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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

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 Thursday, 21 June 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.
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.
ASX To Launch Centre Point Block

Date 19/06/2012

ASX is introducing a range of enhancements to Centre Point, its anonymous mid-spread matching solution. This will include the launch of Centre Point Block, a new service that supports users seeking larger block execution that allows them to nominate a minimum acceptable fill size for their anonymous block order.
Migdal Stock Exchange Services Joins The SunGard Global Network

Date 19/06/2012

Migdal Stock Exchange Services, the brokerage arm of Israeli investment group Migdal Capital Markets and member of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), now offers trading services and research expertise on the Israeli capital markets via the SunGard Global Network (SGN).
Mowbrai Community Relations Survey Of LSE Quoted Mining Companies Operating In Africa

Date 19/06/2012
- Reference database of links and comment on community relations aspects of sustainability programmes
- All information surveyed from publicly available sources – corporate websites and annual reports
- Quick links to all webhosted annual sustainability reports
- Launch of Mowbrai – working with commodities companies providing strategic advice and transparent community relations within the resources industry
- Link to report:http://www.mowbrai.com/CSR%20survey%20LSE%20Mining%20in%20Africa%20FINAL.pdf
Top Fund Managers To Brief Growth Companies On Their Investment Strategies At The Quoted Companies Alliance Conference

Date 19/06/2012

Leading fund managers will discuss how growth businesses can best secure institutional investor support at a landmark event in London this month. The debate will take place at Engineering Growth for Small and Mid-Cap Companies, the first conference of the Quoted Companies Alliance, the independent membership organisation that champions the needs of small to mid-size quoted companies, on 27 June 2012 at the Grange St Paul's Hotel.