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  • Singapore Exchange Reports $74 Million Profit For First Quarter Financial Year 2013 (1Q FY2013)

    Date 18/10/2012

  • Revenue: $160 million ($178 million in 1Q FY2012)
  • EBITDA: $97 million ($115 million) and Net Profit: $74 million ($88 million)
  • Earnings per share: 7.0 cents (8.2 cents)
  • Interim Dividend per share: 4.0 cents (4.0 cents)
  • All figures are for the quarter except for figures in brackets which are  for a year earlier unless otherwise stated

  • Gui Minjie: Shanghai Stock Exchange Committed To Optimizing Legal Environment Of Capital Market

    Date 18/10/2012

    "Currently and for some time in the future, the revision and formulation of the three laws for the capital market, namely, the 'Securities Law', the 'Securities Investment Fund Law' and the 'Futures Law', are to make the focus of the concerns of the market participants and the legislatures", said Governor Gui Minjie of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Special Committee of Financial Trial Theory under the China Trial Theory Research Society also the Seminar of "Rules and Systems of the Financial Market in Innovation and Transformation" held yesterday. He also said that as the legal system of the capital market is of great importance to the innovation and development of the market, the SSE will make further contributions to the optimization of the legal environment of the capital market.  

  • UK’s Financial Services Authority Fines Sun Life Assurance Company Of Canada (UK) Limited £600,000 For With-Profits Governance Failings

    Date 18/10/2012

    The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (UK) Limited (SLOC UK) £600,000 for failings in the governance of its with-profits business. The design and operation of SLOC UK’s governance arrangements were unclear and inadequate, resulting in a high risk that policyholders’ interests would not be protected properly.

  • UK Parliamentary Commission On Banking Standards Questions Paul Volcker

    Date 18/10/2012

    Commenting on the appearance of Mr Volcker before the Commission, the Chairman of the PCBS, Andrew Tyrie MP, said: 

    "The UK and America are world leaders in financial services. Public trust in banks plummeted as a result of the banking crisis in both these countries."

  • EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes: Hedge Funds Continue To Progress In September

    Date 18/10/2012

    In September, stocks maintained their uptrend (S&P 500: 2.58%), with implied volatility near historical lows (VIX: 15.7%). High-grade bonds fell slightly (Lehman Global: -0.31%, Lehman US: -0.18%), while riskier fixed-income instruments strengthened significantly (Convertibles: 1.81%, Credit-Spread Index: 1.00%). Commodities retreated after two strongly positive months (-1.38%), and the dollar downtrend persisted (-1.17%).