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US And European Corporate Bond Issuance Is Set To Become Prohibitively Expensive For SMEs As Liquidity Concentrates In Major Names - Although $386Bn In Investment-Grade Bonds Were Issued In The US In The First 10 Weeks Of 2012, Dealer Bond Holdings Are At Their Lowest In 10 Years, According To New TABB Group Research

Date 15/03/2012

Corporate bond coupons are set to be driven higher and issuance will become prohibitively expensive for SMEs (small and medium enterprises) as US and European regulatory change forces a liquidity crisis in secondary trading and activity concentrates in only the largest, shortest bonds issued by the most trusted names, according to new research published today by TABB Group.

Deutsche Börse And Club Vita To Launch New Indices For Pension Schemes Pursuing Index-Based Longevity Swaps

Date 15/03/2012

• Tailored  index offers a viable alternative to the ‘indemnity’ approach   to  swaps  used  by  most UK pension schemes and opens the market up for smaller schemes
• Innovative indices will track the different life expectancies of various   types of pension scheme members
• New  indices  will give schemes the advantages of an index-based trade,   while  also  allowing  them to customize the transaction to their member profiles
• Roughly  £14bn  of  longevity  swap deals were completed for UK pension   schemes  in  2011, and £3bn in 2010. A number of additional transactions  are in the pipeline for 2012

HKMEx Welcomes Jefferies Bache As New Clearing Member - Commodities Dealer With Over 130 Years’ Experience To Further Develop China And Asian Markets

Date 15/03/2012

The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx), China’s global marketplace, announces today that Jefferies Bache Limited, a leading global commodities dealer, has joined as the Exchange’s newest clearing member. The membership enables Jefferies Bache to clear and settle transactions conducted by all other members of the Exchange.

Demand for Asian Exposure Is Driving Investor Interest For Innovation In Trading Exchange-Traded Derivative Products - Institutional Investors Are Searching For More Efficient Ways To Access The Asian Equity Markets, Based On New Research From TABB Group

Date 15/03/2012

Institutional investors seeking exposure to emerging Asian equity markets face challenges in accessing many of the region’s closed markets and are turning to exchange-traded derivatives markets, as well as over-the-counter (OTC) instruments that can provide the exposure they need, says TABB Group in new research published today, “Innovations in Accessing Asia: Listed Equity Derivatives and Delta One Products.”

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Vongroup CEO Acquitted Of Disclosing False Or Misleading Information Inducing Transactions

Date 15/03/2012

UBS Publishes Annual Report 2011

Date 15/03/2012

UBS's Annual Report for 2011 provides comprehensive information on the firm, its strategy, business, governance and financial performance. It contains both audited and unaudited information.

Fitch Affirms United Kingdom At 'AAA' - Revises Outlook To Negative

Date 14/03/2012

Fitch Ratings-London-14 March 2012: Fitch Ratings has affirmed the United Kingdom's (UK) sovereign ratings as follows:

--Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) affirmed at 'AAA'
--Long-term local currency IDR affirmed at 'AAA'
--Country Ceiling affirmed at 'AAA'
--Short-term foreign currency rating affirmed at 'F1+'

FIA Elects Directors And Officers

Date 14/03/2012

The Futures Industry Association today announced the election of board directors at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Seventeen directors were elected in total at this meeting, including eight regular member directors for two-year terms; four regular member directors for one-year terms; and five associate member directors for a two-year terms. Following the election, the new board elected the association's officers and public directors.

Council Of The European Union Economic And Financial Affairs Council - Financial Transaction Tax: First Technical Reading Completed

Date 14/03/2012

On 13 March 2012 the Economic and Financial Affairs Council took stock of the work done on the proposal for a directive on the EU-wide financial transaction tax. The ministers identified the outstanding issues and discussed the next steps.

SIFMA General Counsel Ira Hammerman Remarks For SIFMA LEI Seminar - Building A Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) Framework

Date 14/03/2012

Good morning.  My name is Ira Hammerman, senior managing director and general counsel at SIFMA. It is my pleasure to welcome you to today’s seminar on the legal entity identifier, or LEI, initiative.