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ESMA Publishes An Update Of The List Of Waivers Under MiFID

Date 15/11/2012

This update concerns the pre-trade transparency waiver SK 1.

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

Date 15/11/2012

[Questions & Answers]

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In the U.S. presidential election, President Obama was reelected. As the incumbent president was reelected, the existing financial regulation and other policies are likely to be maintained. What do you think of that?

NSEL Signs A Strategic MoU with Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange, Republic Of Belarus

Date 15/11/2012

National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL), India’s largest electronic commodity spot exchange signed an MoU with Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE), the largest Commodity Spot Exchange, Republic of Belarus. The MoU was signed on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 in a function held at Hotel ITC Maurya, New Delhi in the presence of a delegation from the Republic of Belarus led by His Excellency Dr. Mikhail Myasnikovich, Hon’ble Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus.

EEX Expands Transparency Platform With Generation Data From Bulgaria - Companies Use Transparency Platform To Fulfil REMIT Requirements

Date 15/11/2012

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will expand the“Transparency in Energy Markets” platform with the publication of generation data from Bulgaria. As a result, power generation data from Bulgaria will be provided on the www.transparency.eex.com internet platform in the future.

TheCityUK: Downturn In UK Competitiveness Tracker In Q3 2012, But Some Positive Indicators Remain

Date 15/11/2012

TheCityUK’s latest UK Competiveness Tracker showed a downturn during the third quarter of 2012 with ten indicators falling and six rising. The general picture is that many indicators remain at a low ebb, including credit availability to non-financial businesses; turnover of UK equities; mergers and acquisition activity in Europe; and derivatives turnover at NYSE Liffe. New job vacancies in financial services have also fallen to a low point, and while FSA authorisations of people and firms picked up slightly during the quarter they remain well down on five years ago.

Eurex Clearing Launches EurexOTC Clear For Interest Rate Swaps - New OTC Clearing Service Successfully Went Live On 13 November 2012 - Launch Was Supported By 10 Clearing Members- First Transactions Successfully Cleared - Strong Client Asset Protection And High Capital Efficiency Through Portfolio Risk Management

Date 15/11/2012

Eurex Clearing, Europe’s leading clearing house, announced today that EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) successfully went live on 13 November 2012. The launch was supported by Eurex Clearing’s cooperation banks Barclays, Citigroup Global Markets Ltd., Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan. In addition, Commerzbank, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS and Basler Kantonalbank joined the service for the production start. All ten members have successfully cleared their first transactions via EurexOTC Clear for IRS. BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, NORD/LB, Société Générale and further market participants are preparing to join the service as clearing members. The support from major OTC dealers and Eurex Clearing’s timely launch facilitate preparations for the onboarding of buy-side clients ahead of the start of the clearing obligation in Europe, which is anticipated to commence in the second half of 2013.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Circular On Trading Of New Contracts

Date 15/11/2012

It is hereby noticed that as from November 15, 2012, the following contracts may be traded: No. 1 soybeans 1405 contracts, No. 2 soybeans 1311 cintracts, corn 1311 contracts, coke 1311 cintracts, linear low density polyethylene 1311 contracts, soybean meal 1311 contracts, RBD Palm Olein 1311 contracts, polyvinyl chloride 1311 contracts and soybean oil 1311 contracts, with their benchmark prices.

QuantHouse And Cisco Partner To Deliver Ultra Low Latency Asian Network

Date 15/11/2012

QuantHouse, a part of S&P Capital IQ and the global provider of next generation trading solutions, has partnered with Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking to assist in the implementation of its ultra low latency network across Asia, to provide data transfer at the highest speeds available.

MillenniumIT Selected By HKEx For Central Gateway

Date 15/11/2012

MillenniumIT, a leading technology solutions provider and part of London Stock Exchange Group announced today that they had signed an agreement with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), to provide the bourse with its gateway platform Millennium SOR for its Orion Central Gateway project.

Thai Bourse Revises Calculation Method Of Final Settlement Price For Stock Futures

Date 15/11/2012

The Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) group, has revised its calculation method of final settlement price for Stock Futures by using weighted average prices, instead of average prices, in order to reflect prices of the underlying stocks more efficiently.