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CESR Publishes Two Comment Letters Regarding IASB’s Exposure Draft Financial Instruments: Classification And Measurement

Date 17/09/2009

CESR published today two letters, one to the IASB on Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement, and one to the European Financial Reporting Aadvisory Group (EFRAG) regarding EFRAG’s draft comment letter on the IASB’s Exposure Draft ‘Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement'.

HKEx: Appointment Of Clearing Consultative Panel Members

Date 17/09/2009

The Board of Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Nico Torchetti and Ms Wong Man Yee, Fanny as Clearing Consultative Panel members effective 16 September 2009 to fill the casual vacancies arising from the resignation of Messrs Simon Haggerty and Ng Wai Sum, Sam.

Deutsche Börse Announces Price Model For The Pan-European Trading Segment “Xetra International Market” - Attractive Transaction Fees For European Equities Trading - Special Incentive Model For Supplying Liquidity - Efficient Clearing Via Europe’s Largest

Date 17/09/2009

Deutsche Börse is promoting a price model for its pan-European trading segment “Xetra International Market” (XIM) that offers a considerable incentive to supply liquidity. Xetra participants that place orders and achieve a certain percentage of the trading volume in their role as liquidity providers will receive payment of 0.36 basis points (equivalent to 0.0036 percent) on the volume executed. For all other orders executed, transaction fees amounting to 0.12 basis points will be incurred. 0.06

HKEx Exchange Participants Statistics - Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

Date 17/09/2009

Updated: 17 September 2009

Standard Bank Metals Trading And Risk Management Goes Live With Brady

Date 17/09/2009

Brady plc (AIM: BRY), the leading supplier of trading, risk management and settlement solutions to the metals and commodities sectors, has announced today that Standard Bank Plc are the first to use Brady’s new interface to LME SMART (the London Metal Exchange System for Matching and Registering Trades). Using the Brady interface LME member firms are now able to connect directly to the LME’s matching system, which will forward trades to the London Clearing House (LCH) for clearing. Standard B

HKEx Clearing House and Russia's NDC Sign MOU

Date 17/09/2009

Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (HKSCC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), and The National Depository Center (Closed Joint Stock Company), or NDC, which is part of the MICEX Group, an exchange operator based in Russia, today (Thursday) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation and the exchange of information.

Tokyo Grain Exchange: Daily Price Limits From September 18, 2009

Date 17/09/2009

The daily price limits will change from September 18, 2009. Non-GMO Soybeans will be reverted to 1,800yen.

Bursa Malaysia Signs Strategic Partnership Agreement With CME Group To Grow Malaysian Derivatives Market And Gain Greater Global Visibility

Date 17/09/2009

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) and CME Group Inc. (CME Group) today signed strategic partnership agreement, a landmark initiative that will facilitate the globalisation of the Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) futures market, as well as the Bursa Malaysia derivatives market. For CME Group, this alliance with Bursa Malaysia is a furtherance of CME Group strategy of extending its transaction processing services business through partnerships around the world.

Vienna Stock Exchange Announces CEE Stock Exchange Group And Launch Of Two New Indices

Date 17/09/2009

The Vienna Stock Exchange has two pieces of news it is announcing today. Firstly, as of today, the Vienna Stock Exchange and the stock exchanges of Budapest, Ljubljana and Prague belong to the family brand "CEE Stock Exchange Group ". The four member exchanges account for half of total market capitalization and around two-thirds of equity turnover in the CEE region. This makes the CEE Stock Exchange Group the biggest player among all stock exchanges of Central and Eastern Europe. Our goal is

SIX Swiss Exchange: Launch Of Collateral-Secured Structured Products

Date 17/09/2009

As of 28 September 2009, it will be possible for the first time to list collateral-secured instruments "COSI" on SIX Swiss Exchange and trade them on Scoach Switzerland Ltd. Collateral for these instruments is placed with the Exchange, meaning that investors are covered should the issuer become insolvent.