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BESA And The JSE Welcome Approval Of Merger By Competition Authorities

Date 03/06/2009

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the Bond Exchange of South Africa Limited (BESA) have both welcomed the news that the Competition Tribunal has today given unconditional approval for the merger of the two businesses. This decision, together with the approvals already obtained from the South African Reserve Bank and the Financial Services Board, means that all regulatory approvals required for the merger to go ahead have been obtained.

Avox Wins Award From Inside Reference Data

Date 03/06/2009

Avox Limited, the leading provider of premium quality, low latency business entity data and services, today announced that it has been awarded “Best Counterparty Data Provider” at the 2009 Inside Reference Data awards held in New York.

Number Of Trades On RTS Standard Exceeds 14 Thousand

Date 03/06/2009

June 3, 2009 saw a record number of trades on RTS Standard.

CESR Updates List Of Waivers Assessed Regarding MiFID Pre-Trade Transparency Obligations

Date 03/06/2009

Casablanca Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin - May 2009

Date 03/06/2009

Click here to download Casablanca Stock Exchange's monthly bulletin for May 2009.

Warsaw Stock Exchange: Derivatives And Structured Products Market In May 2009

Date 03/06/2009

Derivatives The trading volume in all derivatives in May ’09 was 1.1 million instruments. On a year-to-date basis, the turnover volume amounted to 5.2 million instruments (41% of 2008 trading volume). The number of open interest at the end of May was ca. 141,000 instruments. The third highest number of open interest in the WSE history was recorded in May. After the trading session on 20 May, the number of open interest on all derivatives amounted to 149,071 instruments (the highes

Christian Reuss Scoach CEO Since 1 June 2009

Date 03/06/2009

Christian Reuss is to assume the role of CEO of Scoach Schweiz AG and Scoach Europa AG, Frankfurt, with effect from 1 June 2009. He comes to this position from the Public Distribution department of Goldman Sachs in Zurich and Frankfurt, responsible for Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy. Prior to that, he held posts in Goldman Sachs’ Equity Derivates Flow Sales and Institutional Research Sales departments in Frankfurt and London. Reuss will be taking over from Michael Jung, the current p

Deutsche Börse: New Lyxor Corporate Bond Index ETF Launched On Xetra

Date 03/06/2009

On Wednesday, a new Lyxor index fund from Lyxor’s International Asset Management, a subsidiary of Société Générale, ETF offering was admitted to trading on Xetra®.

Appointment Of Charles Li As The Next Chief Executive Of HKEx And Renewal Of Senior Executives' Contracts

Date 03/06/2009

The Board of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has appointed Charles Li to succeed Paul Chow as the chief executive of HKEx and an ex-officio member of the Board, effective 16 January 2010. Mr Chow will retire from his current office on 15 January 2010. To ensure a smooth transition, Mr Li will join HKEx on 16 October this year. HKEx announced in March last year that Mr Chow planned to retire from HKEx in 2010.

European Central Bank Functions Will Be Performed Without Interruption During Strike

Date 03/06/2009

The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) was notified on 18 May 2009 that the International and European Public Services Organisation (IPSO) would call a strike at the ECB today between 4 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. CET.