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SWIFT Releases Paper On Today’s Treasury Industry Practices And Trends To Tailor Banking Controls

Date 05/09/2013

Faced with increasing security concerns and risks of internal fraud, corporates and banks are looking for ways to extend controls on their banking communications. SWIFT has released a paper that looks at how banks are responding to such needs with advanced user identity and mandate management services, traditionally limited to their online banking channels, now also available on their direct connectivity channels.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: New ETFs Included In Real-Time Dissemination Of "TSE Indicative NAV"

Date 05/09/2013

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will newly calculate and publish the real-time Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share for the below Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) beginning October 7, 2013.

ISITC Europe Targets Reference Data For September Conference

Date 05/09/2013

ISITC Europe, the industry group dedicated to improving the operational efficiency of the global financial industry, has today announced that it will be focussing on KPIs & Management Information at a special event to  be held at the offices of Northern Trust in Canary Wharf on Wednesday 11th September.

TOCOM August 2013 Volume Averaged 95,792 Contracts Per Day, Down 4.7%

Date 05/09/2013

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that August 2013 trading volume averaged 95,792 contracts per day, down 4.7% from July 2013. Average daily volume was lower for key commodities such as Gold, which was down 9.2% to 43,341 contracts; Platinum was down 4.7% to 14,390 contracts and Rubber was down 4.8% to 8,989 contracts. Conversely, petroleum markets saw higher volumes with Crude Oil up 13.2% to 3,971 contracts and Gasoline up 2.4% to 8,283 contracts.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - August 2013

Date 05/09/2013

• The average daily turnover for the first eight months of 2013 was $64,258 million, an increase of 21 per cent when compared with $53,235 million for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first eight months of 2013 was $8,088 million, an increase of 17 per cent when compared with $6,886 million for the same period last year.
• The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first eight months of 2013 was $4,090 million, an increase of 152 per cent when compared with $1,626 million for the same period last year.

SGX Introduces New Mainboard Rules For Mineral, Oil And Gas Companies

Date 05/09/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced new Mainboard admission rules and continuing listing obligations for mineral, oil and gas (“MOG”) companies. 

HKEx On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics

Date 05/09/2013

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

Singapore Is Largest FX Centre In Asia And Third Largest Globally

Date 05/09/2013

According to the latest survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), average daily foreign exchange (FX) turnover volume in Singapore grew 44% to US$383 billion in April 2013 compared with US$266 billion in April 2010. Global turnover growth in the same period was 35%. The survey ranks Singapore as the third largest FX centre globally after London and New York and the largest FX centre in Asia.

Professor Douglas W. Diamond Appointed As MAS Term Professor At NUS Business School - Pioneering Researcher In Financial Crises, Financial Intermediaries And Liquidity - To Hold Public Lecture On Short-Term Debt And Financial Regulation

Date 05/09/2013

Professor Douglas W. Diamond, the Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, will be appointed as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Term Professor in Economics and Finance¹ from 6 to 20 September 2013. He will be hosted by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School, where he will advise faculty members and students on their research, work on joint research papers with faculty members, and speak at seminars and research workshops.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Corporate Investor Convicted Of Illegal Short Selling

Date 05/09/2013

The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today convicted Premium Stars Investments Limited (Premium Stars) after it pleaded guilty to one count of illegal short selling in the shares of China Properties Investments Holdings Limited (China Properties).