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EEX And ECC Welcome biw AG As A Clearing Member For CO2 Primary Market Auctions - Advantag AG Brokerage Firm Uses Clearing Model For Its Customers

Date 05/12/2013

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and its clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC) are pleased to announce a new cooperation with biw Bank für Investments und Wertpapiere AG (biw AG).

Montreal Exchange Achieves New Open Interest Records On BAX And OBX

Date 05/12/2013

TMX Group Limited today announced that Montreal Exchange (MX) achieved a new open interest record on the Three-Month Canadian Bankers’ Acceptance Futures (BAX)*, reaching 866,569 contracts on December 4, 2013. The previous record was set on August 4, 2011 with open interest of 796,862 contracts.

According To ETFGI: Global ETF And ETP Assets Reached US$2.4 Trillion, A New Record High, At The End Of November 2013

Date 05/12/2013

The combination of US$17.0 billion in net inflows and positive market performance pushed assets in the global ETF/ETP industry to a new record high of US$2.4 trillion at the end of November, according to preliminary findings from ETFGI’s November 2013 Global ETF and ETP industry insights report. Net inflows into global ETFs/ETPs in November were weaker than the US$32.6 billion of net inflows in October and the US$35.7 billion net inflows in September.

Platts: European Power Prices Up Nearly 14% In November On Increased Demand - U.K. And European Natural Gas Also Rose

Date 05/12/2013

Day-ahead electricity prices in Continental Europe increased by nearly 14% in November as colder, calmer weather in late month sparked an increase in demand and prompted a decline in wind power production, according to monthly data just released by Platts, a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider.

Flexible Markets Are Key Ingredient For Efficient Energy Transition - EPEX SPOT Launches Negative Prices On Swiss Day-Ahead In 2014

Date 05/12/2013

Renewables challenge the power systems across Europe. The Exchange Council of European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT has been following the topic for years and continues to call for market evolutions. Flexible tools for short-term power trading are the key to mastering the energy transition while maintaining security of supply. Past years have shown that liquid continuous Intraday markets are one of the most accurate instruments for the integration of renewables.

November Trading Volume Rises To Around EUR 7.7 Billion At Boerse Stuttgart - Growth In Trading Of Debt Instruments And Equities - Strong Demand For Derivative Investment Products

Date 05/12/2013

Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of around EUR 7.7 billion in November 2013, according to its order book statistics. This represents an increase of roughly 1.5 percent by comparison with October.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Actively Engaging Financial Institutions On IT Security

Date 05/12/2013

MAS has been actively engaging Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) on the theft of some of its clients’ bank statements. The theft occurred at a third party service provider which SCB engaged to print these statements.

Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission: Recommendation For Administrative Action Based On Findings Of The Inspection Of Deutsche Securities Inc.

Date 05/12/2013

1. Contents of the recommendation

Pursuant to Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act for the Establishment of the Financial Services Agency (FSA), the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) issued today a recommendation that the Prime Minister and the Commissioner of the FSA shall take administrative action against Deutsche Securities Inc.* (hereinafter referred to as "Company"). This recommendation is based on the findings of the inspection of the Company, whereby the following violations of the law and the ordinance by the Company were identified.

*Basic information regarding Deutsche Securities Inc.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Launched On-line Law Consultation And Solicitation For Suggestions On Rules On December 4th, National Law Publicity Day

Date 05/12/2013

Upon the advent of 13th ‘December 4th’ National Law Publicity Day, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited Shenzhen Branch, Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. jointly launched an annual online law consultation with the theme ‘To Protect the Legal Rights and Interests of Small and Medium Investors, to Build Simplified and Transparent Business Rules and Regulation System’. Unlike activities of the previous years, SZSE takes the advantage of online interaction platform of http://www.p5w.net/ for not only law and rule consultation service, but also solicitation for advice and suggestions on business rules from the market bodies. SZSE, which based on the market and open for market suggestions, emphasizes the scientific nature and democracy of rules formulation in the process of promoting rule system development.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - November 2013

Date 05/12/2013

Highlights

- Securities Market 

• The average daily turnover for the first 11 months of 2013 was $63,097 million, an increase of 19 per cent when compared with $53,233 million for the same period last year.