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Thai Bourse To Boost Investor Confidence At Upcoming Singapore Roadshow

Date 07/07/2015

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has joined hands with DBS Vickers Securities (Thailand) Co., Ltd. to host "The Pulse of Asia Conference", on July 9, 2015 in Singapore with 15 Thai listed companies to present their strengths and potential growth to global institutional investors.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - June 2015

Date 07/07/2015

• The average daily turnover for the first six months of 2015 was $125,339 million, an increase of 99 per cent when compared with $62,933 million for the same period last year.

Hellenic Capital Market Commission Announcement: Bank Holiday Extended Until 8th July 2015

Date 07/07/2015

The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), following the decisions of the 29th and the 30th of June 2015 regarding the emergency measures for the Greek capital market, and following the Decision of the Minister of Finance of the 6th of July 2015 by which the bank holiday, and all its accompanying measures, were extended until the 8th of July 2015, included, announces that, during the above bank holiday,:

• The regulated market and the Multilateral Trading Facility of “EN.A” (Alternative Market) of the Athens Exchange (Athex) will continue to remain closed.
• The Electronic Secondary Market “HDAT” for bonds, of the Bank of Greece will continue to remain closed.
• Redemption of mutual funds’ units will continue to be suspended, The clearing of securities traded on the Greek market and the Multilateral Trading Facility “EN.A”, effected by the ATHEXClear, will continue to be suspended and
• The cash settlement of securities traded on the Greek markets, effected by the Hellenic Central Securities Depository, will continue to be suspended.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For HKEx Futures

Date 07/07/2015

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 Thursday, 9 July 2015, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Final Rules To Make Those In The Banking Sector More Accountable

Date 07/07/2015

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have today published the final rules confirming the approach to improving individual accountability in the banking sector. The final rules cover the Senior Managers Regime; the Certification Regime; and new Conduct Rules.

DGCX Reports Exceptional H1 2015 With New Milestones

Date 07/07/2015

• DGCX records highest ever Open Interest of 94,056 contracts on June 26, 2015
• Indian Rupee futures rise 38% from last year in June showing consistent growth since inception of the contract in June 2007.
• DGCX leads Indian Rupee futures global exchange traded market share in June with 30.69%.

S&P Capital IQ Adds Intra-Day Pricing On Munis To Its Roster Of Pricing Products And Services

Date 07/07/2015

S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of financial research, data, analytics and securities pricing, announced the availability, starting today, of a new intra-day municipal bond pricing service designed to assist regulatory and industry efforts aimed at bringing about greater transparency to that market.   Provided by Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations Inc., a business unit of S&P Capital IQ specializing in multi asset class mark to market solutions, the new service will enable users to track pricing on over 3 million bonds throughout the trading day.

Bucharest Stock Exchange Monthly Report June 2015

Date 07/07/2015

Investors on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) markets showed an increasing interest in trading in June, thus the value of trades registered on the main market almost doubled compared to the one registered in May and reached RON 905.1mn (EUR 202.5mn).

Solactive AG: Further Innovation In The Tech Space With Solactive Home Automation Index - Used For A BNP Paribas Certificate In Germany And Switzerland

Date 07/07/2015

Solactive AG has launched the Solactive Home Automation Index, designed to track the price movements of stocks representative of the global home automation market. The Index has been licensed to be used as underlying for a BNP Paribas Open End Certificate listed in Frankfurt (EUR) and in Zurich (CHF and USD.)

GMEX Interest Rate Swap Futures Launch For Trading In August At Eurex

Date 07/07/2015

As of 7 August 2015, GMEX will provide a Euro-denominated innovative IRS Constant Maturity Future (CMF) for trading and clearing on Eurex. Both parties agreed on this cooperation at the end of 2014 and since then, together with market participants, have been preparing for the launch. The cooperation will facilitate the electronic arranging of CMF contracts on GMEX’s platform with trade confirmation and central clearing taking place at Eurex.