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Year 2011 At KDPW And KDPW_CCP

Date 29/12/2011

The creation of the clearing house KDPW_CCP is the highlight of the past year at the National Depository. As a result, the Polish market complies with global standards of clearing houses and central securities depositories. The challenge of 2012 is to implement interbank OTC derivatives clearing. 

The Egyptian Exchange: Adjusting The List Of Companies Eligible For Specialized Activities

Date 29/12/2011

Due to the semiannual revision for the list of stocks eligible for Specialized Activities constituents, the list was modified to add (34 securities) as follows, starting from the 1st trading session of January 2012:

1. Alexandria Cement
2. Alexandria Containers and goods
3. Ismailia National Food Industries
4. National Societe Generale Bank (NSGB)
5. Egyptian Gulf Bank

FEAS December 2011 Newsletter

Date 29/12/2011

• FEAS:  Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS) announced the launch of the first blue-chip index derived from Euro-Asian stock exchanges, the Dow Jones FEAS Titans 50 Equal Weighted Index. 
• BULGARIA SE:  On 28th November the Bulgarian company Sopharma will debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. It is the second issuer form Bulgaria – after Intercapital Property Development (NewConnect) - dual-listed in Warsaw.
• ISTAN BUL SE:  Deutsche Börse and Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) are working together to cooperate in several business areas. Both exchanges support the mutual understanding of developments in each other’s securities markets, carry out joint research projects or seminars on topics of mutual interest and assist each other in marketing activities in Germany and Turkey.
• NASDAQ OMX ARMENIA:  -Starting from October 18, 2011 Mr. Konstantin Saroyan was appointed CEO of NASDAQ OMX Armenia.  
• WFE Focus December Issue:  Quick glance at SROs in the FEAS region by Alparslan Budak
• FEAS December Newsletter 

With The Year’s Trading Nearly Complete, McDonald’s Tops All Dow Jones Industrial Average Component Stocks With 2011 Gain Of 33.65% - Pfizer Edges Past IBM To Capture Second Place With Two Trading Sessions Left In The Year - Home Depot, Kraft Foods Round Out Top 5 Through Close Of Trading On December 28 - Dow Jones Industrial Average Up 4.96% From Its 2010 Close

Date 29/12/2011

With two days of trading left this year, McDonald’s Corp. is on track to lead all 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in stock performance for 2011, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Indexes.

Trading On The MICEX Derivatives Market At Weekends And On Public Holidays

Date 29/12/2011

In accordance with the resolution of the Executive Board of MICEX-RTS as of December 23, 2011 (Minutes No.152) December 30, 2011 will be a non-trading day on the MICEX Derivatives Market, whereas January 3 through January 6, 2012 and January 9, 2012 will be normal trading days on the MICEX Derivatives Market.

Trading On The Derivatives Market FORTS At Weekends And On Public Holidays

Date 29/12/2011

In accordance with the resolution of the Derivatives Market Committee of MICEX-RTSDecember 30, 2011 will be a normal trading day with a main and an evening trading session held on the Derivatives Market FORTS.

HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 29/12/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements.

The MICEX-RTS Weekly Trading Results Of Standard And Classica Sectors

Date 29/12/2011

Weekly Trading Results: December 19 - 23, 2011 (pdf, 100 Kb)

Re-Appointments To Monetary Authority Of Singapore Board Of Directors

Date 29/12/2011

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Mr Lim Chee Onn, Senior International Advisor to Singbridge Private Limited, Mr Peter Ong, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Finance, and Mr Lucien Wong Yuen Kuai, Managing Partner of Allen & Gledhill, have been re-appointed to its Board of Directors for a further period of two years.  Their re-appointments will take effect on 1 January 2012.

Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Euronext Merger Deadline For Completing Merger Extended To March 31

Date 28/12/2011

On May 4, 2011, Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V. (the “bidder”) published the offer document (the “offer document”) regarding its voluntary public takeover offer (“exchange offer”) to the shareholders of Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft (“Deutsche Börse”) to acquire their shares in Deutsche Börse (ISIN DE0005810055) (“Deutsche Börse Shares”) against a consideration of one share in the bidder (ISIN NL0009766997) for one Deutsche Börse Share. The acceptance period for the exchange offer expired on midnight, at the end of July 13, 2011 (Central European Daylight Savings Time), the additional acceptance period for the exchange offer expired on midnight, at the end of August 1, 2011 (Central European Daylight Savings Time). The period pursuant to Section 39c of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz) expired midnight at the end of November 4, 2011 (Central European Time).