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Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Adjusted The Premiums And Discounts Of Early Rice Appointed Delivery Warehouse

Date 12/08/2011

On July 15, 2011, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) announced, the premiums and discounts of early rice warehouse receipt, registered in Wuhan Dahualing Grain Reserve Warehouse, were adjusted from -40 yuan/ton to 0 yuan/ton. The registered receipts took effect on August 1st, 2012.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 11/08/2011

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

• First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) has completed a common share issuance resulting from an incentive invitation in connection with convertible bonds. The relative weight of First Quantum will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX 60, 60 Capped and Equity 60, the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining, the S&P/TSX Capped Materials, the S&P/TSX Global Mining, the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals and the S&P/TSX Composite Dividend indices to reflect this issuance of First Quantum shares. There will be no change to the weight First Quantum in the S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX Equal Weight Global Base Metals or the S&P/TSX 60 130/30 Strategy Index. These changes will be effective after close on Thursday, August 18, 2011.

ESMA Promotes Harmonised Regulatory Action On Short-Selling In The EU

Date 11/08/2011

European financial markets have been very volatile over recent weeks. The developments have raised concerns for securities markets regulators across the European Union.

Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index

Date 11/08/2011

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index.

CFTC Charges Blue Sky Capital Management Corp. And Gregory M. Schneider With Making False Statements To The National Futures Association

Date 11/08/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a complaint charging Blue Sky Capital Management Corp. (Blue Sky) of Lebanon, Tenn., and its principal,Gregory M. Schneider of Mount Juliet, Tenn. The CFTC alleges they made false statements to the National Futures Association (NFA), the futures industry self-regulatory organization, which operates under CFTC oversight.

Program Trading Averaged 29.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Aug. 1-5

Date 11/08/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Aug. 1-5.

FORTS: Trading Volume In The Russian Volatility Index Futures Exceeded 5.900 Contracts

Date 11/08/2011

On August 10, 2011 by the end of the main trading session on FORTS the maximum trading volume in futures contract on the Russian Volatility Index was seen since the launch of trading in this instrument on June 1, 2011.

Open Protocol Enabling Risk Aggregation Launched

Date 11/08/2011

As co-chairs of a working group set up to define consistent practices across the hedge fund industry, Albourne Partners Limited and Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of Open Protocol Enabling Risk Aggregation (OPERA), a new protocol that standardises how hedge funds collect, collate, and convey risk information. The new protocol will help hedge fund investors aggregate and integrate their exposures, reduce the proliferation of investor-specific risk formats that hedge funds have to manage and provide regulators with a detailed technical approach, forged by practitioners, to identify systemic risk.

Further Information About The Organised Attack On The HKExnews Website And Mitigation Measures

Date 11/08/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) would like to provide further information on the disruption of service to the HKExnews website yesterday (10 August 2011).

Thai Bourse Lists ThaiDEX SET High Dividend ETF On August 16

Date 11/08/2011

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will list ThaiDEX SET High Dividend ETF, managed by One Asset Management Limited, on its main board on August 16, under the ticker “1DIV.”