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More Than 100,000 Investment Funds Available Through Clearstream - 101,450 Funds From 33 Jurisdictions Available For Order Routing On Vestima - Range Is 40 Percent Above Competition

Date 15/10/2012

Clearstream now offers more than 100,000 investment funds (fund ISINs) on its order routing platform Vestima. The company reached this landmark at the beginning of October. Vestima delivers a suite of services supporting the cross-border distribution of investment funds and offers a single point of access to multiple execution venues around the globe. It was launched in 2005 and shortly after offered access to more than 15,000 investment funds. Since then, Vestima has grown, on average, by more than 12,000 new fund ISINs a year to reach its current peak of 101,450 funds (15 October 2012).

Newedge To Serve As Exclusive Swap Counterparty Of New UCITS Fund By EEA Fund Management Limited

Date 15/10/2012

Newedge, a global leader in multi-asset class prime brokerage, execution and clearing services, announced today that the firm has been appointed as exclusive swap counterparty to the EEA Diversified Trends fund. 

BMO’s Investment Funds Group Selects Milestone Group For NAV Control And Distribution Processing - Reinvents How Fund Administration Is Performed In Canada

Date 15/10/2012

Milestone Group, the specialist provider of optimized fund processing solutions to the global funds industry, has today announced that BMO Financial Group (BMO) has selected its pControl platform to automate the management and control of its NAV production and validation processes as well as distribution processing.

ASEAN Exchanges Unveils Key Milestones In The Development Of The ASEAN Asset Class

Date 15/10/2012

ICE And Traiana Announce Extension Of ICE Link To OTC FX - Agreement Combines ICE Link's Leading Middleware Service With Traiana's Global Network Of Banks, Trading Venues, Clearinghouses And Clearing Brokers

Date 15/10/2012

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses and Traiana, the leading provider of post-trade solutions, today announced an agreement to process over-the counter (OTC) foreign exchange contracts via ICE Link, ICE's market leading middleware service.

Tehran Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin - September 2012

Date 15/10/2012

For 20 trading days in September 2012, TSE evidenced transactions in 7221 million shares and rights worth $ 1654 million. These figures demonstrate 105 and 173increase for the volume and value of trades, respectively compared to the previous month.

Malaysia’s Capital Market Drivers Invite Hong Kong Investors To Capitalise On Asean’s Multinational Marketplace - Invest Malaysia Hong Kong 2012 Brings Top Performing Malaysian Public Listed Companies To Hong Kong For Investment Discussions With Fund Managers

Date 15/10/2012

Bursa Malaysia, ASEAN’s leading capital raising venue, together with OSK Investment Bank will bring the Invest Malaysia capital market roadshow to Hong Kong this 8 November, 2012 to meet with fund managers in Hong Kong showcasing Malaysia as a key driver for ASEAN.

ASIC: Barclays Bank PLC Pays $80,000 Infringement Notice Penalty

Date 15/10/2012

Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays") has paid a penalty of $80,000 to ASIC in order to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel, for erroneously withdrawing $AUD13.8 million of client monies from the Barclays' Client Segregated Account instead of its own account on 27 January 2011 without authorisation and failing to return the client monies for five business days.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Issues Guidance On KiwiSaver Sales And Distribution

Date 15/10/2012

The Financial Markets Authority has today published its final guidance note for people involved with the sale and distribution of KiwiSaver schemes.

Speech By Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke On U.S. Monetary Policy And International Implications At The "Challenges Of The Global Financial System: Risks And Governance Under Evolving Globalization," A High-Level Seminar Sponsored By Bank Of Japan-International Monetary Fund, Tokyo, Japan

Date 14/10/2012

Thank you. It is a pleasure to be here. This morning I will first briefly review the U.S. and global economic outlook. I will then discuss the basic rationale underlying the Federal Reserve's recent policy decisions and place these actions in an international context.