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DGCX Launches Middle East’s First Derivatives Trading Academy

Date 17/07/2012

• Exchange seeks to extend benefits of derivatives trading to wider business community 
• Academy to offer broad range of educational programmes

Clearstream Facilitates Market Evolution In The Middle East - Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Joins Triparty Repo Service Of Clearstream - National Bank Of Abu Dhabi Settles Loan Transactions Using Clearstream’s ASL Offering

Date 17/07/2012

Clearstream continues to facilitate the creation of a Middle Eastern financial market infrastructure: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank has joined Clearstream’s triparty repo service as a new cash provider. The first trade was executed in Q2/2012 with Commerzbank Dubai and will contribute to the further evolution of a Middle Eastern triparty repo market. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank accepts Middle Eastern securities to collateralise those trades. In addition, National Bank of Abu Dhabi settled the first loan transaction through Clearstream’s Automated Securities Lending (ASL) offering, a unique service that enhances settlement efficiency through automated loans.

Société Générale Reprimanded By Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission And To Repay Customers USD 11 Million

Date 17/07/2012

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Société Générale in relation to failings in internal controls in its Wealth Management activities in its Hong Kong branch regarding the disclosure of certain fees and charges in secondary market transactions of over-the-counter bonds, options and structured notes (OTC products).

Osaka Securities Exchange: SPAN Parameter Updated - July 23, 2012 - July 27, 2012

Date 17/07/2012

OSE has set up SPAN Parameter for calculating margin requirements as follows.

This SPAN Parameter is used for calculating "SPAN Risk Parameter Files" which are distributed on a daily basis. OSE sets and publishes new Parameters on the first business day of each week, which are applicable from the first business day of the next week.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Reprimands OANDA Asia Pacific Pte Ltd For Contravention Of Section 28A(2) Of The Monetary Authority Of Singapore Act (CAP. 186) ["MAS Act"]

Date 17/07/2012

On 28 June 2012, MAS reprimanded OANDA Asia Pacific Pte Ltd [“OAPPL”] for contravention of section 28A(2) of the MAS Act.

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Launches Options On Crude Palm Oil Futures

Date 17/07/2012

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (BMD) has launched Options on Crude Palm Oil futures contract (OCPO), the first Asian exchange-traded agricultural options contract, to complement its highly successful Crude Palm Oil Futures (FCPO) contract.

ASX Welcomes CQG, Inc. To The Australian Liquidity Centre - CQG Trading And Data Services Now Co-Located In ASX Data Centre

Date 17/07/2012

The Australian Securities  Exchange (ASX), the leading securities exchange in Australia and a subsidiary of the ASX Group, and CQG, Inc., provider of high-performance trading and information solutions for the world’s financial community, today announced that CQG will co-locate its software, services and global connectivity network for the financial marketplace at ASX’s state-of-the art data centre, the ASX Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), located 5km north of the Sydney CBD. 

Equity Options Exercise Totals BRL 3.78 Billion On BM&FBOVESPA

Date 16/07/2012

The equity options exercise today in the BOVESPA segment totaled BRL 3.78 billion, of which BRL 2.39 billion in call options and BRL 1.38 billion in put options.

IMF - Global Financial Stability Report - GFSR Market Update - Intense Financial Risks: Time For Action

Date 16/07/2012

Risks to financial stability have increased since the April 2012 Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR). Sovereign yields in southern Europe have risen sharply amid further erosion of the investor base. Elevated funding and market pressures pose risks of further cuts in peripheral euro area credit. The measures agreed at the recent European Union (EU) leaders’ summit provide significant steps to address the immediate crisis. Aside from supportive monetary and liquidity policies, the timely implementation of the recently agreed measures, together with further progress on banking and fiscal unions, must be a priority. Uncertainties about the asset quality of banks’ balance sheets must be resolved quickly, with capital injections and restructurings where needed. Growth prospects in other advanced countries and emerging markets have also weakened, leaving them less able to deal with spillovers from the euro area crisis or to address their own home-grown fiscal and financial vulnerabilities. Uncertainties on the fiscal outlook and federal debt ceiling in the United States present a latent risk to financial stability.

CalPERS Reports Preliminary 2011-12 Fiscal Year Performance Of 1 Percent - Real Estate Portfolio Earns Nearly 16 Percent Exceeding Benchmark

Date 16/07/2012

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today reported a 1 percent return on investments for the 12 months that ended June 30, 2012, falling short of its benchmark that returned 1.7 percent. CalPERS assets at the end of the fiscal year stood at more than $233 billion.