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Press Conference By Ikko Nakatsuka, Japan's Minister For Financial Services

Date 12/12/2012

[Questions and Answers]

Q.

I heard that the postal privatization committee may hold one more meeting before the general election. Do you have any information on that?

Opening Statement - By Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, At The ESMA Investor Day In Paris

Date 12/12/2012

Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), delivered the opening statement at the ESMA investor day in Paris on 12 December 2012.  The speech is available here.

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report November 2012

Date 12/12/2012

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 214 at the end of November 2012. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 21 at the end of November 2012.

EEX Publishes Auction Calendar For 2013

Date 12/12/2012

Upon consultation with the European Commission and the participating Member States (for the EU platform) and with the German authorities (for the German platform) the European Energy Exchange (EEX) has determined the 2013 auction calendar for EU allowances (EUA) of the third trading period.

Thailand’s SET Index Closes Above 1,350 Points

Date 12/12/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET) main stock index (SET Index) closed up 13.24 points, or 0.99 percent, at 1,354.57 points today, a new high in the past 16 years and ten months since February 22, 1996, while other Asian main indices rose 0.5-0.8 percent.

ITG Expands POSIT To Malaysia - Brings Global Block Liquidity Coverage To 28 Markets

Date 12/12/2012

ITG (NYSE: ITG), a leading independent execution and research broker, today announced that the award-winning POSIT^® crossing network, including the POSIT Marketplace^TM dark aggregation algorithm and the POSIT Alert^® block crossing platform, are now available for trading Malaysian equities.

GreySpark Partners Identifies Top Buyside OMS And EMS Offerings - Demand For Rationalisation Of Systems Shape Vendor Offerings

Date 12/12/2012

GreySpark Partners, the capital markets consultancy, today announced that it has published a report on the buyside OMS and EMS landscape. This report analyses leading Order Management System (OMS) and Execution Management System (EMS) solutions operating in the equities and listed derivatives space. A high-level view of the competitive landscape is revealed by comparison of standalone OMSs, specialised EMSs and hybrid Order and Execution Management System (OEMS) solutions across the market.

Bursa Malaysia Selected NASDAQ OMX’s X-Stream INET To Power Its Trading Platform

Date 12/12/2012

Bursa Malaysia (BURSA:MK) and NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ), today announced that Bursa Malaysia has selected NASDAQ OMX to power its securities market trading through NASDAQ OMX’s industry leading technology, X-Stream INET.

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission Concludes Consultation On Regulation Of IPO Sponsors

Date 12/12/2012

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has published today conclusions on proposals concerning initial public offering (IPO) sponsors.

HKEx Welcomes SFC Consultation Conclusions On The Regulation Of IPO Sponsors

Date 12/12/2012

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes today’s (Wednesday) publication of the Securities and Futures Commission's (SFC) Consultation Conclusions on the Regulation of IPO Sponsors and fully support the SFC's initiatives to enhance the regulatory regime for sponsors of initial public offerings (IPOs) as this will strengthen Hong Kong as an international financial centre.