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Bulgarian Stock Exchange Monthly Summary - May 2012

Date 19/06/2012

Please click here to download the Bulgarian Stock Exchange monthly statistics for May 2012.

Hüseyin Erkan Appointed As WFE Secretary General

Date 19/06/2012

İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası (İMKB) former Chairman & CEO Hüseyin ERKAN has been appointed as Secretary General of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). WFE is the global trade association of publicly regulated exchanges, and İMKB has been a member of WFE since 1992.

UK’s Financial Services Authority Publishes Annual Report For 2011/12

Date 19/06/2012

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its annual report for 2011/12. The annual report is a key component of the FSA’s accountability framework.  The report outlines how the FSA has performed against the priorities set out in its 2011/12 Business Plan and its statutory objectives.

NYSE Euronext Welcomed By The Chinese Securities Association Of Hong Kong As Its First Special Member

Date 19/06/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYX) is pleased to announce that it has joined the Chinese  Securities Association of Hong Kong (CSAHK) as its first special member. The  CSAHK provides a platform for strengthening relationships with prominent market  participants in the region and NYSE Euronext will be the first international  exchange to join the Association.

A Supervisory Board For The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT - Company Implements Two-Tier Governance – Board Composed Of Outstanding Actors Of The European Energy Sector

Date 19/06/2012

The European Power Exchange, EPEX SPOT SE, has transformed its corporate governance into a company with a two-tier system as of 18 June 2012. The General Assembly of EPEX SPOT, composed of its shareholders, appointed a Supervisory Board which counts 12 members. The Supervisory Board elects the Management Board, approves the strategy and budget of the company and controls the actions of the management. 

FIA Japan Conference To Be Held In Tokyo (July 25-26)

Date 19/06/2012

Futures Industry Association Japan (FIA Japan), the only organization in Japan with a membership which spans the futures industry, will hold the FIA Japan Conference at the Palace Hotel in the center of Tokyo on July 25-26, 2012.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For HKEx Futures

Date 19/06/2012

EU-US Coalition On Financial Regulation - Transatlantic Trade Associations Call For Urgent Re-Engagement On The Pre-Crisis Dialogue On Regulatory Recognition And Accreditation

Date 19/06/2012

Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic must come together with real intent to establish a framework of inter-jurisdictional regulatory recognition and accreditation inorder to address concerns over extraterritoriality and protectionism, a new report “Inter- jurisdictional Regulatory Recognition: Facilitating Recovery and Streamlining Regulation” states.

Capita Financial Selects Calastone’s Daily Reconciliation Service - Full Automation Of Daily Unit Reconciliation, Further Changing Market Infrastructure

Date 19/06/2012

Capita Financial Group Limited has today signed an agreement to use Calastone’s daily reconciliation service for asset
management transactions.

EDHEC-Risk Institute Warns Against “Speculative” Regulatory Proposals For Commodities Markets In Europe

Date 19/06/2012

In a robust critique of a recent paper by the public interest group Finance Watch (“Investing Not Betting: Making Financial Markets Serve Society,” April 2012), EDHEC-Risk Institute has taken issue with a number of positions that this paper deems to be self-evident, e.g. that speculators must have a minority role in futures markets; that excessive speculation undermines the commodity price formation mechanism; and that there should be a linear relationship between a commodity’s supply-and-demand data and its price.