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Thai Bourse Market Report For May 2013

Date 12/06/2013

• Daily average trading volume up 76.84 percent year-on-year to THB 58.57 billion (approx. USD 1.95 billion)
• Market cap of SET was THB 13.43 trillion (approx. USD 447.74 billion), down 1.59 percent from April 2013
• Derivatives trading volume up 40.94 percent year-on-year to 71,082 contracts per day

London Stock Exchange Group Plc - Changes To Board Of Directors Of London Stock Exchange Group Plc

Date 12/06/2013

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) today announces that Stephen O'Connor and Stuart Lewis will join the LSEG Board as Non-Executive Directors with immediate effect. Janet Cohen, Sergio Ermotti and Gay Huey Evans will step down from the Board following the Group's Annual General Meeting on 18 July, at which confirmations of the new appointments will be sought.

Social Media Sentiment Proven To Generate Alpha - Data And Analytics Firm, Knowsis, First To Demonstrate Statistical Significance Of Sentiment Data On Trading Strategies

Date 12/06/2013

Knowsis is the first service provider that can prove analytics, based on listening into social media, actually works. Rigorous testing by the data and analytics firm has established that a trading strategy utilising social media sentiment data significantly outperforms one that does not. The results have been corroborated by a number of leading quantitative funds. It is the first time proof of this kind has been provided in a real trading environment.

Cofunds Routing Orders Through Euroclear’s EMX

Date 12/06/2013

Cofunds is linking to Euroclear’s EMX Message System for further electronic fund transaction order routing, enabling Cofunds to reach 95% straight-through processing with the fund managers it interacts.

JSE Launches Online Virtual Trading Game

Date 12/06/2013

In a bid to inspire ordinary South Africans to trade on the exchange, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has launched the first JSE Virtual Trading Game - an online trading competition which simulates a real trading environment and allows participants a risk-free opportunity to trade shares.

EEX Expands Access To Its Markets Via FFastFill’s Network

Date 12/06/2013

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and FFastFill have signed an agreement enabling market participants to access the EEX product suite through the software provider’s multi-broker network “Horizon” and its Software as a Service trading platform “Trading Pro”.

TMX Atrium Expands Alternative Asset Class Community Through SuperDerivatives Connection

Date 12/06/2013

TMX Atrium, provider of smarter infrastructure solutions for the financial community, today announced the connection of SuperDerivatives to NASDAQ OMX’s London-based trading venue, NLX.

Deutsche Börse: Subscription Begins For A Metalcorp Group B.V. Bond - First Corporate Bond Of A Dutch Issuer

Date 12/06/2013

Metalcorp Group B.V. is planning to list a corporate bond in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The bond with the ISIN: DE000A1HLTD2 can be subscribed from today until 25 June (expected), subject to early termination of subscription in case of high demand. The bond has an issue volume of up to €30 million. It runs until 27 June 2018 and bears an interest rate of 8.75 percent. Its nominal denomination is €1,000.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Publication Of English Version Of Task Force Reports

Date 12/06/2013

Today, the FSA publishes English Version of Reports of Public-Private Financial Roundtable’s Task Forces.

SIFMA Welcomes OCC's Two-Year Relief On Swap Push-Out Effective Date

Date 12/06/2013

SIFMA today released the follow statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., president, after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) informed financial institutions active in derivatives markets that it has extended the effective date of the so-called swap push-out rule's effective date by two years.