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BME: The Outstanding Balance On AIAF Hits A Record High, At €900 Billion

Date 08/03/2012

The outstanding balance of Spanish Corporate Debt listed on AIAF, BME’s Fixed  Income market, posted a record high for the first time in its history, at €900  billion.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Renewal Of Listed Company Awards

Date 08/03/2012

Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has decided to renew the Listed Company Awards System in 2012 by establishing the “Corporate Value Improvement Award” to recognize companies which aim to improve corporate value by including investor concerns in management decisions. At the same time, TSE will introduce advance announcements of award themes regarding the “Corporate Activity Awards”.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For China Life Insurance Futures

Date 08/03/2012

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 12 March 2012, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

Australia’s Financial And Energy Exchange Chooses BT As Cloud Connectivity Provider - BT Radianz Cloud Offers A New Route To Trade On Australian Based Pan Asian Exchange

Date 08/03/2012

BT today announced that Australia’s Financial and Energy Exchange Group Ltd (FEX) has chosen the BT Radianz Cloud to provide a new and flexible way for global market participants to access its exchange. 

RTS Realtime Systems Connects To Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) Increases Coverage Of Asian Exchanges

Date 08/03/2012

RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global trading solutions provider, today announced that the firm is now able to offer market access to the Thailand Futures Exchange plc (TFEX), a subsidiary of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Group.

NZX Receives Initial Orders For Return Of Capital

Date 08/03/2012

On 20 February 2012, the Directors of NZX announced that the company would distribute cash by way of a return of capital to shareholders.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Reply To Parliamentary Question On The Recent Fraudulent Withdrawals From The ATMs Of DBS Bank

Date 08/03/2012

Date: For Parliament Sitting on 8 March 2012

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Q288 Mrs Lina Chiam, Non-Constituency Member

Question:

To ask the Prime Minister in light of the recent fraudulent withdrawals from the ATMs of DBS Bank (a) what have MAS and the Association of Banks in Singapore done to prevent such incidents from recurring at DBS Bank and other banks; and (b) whether MAS is assured that DBS Bank has definitely identified the problem behind the ATM security lapses.

MICEX-RTS: Initial Margin Requirement Increased For The Holidays Season

Date 08/03/2012

Beginning March 8, 2012 through March 10, 2012 the size of initial margin for the MICEX-RTS derivatives market, Standard sector of the securities market, RTS Money, derivatives markets of Saint-Petersburg Exchange   and Moscow Energy Exchange will be increased, due to public holidays.

Federal Court In Illinois Orders Windsor Brokers, Ltd. Of Cyprus To Pay $140,000 Civil Monetary Penalty, Cease Soliciting U.S. Customers, And Modify Website - Action Part Of CFTC’s Nationwide Sweep Against Foreign Currency Firms For Failure To Register Under The 2008 Farm Bill, The Dodd-Frank Act, And CFTC Regulations

Date 07/03/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court consent order requiring Windsor Brokers, Ltd. (Windsor), of Limassol, Cyprus, to pay a $140,000 civil monetary penalty to settle CFTC charges. Windsor unlawfully solicited U.S. customers to engage in foreign currency (forex) transactions and operated as a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) without being registered with the CFTC (see CFTC Press Release 6108-11, September 8, 2011).

U.S. Treasury Announces Public Offering Of AIG Common Stock, Agreement With AIG To Repay The Government’s Remaining $8.5 Billion Preferred Equity Investment

Date 07/03/2012

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced that it has launched an offering of $6 billion of its American International Group (AIG) common stock. AIG has indicated that it intends to purchase up to $3 billion of the common stock sold by Treasury in this offering at the initial public offering price.