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ESMA Publishes A Final Report Of Draft Technical Standards Under Article 10a(8) Of Markets In Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) On The Assessment Of Acquisitions And Increases In Qualifying Holdings In Investment Firms

Date 07/01/2014

Reasons for publication

Article 10b(4) of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID[1]) requires Member States to make publicly available the information necessary to carry out the assessment of a proposed acquirer of an investment firm. This information must be provided by the proposed acquirer at the time of the initial notification.

HKEx On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics

Date 07/01/2014

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe Expands Credit Fixed Income Team

Date 07/01/2014

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, a leading global financial services firm, today announced the continued expansion of its European Credit fixed income team with the appointment of Franz Bucher as Managing Director in London.  Mr. Bucher will focus on High Yield, Distressed Debt and Special Situations, and on expanding Cantor's presence in German-speaking markets. 

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - December 2013

Date 07/01/2014

Highlights

Securities Market

• Market capitalisation reached $24,042.8 billion at the end of 2013, representing a year-on-year increase of 10 per cent.
• The Hang Seng Index ended 2013 at 23306.39, representing a year-on-year increase of 3 per cent.
• The average daily turnover in 2013 was $62,560 million, an increase of 16 per cent when compared with $53,850 million in 2012.
• The average daily turnover of ETFs in 2013 was $3,701 million, an increase of 75 per cent when compared with $2,114 million in 2012.
• Funds raised through IPOs in 2013 was $166,500 million, an increase of 85 per cent when compared with $90,043 million in 2012.

SWIFT Announces KYC Registry And Dedicated Financial Crime Compliance Unit - Industry Utility From Global Financial Network To Go Live In 2014

Date 07/01/2014

SWIFT announces the creation of a global Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised utility for the collection and distribution of standard information required by banks as part of their due diligence processes. Based on a collaborative industry-wide approach, the new utility will help banks to manage compliance challenges and reduce the high costs associated with implementing KYC-related regulations.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 6 January, 2014 - Issue 1

Date 07/01/2014

From 30 December, 2013 to 3 January,  2014,  Shenzhen Component  Index closed at  8028.3 points  after  losing  0.3%.  SME Index rose  2.5% to 5068.6 points.  ChiNext  Index jumped 4.5%  and  stood at  1352.8 points.  Total turnover for stocks and funds on the SZSE was US$  65.9  billion,   or an 8.4% decrease from the week before.

MNI: China Consumer Indicator Rises To 97.5 In December From 96.6 In November - Highest Since June 2012

Date 07/01/2014

The MNI China Consumer Indicator rose for the fifth consecutive month in December,to the highest for a year and a half, as consumers felt more optimistic about their future personal finances.

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – December 2013

Date 07/01/2014

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 0.7% in December 2013. This performance was below rises in other major markets, including Japan up 4.0%, the US up 2.4%, Germany up 1.6%, and the UK up 1.5%, and stronger than Singapore down 0.3% and Hong Kong down 2.4%.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Message From The President & CEO

Date 07/01/2014

Let me begin by wishing you all happiness and prosperity in the New Year!

In 2013, the Japanese economy finally took on an upbeat tone as the yen weakened and the stock market surged under “Abenomics”. Internationally, fears of economic vulnerability lingered with markets responding to concerns of a recurrence of the European debt crisis, slower growth in China, the timing for the tapering of QE3 and a U.S. government shutdown. These concerns led to active trading on TOCOM in the first half of the year as gold prices reached all-time highs in February. Later in the year, markets were subdued on widespread uncertainty over the future course of the global economy, which made for an unusually challenging year.    

ASX Compliance Monthly Activity Report – December 2013

Date 07/01/2014

Click here to download ASX's compliance monthly activity report for December 2013.