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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

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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.  

ASIC Consults On Consequential Market Integrity Rules For ASX And Chi-X Markets

Date 17/08/2011

ASIC today released Consultation Paper 166 Market integrity rules: non-AFS licence foreign participants and consequential amendments (CP 166).

FINRA Suspends And Fines Trader; Orders Restitution For Manipulative Trading That Artificially Impacted The Market Through A Concealed Account

Date 17/08/2011

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that trader Robert T. Bunda, of Frankfort, Illinois, has been suspended for 16 months, fined $175,000 and is required to pay restitution of $171,740 for engaging in manipulative trading activity including spoofing that artificially impacted the market price of a Nasdaq security. Bunda attempted to conceal his improper trading activity through the use of one of his 11 undisclosed outside brokerage accounts.

Statement By President Barroso And Commissioner Rehn On Today's Proposals By President Sarkozy And Chancelor Merkel

Date 17/08/2011

After a working meeting in Brussels, European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, and Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, Olli Rehn, issued the following statement.

The proposals made today by President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel are a welcome step forward in our common efforts to strengthen the governance of the euro area. They represent an important political contribution by the leaders of the two largest euro area economies to this debate and the on-going work.