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CME Group To Begin Offering Portfolio Margining For OTC Interest Rate Swaps And Futures - New Program To Provide Industry-Leading Risk Management And Unparalleled Capital Efficiencies

Date 13/03/2012

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that beginning May 7 it will offer portfolio margining of over-the-counter interest rate swap positions and Eurodollar and Treasury Futures for house accounts. The risk reduction achieved by this program may result in capital efficiencies of up to 85 percent for certain portfolios, figures that remain unparalleled in the industry. Later in the year, the same benefits will be available for customer accounts pending regulatory approval.
UK's Financial Services Authority Mortgage Lending Data Published

Date 13/03/2012

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today published its latest Mortgage Lending Data for the United Kingdom covering the period Q4 2011.
ESMA: Publication Of Responses To The Consultation On Delegated Acts Concerning Short Selling And CDS

Date 13/03/2012

o view the responses, please see the following page.
UK's Financial Services Authority: Head Of European Credit Sales At Credit Suisse Fined £210,000 For Improper Market Conduct, Disclosing Client Confidential Information And Exhibiting A Lack Of Skill, Care And Diligence

Date 13/03/2012

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Nicholas Kyprios, Head of European Credit Sales at Credit Suisse in London, £210,000 for improper market conduct in disclosing client confidential information ahead of a significant bond issue in November 2009.
FinArch Expands Market Share In Nigeria: Sterling Bank Implements Financial Studio Sub Ledger And IFRS

Date 13/03/2012

FinArch, an international market leader in integrated finance and risk solutions for the financial services industry, announced today that Sterling Bank is implementing its Sub Ledger and IFRS solution, jointly with its local partner Blueprint Business Technologies (BBT).

New EDHEC-Risk Research Sees No Evidence Of Causal Link Between Credit Default Swap (CDS) And Sovereign Debt Prices

Date 13/03/2012

In newly-released research by Dominic O’Kane, Affiliated Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School, EDHEC-Risk Institute has performed a theoretical and empirical analysis of the relationship between the price of eurozone sovereign-linked credit default swaps (CDS) and the same sovereign bond markets during the eurozone debt crisis of 2009-2011. The working paper, entitled “The Link between Eurozone Sovereign Debt and CDS Prices,” tests the claim that speculative use of CDS by market participants had caused or accelerated the rapid decline in 2010-11 of bond prices in eurozone periphery countries, a claim that led to the decision by the European Parliament and member states on October 18, 2011, to make the ban on so-called “naked” CDS permanent.
Fidessa Continues Derivatives Expansion With Chicago Office - New Location To Service Local Clients And Support Global Trading

Date 13/03/2012

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world’s financial community, has today announced the expansion of its US presence with an office in Chicago. Fidessa chose Chicago to support its expanding client roster and serve as a strong regional base for global futures and options trading.
Thai Listed Firms’ 2011 Dividends Up 7 Pct To New Record High

Date 13/03/2012

Three hundred-eleven firms listing on The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and the Market Alternative Investment (mai) announced 2011 dividend payment of a combined THB 326.11 billion (approx. USD 10.62 billion) -- up 7 percent from a year earlier, making the third straight year of record high dividend payments.
ADX Denies Inquiry Claims Into Al Dar And Sorouh Shares Trade

Date 13/03/2012

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange denied the claims circulating in some media outlets that it plans to investigate trading in Al Dar and Sorouh shares. The unfounded rumors of an investigation allege a suspicious price movement of both companies’ shares prior to their mutual public statement of merger talks.
Bulgarian Stock Exchange Announces Index Change

Date 13/03/2012

Bulgarian Stock Exchange-Sofia announced today changes in the composition of the blue-chip index SOFIX which will become effective as of March 19, 2012.