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Avaloq Acquires A Majority Stake In B-Source From BSI

Date 31/08/2011

The Avaloq group, the reference for integrated and comprehensive banking solutions, has acquired a majority stake in B-Source AG, a leading banking business process outsourcer (BPO) in Switzerland. BSI, part of the Generali Group and original founders of B-Source, will remain a minority shareholder and an important customer of B-Source. BSI thereby ensures a forward-looking, growth-oriented ownership structure for its banking BPO subsidiary. The acquisition of B-Source means that Avaloq group extends its value chain and become the largest independent provider of comprehensive solutions for the execution of banking business. B-Source remains a legally independent entity forming part of the Avaloq group and will continue to operate under its own name. The Avaloq group will retain B-Source's existing locations in Ticino, Zurich, Lucerne, Romandie as well as in other countries. The acquisition will not result in job losses.
Direct Edge Exchanges, EDGA And EDGX: U.S. Market Holiday Reminder - Labor Day

Date 31/08/2011

Direct Edge exchanges, EDGA and EDGX, will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2011, in observance of Labor Day. Both exchanges will resume normal trading on Tuesday, September 6^th.
SEC: Fee Rate Advisory #2 For Fiscal Year 2012

Date 31/08/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that in fiscal year 2012 the fees that public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities with the Commission will be set at $114.60 per million dollars.
QuantHouse Continues Expansion With New Premises And Senior Appointments

Date 31/08/2011

QuantHouse, the leading provider of next generation trading solutions, today announced the latest details of its company expansion having secured a significant portfolio of client wins, product developments and increased connectivity throughout the year.
CME Group Expands Weekly Agricultural Options Offering With Three New Oilseed And Livestock Options

Date 31/08/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it has added weekly options on Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil and Live Cattle futures to begin trading September 26. Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT.

Dow Jones Indexes’ Dow Jones Golden Crossover U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index To Begin Decreasing Its Equity Allocation To 25% From 100% - Index Signals ‘Dead Cross’, Or Downward-Trending Market Condition - Remaining 75% Of Allocation To Move To Short-Term U.S. T-Bills

Date 31/08/2011

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced its Dow Jones Golden Crossover U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index’s equity allocation is set to gradually decrease over the next five days to 25% from 100%, with the difference moving to the cash-index component, short-term U.S. T-Bills.
HKEx Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting And Suspensions - As At 31 August 2011

Date 31/08/2011

Report on Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting and Suspensions (As at 31 August 2011)
FSA And HM Treasury Publish Joint Consultation Paper On The Transfer Of Regulatory Responsibility For Credit Unions In Northern Ireland

Date 31/08/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and HM Treasury (HMT) have today published a joint consultation paper setting out proposals for the transfer of the regulation of Northern Ireland (NI) credit unions from the NI Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) to the FSA, bringing enhanced consumer protection to the 177 NI credit unions and their members. The transfer is due to take place on 31 March 2012.
HKEx To Introduce Additional Contract Months In Its Dividend Futures

Date 31/08/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Wednesday) that two additional December contract months (December 2014 and December 2015) of HSI¹ and HSCEI² Dividend Point Index futures (Dividend Futures) will become available for trading from Monday, 12 September.
UK's Financial Services Authority Publishes Annual Product Sales Data

Date 31/08/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its annual Product Sales Data (PSD) report for regulated mortgage contracts, retail investment products and pure protection products for the period between April 2010 and March 2011.