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Bursa Malaysia Securities Publicly Reprimands And Fines Lim Yin Chow Rm30,000 For Breach Of Main Market Listing Requirements

Date 30/07/2015

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (635998-W) (Bursa Malaysia Securities) has publicly reprimanded and imposed a fine of RM30,000 on Lim Yin Chow, a former Non-Executive Director of Stemlife Berhad (STEMLFE), Signature International Berhad (SIGN) and Rev Asia Berhad (REV) for breaches of paragraphs / Rules 2.18(1)(a) and (c) and 16.13(a) of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Main Market Listing Requirements (Main LR) / ACE Market Listing Requirements (ACE LR).

Euronext Publishes Second Quarter 2015 Results

Date 30/07/2015

Euronext today announced its results for the second quarter and for the first six months of 2015.

BME Clearing Receives Authorisation For Its New Equity And Interest Rate Segments - Broadening And Strengthening Post-Trade Services

Date 30/07/2015

BME CLEARING, the Central Counterparty (CCP) of BME, has received the authorisation of the CNMV (the Spanish competent authority) for the launch of two new segments, Cash Equities and Interest Rate OTC Derivatives.

Bank of England: A New Sterling Money Market Data Collection And The Reform Of SONIA

Date 30/07/2015

The Bank of England has today published a consultation document setting out in detail plans first announced in March 2015 for a new sterling money market data collection.  The consultation also sets out, at a high level, how the Bank plans to use these data to reform the Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) benchmark interest rate.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 30/07/2015

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, 3 August 2015, 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.

EDHEC-Risk Institute: Investors Recognise Advanced Beta Equity Investing As A Promising Avenue But Call For Caution On Insufficient Transparency And On The Difficulties In Implementing Long/Short Strategies

Date 30/07/2015

In a new study produced as part of the Société Générale Prime Services (Newedge) research chair on “Advanced Modelling for Alternative Investments”, EDHEC-Risk Institute attempts to give an overall view on alternative equity beta strategies, to determine the areas of usage and to analyse the alternative equity beta practices and perceptions of investment professionals.

KRX Gold Market Will Open An Hour Early To Boost Trading

Date 30/07/2015

ESMA Advises On Extension Of AIFMD Passport To Non-EU Jurisdictions

Date 30/07/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Advice in relation to the application of the AIFMD (Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive) passport to non-EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and its Opinion on the functioning of the passport for EU AIFMs and the national private placement regimes (NPPRs). The Advice and Opinion, required under AIFMD, will now be considered by the European Commission, Parliament and Council.

KRX: KOSPI - New Listing Of KINDEX Synth-Gold Futures Leverage(H) ETF

Date 30/07/2015

DelphX: A More Liquid Bond Market In The Works

Date 30/07/2015

DelphX LLC, the first provider of continuously-updating benchmark pricing for fixed income securities, today unveiled QuotePx, a secure OTC network being developed for confidential communication among fixed income dealers and investors. Within QuotePx, investors will gain access to customized quotes from competing dealers, a suite of comprehensive TCA and best execution tools and alpha for providing market making resources to dealers. Dealers, in turn, will gain access to vast reserves of inventory supply and demand for deployment in intermediating market liquidity, without adversely impacting their capital position.