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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - December 2014

Date 07/01/2015
Highlights
- Securities Market
- Market capitalisation was $25,071.8 billion at the end of 2014, representing a year-on-year increase of 4 per cent.
- The Hang Seng Index ended 2014 at 23605.04, representing a year-on-year increase of 1 per cent.
- The average daily turnover in 2014 was $69,456 million, an increase of 11 per cent when compared with $62,560 million in 2013.
- The average daily turnover of ETFs in 2014 reached $4,727 million, a record high, and an increase of 28 per cent when compared with $3,701 million in 2013.
- There were 122* newly listed companies in 2014, a record high, and an increase of 11 per cent when compared with the 110* in 2013.
- IPOs raised $227,741 million in 2014, an increase of 35 per cent when compared with $168,960 million in 2013.
- Total equity funds raised (including from IPOs) in 2014 reached $935,781 million, a record high, and an increase of 147 per cent when compared with $378,863 million in 2013.
TOCOM Summary Of December 2014 Activities - 2014 Annual Volume At TOCOM

Date 07/01/2015

December Volume Averaged 109,689 Contracts per Day, Down 17.5% M-on-M

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that average daily trading volume for December 2014 was 109,689 contracts, down 17.5% from November. On a year-on-year basis, it was up 39.7%. Some of TOCOM’s leading commodities saw increases in volume: Crude Oil was up 30.9% to 7,322 contracts and Rubber was up 8.6% to 10,572 contracts. Others such as Gold, the Exchange’s most traded commodity, decreased (down 35.6% to 43,671 contracts) and pushed down overall volume.
Bucharest Stock Exchange: A New Enhacement To Streamline The Trading Process – The Trading From RGSI And DLSI Markets Will Be Moved To REGS And DEALS Markets

Date 07/01/2015

To streamline the trading process so that the shares of companies listed on the regulated market to be traded on a unitary framework, the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) operates a new improvement.
Thai Bourse Highlights GMS Connector Role At Thai Corporate Day 2015

Date 07/01/2015

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), has joined hands with Maybank Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) pcl to organize “SET-Thai Corporate Day 2015: Thailand, ASEAN’s Gateway to GMS” on Jan 26 – 27 in Bangkok, reinforcing SET’s positioning as an investment hub of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
MTS And B2SCAN Launch Initiative To Enhance Liquidity In Credit Market

Date 07/01/2015
- Improves buy-side access to pre-trade information
- Initiative gains broad buy-side support

Algomi Recruits Head Of Asia-Pacific As It Accelerates Global Expansion - Jesper Bruun-Olsen, Formerly Of Tradeweb Joins To Head Up APAC Operations - Move Follows Algomi CEO Involvement In Recent Mayor Of London And UKTI Delegation To Singapore And Malaysia To Promote UK Fintech

Date 07/01/2015

Algomi, the network company providing information-matching solutions for the optimisation of fixed income liquidity, today announced the next step of its global expansion with the recruitment of Jesper Bruun-Olsen as its Head of Asia-Pacific operations. Jesper joins with immediate effect and will be responsible for establishing Algomi’s APAC presence in Singapore and Hong Kong in 2015, expanding the Algomi Honeycomb network to facilitate APAC bond market liquidity.
Westpac MNI China CSI Improves In December - Rate Cut Boosts Expected Business Conditions; Real Estate Attitudes Firm

Date 07/01/2015

Chinese consumer sentiment improved in December, bouncing back further from the three year low seen in October as consumers were increasingly optimistic about the outlook for business conditions and confidence in the real estate market edged higher.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Winners Of FY2014 Listed Company Awards

Date 07/01/2015

Tokyo Stock Exchange hereby announces that the Listed Company Award Selection Committee (Chairman: Professor Kunio Ito of Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Commerce and Management) has selected the winners of the Corporate Value Improvement Award and the Corporate Activity Award for FY2014.
Bank Of England Court Minutes June 2007 – May 2009

Date 07/01/2015

The Bank of England today published, in a special release, the minutes of Court and related meetings from the crisis period of 2007-09, in appropriately redacted form[1]. This follows the Bank’s 11 December 2014 announcement of a series of proposals to enhance the transparency and accountability of the Bank. As part of this announcement, the Governor committed to publishing the 2007-2009 Court minutes, as requested by the Treasury Committee[2].
MGEX Announces The Launch Of Calendar Spread Options

Date 07/01/2015

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces the launch of calendar spread options (CSOs)for the North American Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) contract. MGEX HRSW CSOs will be available for trade on CME Globex® as of February 1, 2015, for trade date February 2.