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SWIFT’s Affirmations Application Supports Compliance With EMIR - Affirmations, Implemented In Conjunction With Alliance Lite2, Enables Easy, Low-Cost Automation Of Buy Side Treasury Confirmations To Help Meet New Regulatory Demands

Date 02/09/2013

SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 212 countries and territories, announced today that its Affirmations application supports compliance with EMIR by making multi-asset class electronic confirmation matching accessible to players of all sizes.

EEX Spins Off Trading In Emission Rights Into An Independent Company - Registered In The Commercial Register On 30 August

Date 02/09/2013

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) spins off its Emissions Spot and Derivatives Markets into a separate company with the corporate name Global Environmental Exchange GmbH (GEEX). The spin-off to the wholly owned EEX subsidiary, which was entered in the commercial register on 30 August 2013, was carried out with retrospective effect as of 1 January 2013.

Warsaw Stock Exchange To Offer Co-Location Services – High Performance Access (HPA)

Date 02/09/2013

• From 2 September 2013, WSE members, their clients and data vendors will be able to access co-location services and have rapid access to the UTP system – High Performance Access
• HPA enables WSE members and information distributors to co-locate hardware and software in the immediate vicinity of the WSE trading system, minimizing order roundtrip latency and reducing execution risk

Tokyo Financial Exchange Trading Volume In August 2013

Date 02/09/2013

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in  August was 323,054 (+ 32.6% MoM / △  24.9% YoY) and its average daily volume was 14,684 . See the TABLE 1 for the composition of the trading volume.

Japan Exchange Group Trading Overview In August 2013

Date 02/09/2013

Japan Exchange Group released August 2013's trading overview.

Charles Li Live And Direct: Latest Blog Post From HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li

Date 02/09/2013

This year marks the 20th anniversary of H share listings in Hong Kong and we have kicked off a series of events to commemorate this major milestone.  While two decades have passed since Tsingtao Brewery became the first H share company to list, we are still enjoying the fruits of the H share regime today.  As history is a good guide to the future, I’d like to share some thoughts with you about the past, the present and the future of Hong Kong’s capital market.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For August 2013 Contract

Date 02/09/2013

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for August 2013 contract is 65,960 yen.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary Of Communist Party Of China Wishes For Dalian Commodity Exchange: Come Down To Earth, Make Audacious Explorations

Date 02/09/2013

According to the reports of official microblogs of Xinhua News Agency and CCTV, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of Communist Party of China, inspected the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) on the 29th, sending his wishes to DCE: come down to earth and make audacious explorations. On the morning of the day, Xi visited the trading floor of DCE. With the display screens showing the prices of the futures such as soybean meal and coke, learning that the annual turnover of DCE reached more than RMB33 trillion and the futures products will be doubled in the next few years, Xi was very pleased. He urged the DCE to come down to earth and make audacious explorations in a bid to make it to success.

Dubai Financial Market Performance – August 2013

Date 01/09/2013

The Dubai Financial Market General Index down 2.5% to 2523.1 points at the end of August compared to 2588.5 points at the end of July. At the sectoral level, indexes of seven out of the nine sectors represented on DFM ended the month in the red, with the Financial & Investment services sector decreasing the most by 6.8%, followed by the Insurance sector by 5.2%, and the Telecommunication sector by 4.6%. The Industrial sector up 14.8% while the Consumer Staples index did not change during this month.

Three Former Broker-dealer Employees Plead Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Bribery Of Foreign Officials, Money Laundering And Conspiracy To Obstruct Justice

Date 30/08/2013

Three employees of a New York-based U.S. broker-dealer have pleaded guilty for their roles in bribery schemes involving two state economic development banks in Venezuela.