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Qatar Exchange Sets The Listing Of Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 & Shareholders Data Available At Brokerage Firms By Sunday, February 23, 2014

Date 18/02/2014

Qatar Exchange (QE) announced that the listing of Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company (MPHC) will be Wednesday, February 26, 2014.  The decision to list MPHC on QE resulted after the company has obtained the approval from the Qatar Financial Markets’ Authority (QFMA) and fulfilled and complied with all necessary listing requirements. With the listing of MPHC, the number of listed companies on QE will increase to 43.

Impact Of Corporate Action Of Vodafone Group Plc On NASDAQ OMX Indexes

Date 18/02/2014

Vodafone Group Plc (Nasdaq:VOD) has announced a pro rata distribution to shareholders of record on February 20, 2014, of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) common stock and cash, which will occur after close of business on February 21, 2014, followed immediately by a reverse stock split of VOD.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: A New Member To The Panel For Vitalizing Financial And Capital Markets

Date 18/02/2014

The Panel for Vitalizing Financial and Capital Markets, set up on November 11, 2013, welcomed a new member, Dr. Akio Mimura.

HKEx Welcomes First International ETF On Mainland China’s Onshore Bond Market

Date 18/02/2014

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the listing set for tomorrow, 19 February 2014 of the CSOP China 5-Year Treasury Bond ETF, which will be the first Exchange Traded Fund, or ETF, outside Mainland China that tracks the Mainland onshore bond market.

Securities Commission Malaysia: Audit Oversight Board Issues First Public Reprimands For 2014

Date 18/02/2014

Audit Oversight Board (AOB) has publicly reprimanded two registered  auditors, Lim Kok Beng of Ong Boon Bah & Co and Chan Kee Hwa of Khoo Wong & Chan for failing to comply with the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) while auditing the financial statements of public interest entities (PIEs).

ICBC (London) Plc. Selects AxiomSL To Deliver ESMA EMIR Transaction Reporting - Single Integrated Platform Delivers PRA, FCA And BOE Regulatory And Reporting Requirements

Date 18/02/2014

Axiom Software Laboratories, Inc. a global provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, today announced that ICBC (London) Plc. has selected AxiomSL for its European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) over-the-counter (OTC) transaction reporting. ICBC London will leverage AxiomSL’s ControllerView to deliver all European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) EMIR Transaction reporting on a single integrated platform.

Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) Selects Trayport®’s GlobalVision Trading GatewaySM To Drive Growth

Date 18/02/2014

Trayport, a leading provider of energy trading solutions to traders, brokers and exchanges worldwide, today announced that Holding Slovenske Elektrarne d.o.o. (HSE) are now using GlobalVision Trading Gateway for power trading in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). 

Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: New SPDR Bond Index ETF Launched On Xetra - ETF Tracks Corporate Bonds Denominated In Pounds Sterling

Date 18/02/2014

A new exchange-listed bond index fund issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Tuesday. 

Methodology Of The Moscow Exchange Indices Calculation Has Been Registered

Date 18/02/2014

On February 14, 2014 the Bank of Russia Financial Markets Service registered the Methodology of the Moscow Exchange Indices Calculation approved by the executive bodies of the Moscow Exchange January 17, 2014.

Thai Bourse Market Report For January

Date 18/02/2014

• Daily average trading volume up 11 pct month-on-month to USD 983 mln
• Market cap at USD 350 billion, down 4.05 pct from end-2013
• Derivatives trading down 5.2 pct month-on-month at 53,692 contracts per day