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May Turnover At Boerse Stuttgart Climbs Above EUR 7.8 Billion Mark - Surge In Equities Trading Accompanied By Rise In Turnover From Securitised Derivatives

Date 04/06/2013

According to the order book statistics, the volume of securities traded at Boerse Stuttgart in May 2013 was in excess of EUR 7.8 billion, around 6 percent up on the figure for April. Trading in securitised derivatives accounted for the lion’s share of turnover. Compared to the previous month, the total trading volume in this asset class was 3.6 percent higher at EUR 3.6 billion. At nearly EUR 2.1 billion, turnover for investment products was up 4.7 percent, while trading in leverage products increased to more than EUR 1.5 billion.

NASDAQ OMX Announces Proposed Senior Notes Offering

Date 04/06/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that it plans to commence a public offering of Euro-denominated senior notes due 2021 pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand and/or borrowings under the revolving portion of its senior credit facility, to fund the consideration for the previously announced acquisition of the eSpeed platform and related expenses and for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of indebtedness.

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Moscow Exchange To Launch Calendar Spreads

Date 04/06/2013

The Moscow Exchange is launching a new financial instrument that will allow investors to avoid slippage risk while rolling over futures contacts, and will provide new strategies to trade futures.

BlackRock And Euroclear Bank Announce Ground-Breaking Plans To Grow The European ETF Market - New Centralised Post-Trade Arrangements Will Revolutionise Settlement Of ETFs In Europe

Date 04/06/2013

BlackRock and Euroclear Bank today announce plans to reform Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) trade processing and settlement across Europe by issuing the first iShares ETF  with an international security structure. Unlike other cross-exchange listed ETFs in Europe, which currently settle in  national central securities depositories (CSDs), the new iShares ETF will be issued and settle for the first time in an International CSD (ICSDs) - Euroclear Bank.   

ABG Sundal Collier Selects SunGard’s Hosted Front Arena Electronic Trading Platform To Support Global Operations And Growth

Date 04/06/2013

ABG Sundal Collier (ABGSC), a Nordic institutional brokerage firm, has chosen SunGard’s Front Arena to replace its former multi-vendor infrastructure for trade execution, order management, and proprietary trading. Front Arena will provide ABGSC with a hosted platform and managed services to help support trading activities from the firm’s offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London and New York.

Revised Lists Of The Moscow Exchange Indices Announced

Date 04/06/2013

Moscow Exchange has revised lists for the constituent lists of the Broad Market Index, Moscow Exchange Indices as well as free floats effective from June 18, 2013 through September 16, 2013. 

NASDAQ OMX To Implement Corvil Operational Performance Monitoring Across U.S. Trading Platforms - Optimizes Electronic Trading Reliability And Transparency For The Most Efficient And Scalable Global Platform With A Big Data IT Environment - First Exchange Group To Deploy Independent Solution To Better Serve Regulatory Functions For Member Firms

Date 04/06/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today plans to implement CorvilNet, an independent solution for operational performance monitoring that provides a new level of visibility, safeguards and protection for the exchange group's U.S. trading platforms. CorvilNet is powered by Corvil, the leading provider of real-time operational performance monitoring for wire data.

NZX’s Strong Progress And Full Compliance Noted By New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority

Date 04/06/2013

NZX welcomes the Financial Markets Authority's (FMA) General Obligations Review, which concludes that by the end of the review period NZX was fully compliant with its obligations under the Securities Markets Act and the Authorised Futures Exchange (NZX Limited) Notice.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Report On NZX General Obligations Review

Date 04/06/2013

The Financial Markets Authority has today released its annual report on NZX’s compliance with its obligations under the Securities Markets Act and the Authorised Futures Exchange (NZX Limited) Notice. The period under review was 1 January to 31 December 2012.

Keynote Address By Datuk Ranjit Ajit Singh, Chairman, Securities Commission Malaysia - The World Islamic Banking Conference: Asia Summit 2013 - Supporting the Further Growth of Islamic Finance in Asia and Internationally - Singapore, 4 June 2013

Date 04/06/2013

First of all, I wish to extend my appreciation to the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the organizers for inviting me to speak at this 4th World Islamic Banking Conference Asia Summit 2013.  I am honoured and delighted to be able to share the platform with such a distinguished panel of speakers and to share my views with an impressive cross section of participants from the Islamic finance industry.  I am also encouraged by the turnout this morning, not only in terms of the size but also the diversity of the delegates, which reinforces my belief that Islamic finance is firmly on its way towards achieving mainstream recognition at the global level.