm in Europe is slowly calming, according to S&P Capital IQ Equity Research analysts who anticipate the fifth year after the financial crisis will see the beginning of a recovery for the European market. 

Nigerian Stock Exchange Signs MoU With Thomson Reuters On Value Added Services

Date 14/02/2013

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, to provide Investor Relations Services to its listed companies, as part of its Value Added Services (X-Value) bouquet.

ESMA Publishes The Feedback Statement To The Consultation On Considerations Of Materiality In Financial Reporting

Date 14/02/2013

Please click here to access the document.

HKEx To Introduce After-Hours Futures Trading On 8 April

Date 14/02/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Thursday) that it received regulatory approval for rule changes that will enable it to offer After-Hours Futures Trading (AHFT) and it plans to introduce AHFT on Monday, 8 April 2013.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Notice Of International Conference On Strengthening The Asian Financial Sector Toward Sustainable And Inclusive Growth

Date 14/02/2013

The Financial Research Center (FSA Institute) will co-host an international  conference on “Strengthening the Asian Financial Sector toward Sustainable and  Inclusive Growth”with the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) on March 8,  2013, in Tokyo.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: New ETF To Be Listed On Mar. 7, 2013 (Thu.) - Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. "NEXT FUNDS Nomura Japan Equity High Dividend 70 Exchange Traded Fund"

Date 14/02/2013

Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) approved the listing of a new ETF managed by "Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.". The ETF will be listed on Thursday, March 7, 2013.

Licence Applicant Banned For Giving False Information To Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission

Date 14/02/2013

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Kuo Shou Min, a former licensed representative, from re-entering the industry for nine months from 6 February 2013 to 5 November 2013.

"Red" - Speech Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton To The 2013 Arkansas State University Agribusiness Conference, Jonesboro, AR

Date 13/02/2013

Introduction—Red-Faced Rhetoric

Say Heeeeeey. Jellooo!  It’s great to be with you here at A State. Go Red Wolves! We are actually going to be discussing “red” today. Lots of things red— rojo (Spanish), rosso (Italian), or in Dutch: rood . . . and just in time for Valentine’s Day.

ISDA EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: SNS Bank Restructuring Credit Event

Date 13/02/2013

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that its EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee resolved that a Restructuring Credit Event occurred, under Section 4.7 (a)(ii) of the ISDA 2003 Credit Derivatives Definitions, in respect of SNS Bank NV.

Providing Needed Resources To The PCAOB By SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar

Date 13/02/2013

Today we consider the resources the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB” or “Board”) needs in order to oversee audits of public companies and broker-dealers and fulfill its mission to protect the interests of investors and to further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate, and independent audit reports.