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Global Regulators Elect Securities Commission Malaysia Chairman To Lead Key International Regulatory Committee

Date 29/05/2013

Securities Commission Chairman Datuk Ranjit Ajit Singh has been elected as the Chairman of the Emerging Markets Committee (EMC) of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).  As the Chairman of the EMC, Datuk Ranjit leads the largest committee within IOSCO, accounting for 86 members worldwide, representing the world’s fastest growing economies, including 10 of the G-20 members.

Fixnetix Advances Investment Bank Offerings; Supplies Market Data And Trading To The Enterprise - Leading Non-EU Regulated Investment Bank Chooses Global Managed Services Provider For Centralised Data Management And Order Routing In Europe

Date 29/05/2013

Fixnetix, global managed services provider for ultra-low latency market data, trading and risk control, announced today a leading non-EU regulated tier one bank has signed a multi-million pound three year contract for Fixnetix to deliver market data, trading execution and post trade services to the enterprise in Europe. The advantages of outsourcing market data  and trading management are to alleviate complexities with increasing amounts of data and to support operational demands for tighter efficiency.

Bursa Malaysia Securities Publicly Reprimands Vti Vintage Berhad For Breaches Of Main Market Listing Requirements

Date 29/05/2013

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Malaysia Securities) has publicly reprimanded VTI Vintage Berhad (VINTAGE) for failing to: 

1. make an immediate announcement of the winding-up order dated 17 December 2010 against its subsidiary, Vintage Tiles Holdings Sdn. Bhd. (VTH) which was only announced on 22 April 2011; and
2. ensure that its announcement dated 28 February 2011 on the fourth quarterly report for the financial year ended (FYE) 31 December 2010 (Q4 2010) took into account the adjustments as stated in its announcement on 29 April 2011 which were mainly due to the de-consolidation of VTH arising from the winding-up order.

Portugal’s INTERBOLSA, In The Forefront Of European Post-Trade Industry Transformation, Will Use Swift’s Value Added Network To Connect To T2S - SWIFT’s Reliability, Long-Term Commitment And Competitive Pricing For T2S drive INTERBOLSA’s Choice

Date 29/05/2013

SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, today announced that INTERBOLSA in Portugal will use SWIFT’s Value Added Network (VAN) solution plus integration tools to connect to T2S.

Thai Bourse Helps Listed Companies Prepare For Sustainable Investment Trend

Date 29/05/2013

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) joining with the Government Provident Fund (GPF), RobecoSAM AG, S&P Dow Jones, Mercer and MSCI hosted a seminar titled “Sustainability Investment: Time for Benchmarking” to support listed, securities and asset management companies to prepare for investment trends focused on sustainable business development. Guest speakers having experience in working with mutual funds and institutional investors from around the world shared their points of view at the seminar.

JSE Cuts Fees For Interest Rate And Currency Derivatives

Date 29/05/2013

In a bid to increase liquidity and boost trading volumes, the JSE will reduce fees for both interest rate and currency derivatives effective 1 July 2013.

SGX Welcomes Asian Pay Television Trust To Mainboard

Date 29/05/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the listing of Asian Pay Television Trust (APTT) on Mainboard, under the stock code of “S7OU”.

UBS Goes Live Globally On FXSpotStream As The 8th Liquidity Provider And Commences Client Trading

Date 29/05/2013

FXSpotStream LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC, today announced that UBS is now live as a liquidity provider bank to FXSpotStream’s price aggregation service from FXSpotStream’s sites in New York, London and Tokyo and client trading with UBS via the service has commenced. UBS is the 8th bank available to clients connected to FXSpotStream’s service. UBS adds to the liquidity available from FXSpotStream’s existing liquidity providers, which include BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi, Commerzbank AG, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley. The majority of LiquidityMatch shareholders are also liquidity providing banks of FXSpotStream.

BAE Systems Detica Announces Winner Of Its Education In The Community Competition At Awards Ceremony In Dublin

Date 29/05/2013

BAE Systems Detica today announces the winner of its Education in the Community schools competition in an awards ceremony that took place in Dublin on Friday 24 May. The students from O’Connells school were awarded 1st place and each received prizes worth over €500.  All entrants will be eligible for college scholarship money totalling €15,000 to be awarded to outstanding contributors at a later date.

Regulatory Changes Of Shanghai Stock Exchange In Concepts, Efficiency, Transparency

Date 29/05/2013

On May 24, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) held a news briefing to announce its future trends of self-regulation. Vice President Xu Ming of the SSE said that in the future the SSE will do a good job in further transforming regulatory concepts, improving regulatory efficiency, and stepping up disclosure in regulation, while cracking down on the alleged violations of laws and regulations on the securities market in a bid to further establish the regulatory authority.