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Deutsche Börse: First ETF On FTSE China A50 Index Launched On Xetra - New Source ETF Enables Access To A-Shares Of The 50 Largest Chinese Companies

Date 23/05/2014

Since Friday, investors have for the first time been able to participate directly in the performance of the FTSE China A50 Index with the CSOP Source FTSE China A50 UCITS ETF. The index comprises the 50 largest Chinese companies in terms of market capitalisation that are listed with A-shares on the stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen. Source launched the ETF together with CSOP Asset Management (Hong Kong). The cooperation with CSOP enables the index to be physically replicated using the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) quota regulation. 

Oslo Børs: Brage Finans Lists Its First Bond Issue On Nordic ABM

Date 23/05/2014

Brage Finans is an independent finance company that provides financing solutions for small and medium-sized companies. The company is owned by ten savings banks.

GoldenSource Wins Best EDM Vendor From Inside Reference Data

Date 23/05/2014

GoldenSource announced they have won the ‘Best Enterprise Data Management Vendor’ award from Inside Reference Data. 

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority: Barclays Fined £26m For Failings Surrounding The London Gold Fixing And Former Barclays Trader Banned And Fined For Inappropriate Conduct

Date 23/05/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays) £26,033,500 for failing to adequately manage conflicts of interest between itself and its customers as well as systems and controls failings, in relation to the Gold Fixing. These failures continued from 2004 to 2013.

ESMA Publishes IFRS Enforcement Report For 2013

Date 23/05/2014

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a report on the activities of IFRS enforcers in Europe in 2013.

Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: New Issue In The Prime Standard: Stabilus S.A.

Date 23/05/2014

Stabilus S.A. shares (ISIN: LU1066226637) have been tradable in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 23 May. The placement volume at the initial public offering (IPO) was €261,4, of which the company received €65 million from the capital increase. The placement price was €21,50 and the initial listing price 22,75€.  

NASDAQ OMX Launches Weekly Options On Swedish Shares

Date 23/05/2014

NASDAQ OMX announces that trading in weekly options on Swedish shares starts on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm on May 26. The introduction of weekly single stock options is an extension of the successful weekly index options offering that NASDAQ OMX launched in 2012, and that today represent around 5 percent of the total Swedish index options volumes.

ASIC Dark Pool Regulations Positive - CMCRC

Date 23/05/2014

The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has released a new video dealing with the impact of the introduction of the minimum price improvement rule introduced by ASIC on 26 May 2012.  

NZX IPO Masterclass - SLI Systems

Date 23/05/2014

NZX hosted an IPO Masterclass in Auckland today.

FIA Japan Newsletter May 2014 Edition Released

Date 23/05/2014

Futures Industry Association of Japan has released the May 2014 edition of its bimonthly newsletter. For browse, please access the following URL.

http://www.fiajapan.org/www.fiajapan.org/contents/newsletter/files/FIAJ_Newsletter_EN_2014_05.pdf