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TMX Atrium Selected As Preferred NLX Connectivity Supplier - Strengthening Existing Relationship And Providing Trading Choice In The Derivatives Markets

Date 19/11/2012

TMX Atrium, provider of smarter infrastructure solutions for the financial community, today announced that it has been selected by NASDAQ OMX NLX (“NLX”), the new London interest-rate derivatives platform, to be one of its preferred connectivity suppliers. NLX will offer a range of both short- and long-term interest rate (STIRs and LTIRs) euro- and sterling-denominated listed derivatives products from Q1, 2013. NLX is subject to Financial Services Authority approval.
SET-Listed ETFs Shows Robust Growth With Assets Up 53 Pct In Jan-Oct

Date 19/11/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) reveals that assets under management (AUM) of the ten exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed on SET has expanded 53 percent to THB 8.61 billion (approx. USD 278 million) in the first ten months of 2012, compared with THB 5.62 billion a year earlier, as a result of continued promotional activities and numerous marketing campaigns since the beginning of the year.
IFSAM Chooses Calastone For Order Routing

Date 19/11/2012

Calastone, the global fund transaction network, is pleased to announce that IFSAM, independent specialists for investment funds, has chosen Calastone for Swift Connectivity to the market.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange And Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd.: The First Series of Performance Indices Make their Debut, Guiding Long-term Value Investment

Date 19/11/2012

Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. jointly announced on November 19, 2012 to issue a series of performance indices, which encompass SZSE PerformanceIndex(Abbreviation: SZSE Performance, Code: 399655), SZSE 100 Performance Weighted Index(Abbreviation: 100 Performance WT, Code: 399656), SZSE 300 Performance Weighted Index(Abbreviation: 300 Performance WT, Code: 399657), SME Performance Weighted Index(Abbreviation: SME Performance WT, Code: 399658), and CNINFO Performance Index(Abbreviation: Performance Index, Code: 399398).
ASIC: J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited Pays $30,000 Infringement Notice Penalty

Date 19/11/2012

J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited ("J.P. Morgan") has paid a penalty of $30,000 in order to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel, for effecting on two occasions an Off-Market Special Crossing in securities (stock code "NHF") of an Issuer, NIB Holdings Limited ("NIB"), on behalf of NIB during the term of an On-Market buy-back offer being conducted by NIB.

First Namibian Government Bond Lists On JSE

Date 19/11/2012

The Republic of Namibia today listed its first Rand-denominated government bond on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). With a R3 billion medium term note programme approved, the first tranche is an issuance of ZAR 850 million.
Financial Stability Board Publishes Initial Integrated Set Of Recommendations To Strengthen Oversight And Regulation Of Shadow Banking

Date 18/11/2012

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is publishing today for public consultation an initial integrated set of policy recommendations to strengthen oversight and regulation of the shadow banking system.
US Treasury ‘Final Determination’ To Exempt FX From Central Clearing Under Dodd-Frank Brings Clarity, Says GFMA’s Global FX Division

Date 17/11/2012

The US Treasury decision to exempt foreign exchange forwards and swaps transactions from the clearing and exchange trading requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act is a critical step in ensuring the safe functioning of a well performing market and in promoting clarity in the international regulatory regime, according to the Global FX Division of the Global Financial Markets Association.
United States Department Of The Treasury Fact Sheet: Final Determination On Foreign Exchange Swaps And Forwards

Date 16/11/2012

The Dodd-Frank Act put in place a comprehensive set of reforms to help build stronger, safer, and more efficient financial markets. The Obama Administration fought hard for and strongly supports the Dodd-Frank Act’s comprehensive reforms to the derivatives market, which will reduce risk, increase transparency, and provide accountability for market participants.
ISDA Publishes Standard Form Disclosures Relating Primarily To The Requirements Of Commodity Futures Trading Commission External Business Conduct Rules

Date 16/11/2012

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The General Disclosure Statement and each of the Annexes (together, the “ISDA DF Disclosure”) contain standard form disclosures intended to relate primarily to the requirements of Rules 23.431, 23.450(g) and 23.605(e) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Persons that intend to use the ISDA DF Disclosure in connection with such or other regulatory requirements should consult legal counsel and risk personnel regarding the appropriateness of the ISDA DF Disclosure for them, their counterparties and their transactions. Each user should consider how any additional disclosure that it may choose to make will relate to the ISDA DF Disclosure. ISDA assumes no responsibility for any use of the ISDA DF Disclosure and undertakes no duty to update the ISDA DF Disclosure to reflect future regulatory or market developments.

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