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FFastFill plc And WTD Consulting, Inc Partner To Deliver OTC US Back-Office Clearing Platform

Date 29/06/2011

FFastFill plc (AIM: FFA), the leading provider of Software as a Service (“SaaS”) to the global derivatives community, and WTD Consulting, Inc. a Chicago-based technology consulting and software solutions firm, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver FFastFill’s Eclipse post-trade-processing platform for OTC instruments to the US market.

Massimo Tononi Appointed Chairman Of Borsa Italiana

Date 29/06/2011

The Shareholder Meeting and the Boards of Directors of Borsa Italiana were held yesterday.

The Shareholder Meeting of Borsa Italiana has appointed the new Board of Directors for the period 2011-2014 which is composed of Nicolas Bertrand, Gian Luca Bolengo, Janet Cohen, Alessandro Decio, Alessandro Di Michele, Carmine Di Noia, Raffaele Jerusalmi, Marina Forquet Famiglietti, Massimo Mocio, Pietro Sella, Antoine Shagoury, Massimo Tononi.

RTS And MICEX Sign An Agreement To Merge

Date 29/06/2011

The MICEX and the RTS have announced the signing of a framework agreement to merge their businesses. The agreement determines the procedures for forming a single exchange holding. The signing of the agreement marks a new stage of the development of the Russian stock market infrastructure which implies the creation of an international leader prepared to compete with the world's largest financial centers by the scale of the exchange and post-trading business, technological content, command expertise, standards and quality of service.

UK's Financial Services Authority Continues Its Crackdown On Land Banking With Another High Court Decision Protecting Consumers

Date 29/06/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) yesterday secured summary judgment^* in the High Court against Stephen Watkins, who traded as Consolidated Land UK.

Qualicorp IPO On Novo Mercado - Shares Will Be Traded Under The Ticker Symbol QUAL3

Date 29/06/2011

Shares will begin to be traded in the Qualicorp as of Wednesday (June 29) on BM&FBOVESPA, under the QUAL3 ticker symbol. The shares will be traded on the Novo Mercado.

Clearstream To Enhance Proxy Voting Services With ISS - Agreement With Leading Provider Of End-To-End Corporate Governance Solutions Signed - Facilitating Active Ownership To Meet Corporate Governance Guidelines - Service To Be In Place In Advance Of The 2012 Proxy Voting Season

Date 29/06/2011

Clearstream, the post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading provider of end-to-end corporate governance solutions. Clearstream will employ the ISS infrastructure to enhance its proxy voting service for all eligible instruments and Clearstream proxy voting markets, for both its business as International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) and as Central Securities Depository (CSD) for Germany. The new service will be in place in February 2012, in time for next year’s proxy voting season.

MICEX And RTS Stock Exchange Signed Merger Agreement

Date 29/06/2011

CJSC ‘MICEX’ and OJSC RTS announced a framework agreement to combine the exchange groups which provides an order and procedures for establishing a joint exchange holding. Signing the agreement represents a new stage in developing a Russian and international exchange infrastructure related to the future creation of the Russian national exchange leader which will be  competitive with the largest global financial centers in terms of exchange and post-trading business scale, technical facilities, management experience, service standards and quality. 

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 29/06/2011

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 4 July 2011, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology. 

Deutsche Börse: SBERBANK Moves Up To The Entry Standard - ADRs In The Largest Russian Bank Tradable On The Entry Standard

Date 29/06/2011

On 29 June, OAO SBERBANK of Russia (ISIN: US80585Y3080) became the first Russian company in the Entry Standard, moving up from the Open Market. 337,500,000 ADRs have been admitted as part of Bank of New York Mellon's newly launched sponsored ADR programme. The initial price was €9.62.

HKEx Welcomes Government Appointments To HKEx’s Risk Management Committee

Date 29/06/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the Government’s appointments of Chan Ngai-hang and Michael Liu and the re-appointment of Edmond Lau as members of HKEx’s Risk Management Committee (RMC).  The two-year appointments, which were made under the Securities and Futures Ordinance, will take effect on 1 July 2011 (Friday).