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Joint Forum Publishes Consultative Papers On Longevity Risk Transfer Markets And Point Of Sale Disclosure

Date 15/08/2013

The Joint Forum released today two consultative reports. The first is Longevity risk transfer markets: market structure, growth drivers and impediments, and potential risks. The second consultative report being released today is Point of Sale disclosure in the insurance, banking and securities sectors. 

Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands And Fines China Securities Holdings Limited $1.3 Million And Banned Its Responsible Officer For 27 Months

Date 15/08/2013

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a reprimand to China Securities Holdings Limited (China Securities); fined it $1.3 million and banned its responsible officer, Ms Stephanie Liu Suk Wai, for a period of 27 months effective from 15 August 2013 to 14 November 2015.

MarketPrizm To Provide Full Depth Historic Data From Global Exchanges

Date 15/08/2013

MarketPrizm, a leading provider of market data and trading infrastructure services, today announced that it will offer high quality historic data from major exchanges to financial services firms. The data can be downloaded and used for simulation models to test investment strategies before putting them into the live market.

ASX Welcomes CMC Markets Stockbroking To The Australian Liquidity Centre

Date 15/08/2013

The Australian  Securities  Exchange  (ASX)  and  CMC Markets  Stockbroking  Ltd,  today  announced  that  the  ASX  Australian  Liquidity Centre (ALC) will be CMC Markets Stockbroking’s primary data centre in Australia, with access to ASX Net’s low latency inter-site connectivity.

HKEx 2013 Interim Results

Date 15/08/2013

Profit attributable to shareholders increased by 5 per cent or $112 million to $2,328 million in the first six months of 2013 against $2,216 million for the same period in 2012. The increase was mainly due to $267 million of profit contributed by the LME business and increased trading fees due to higher trading volumes on the Stock Exchange and the Futures Exchange that was offset partly by weaker net investment income and higher depreciation and amortisation.

NASDAQ OMX Iceland Starts Trading A New Equity ETF From Landsbref

Date 15/08/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced that NASDAQ OMX Iceland has listed a new exchange traded fund (ETF) issued by the Icelandic fund management company Landsbref. The new ETF, “LEQ” (Landsbref Equity), is based on the OMX Iceland 6 Cap index which consists of the six most traded companies on the Icelandic equity market. 

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Presentation By Sean Hughes To The Workplace Savings Conference 2013

Date 15/08/2013

As Chief Executive of FMA, it’s my role to lead and inspire improvements in our financial markets - that is why I was delighted to accept this invitation to talk about the work we are doing to improve investor confidence. It’s an area I am personally passionate about and one where so much more can and should be done.

Exercise Of Ibovespa Options Generates BRL 7.76 Billion Financial Volume On BM&FBOVESPA

Date 14/08/2013

The exercise of options on the BOVESPA Index (Ibovespa) generated BRL 7.76 billion today, with 154,670 contracts traded. Of the volume exercised, BRL 5.56 billion was in call options and BRL 2.2 billion was in put options.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Deletion From The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 14/08/2013

S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

The shares of Balmoral Resources Ltd. (TSXVN:BAR) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, August 15, 2013. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.

SEC Announces Charges Against Florida-Based Penny Stock Schemes

Date 14/08/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the latest charges in a joint law enforcement crackdown on penny stock schemes with ties to the Florida region.