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Shenzhen Stock Exchange: ETF Entering Fast Growth Period, Product And System Innovation Being Of Great Significance - SZSE 300 Index ETF Released

Date 18/08/2011

Recently, Shenzhen Stock Exchange held an ETF business innovation and development workshop, attracting the participation of nearly 50 securities company executives and industry experts, who made an in-depth discussion on the ETF product development and business innovation. According to them, ETF, as an innovative product in our capital market, has been offered an unprecedented development opportunity and is now entering the fast growth period. Therefore, to maintain the proper development of EFT, the product and system innovation is of great significance.

ASX Full-Year Analyst Presentation

Date 18/08/2011

Click here to download the ASX Ffull-year analyst presentation by Robert Elstone, Managing Director and CEO, Peter Hiom, Deputy CEO and Ramy Aziz, Chief Financial Officer.

Bursa Malaysia Reprimands And Fines Macquarie And Two Former Heads Of Dealing

Date 18/08/2011

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Securities) has publicly reprimanded and imposed fines of RM50,000, RM25,000 and RM10,000, respectively, on Macquarie Capital Securities (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Macquarie); Thomas Chin Yun Phin (Chin); and Hilton Lee (Lee) for inflating trades in several securities over a period of eight months. Chin and Lee were Macquarie's former Heads of Dealing.

ASX: Appendix 4E - ASX Full-Year Preliminary Final Report

Date 18/08/2011

Additional Appendix 4E disclosure requirements can be found in the notes to these financial statements and the Chief Financial Officer’s report attached thereto.

HKEx: Potential Joint Venture With Shanghai Stock Exchange And The Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Date 18/08/2011

The Board of Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) is pleased to announce that HKEx has agreed in principle to enter into detailed discussions with the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange with a view to establish a joint venture company to be incorporated in Hong Kong.

ASX Full-Year Final Dividend – FY11

Date 18/08/2011

The ASX Limited Board (the Board) announced today that it has determined to pay a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2011 of 93.0 cents per share fully franked to holders of fully paid ordinary shares.  

STOXX Statement On Current Market And Regulatory Developments

Date 18/08/2011

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced that it is monitoring current market and regulatory developments closely. 

ASX Full-Year Annual Report

Date 18/08/2011

Click here to download ASX's full-year annual report.

Taiwan Futures Exchange Monthly Newsletter - August 2011

Date 18/08/2011

Click here to download TAIFEX's August Newsletter.

ASX Results For The Year Ended 30 June 2011

Date 18/08/2011

Financial highlights 

FY11 summary v FY10 prior comparable period (pcp):

• Statutory net profit after tax (NPAT, including significant items) of $352.3 million, up 7.4%, and underlying NPAT (excluding significant items) of $356.6 million, up 7.2% 
• Statutory earnings per share (EPS) of 201.6 cents per share (cps), up 5.9%, underlying EPS of 204.0 cps, up 5.7% 
• Operating revenue, excluding interest and dividends, a record $617.6 million, up 5.0% 
• Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of $482.1 million, up 6.2% 
• Net interest and dividend revenue of $47.5 million, up 26.9% • Cash operating expenses of $135.6 million, up 1.0% 
• Significant items expense before tax of $6.1 million ($4.3 million after tax), primarily reflecting transaction costs incurred on the proposed merger between ASX and Singapore Exchange Limited, and costs associated with the earlier than anticipated migration to the new ASX Trade execution platform  
• Final fully franked dividend of 93.0 cps, up 10.7%, bringing total FY11 dividends to 183.2 cps, up 5.8%, and maintaining ASX’s payout ratio of 90% of underlying NPAT.