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BWise Offers Best Practice Enterprise GRC Solution For UK Bribery Act And FCPA Act Compliance

Date 09/07/2012

BWise, a NASDAQ OMX company and the global leader in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) management software, announced today a new solution for compliance with the UK Bribery Act and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). With the acts enforcing a strong punishment of ten years imprisonment and unlimited fines for non-compliance, organizations need to take a more proactive approach to bribery and corruption. BWise offers a unique FCPA and Bribery Act compliance solution that integrates with other enterprise GRC initiatives, such as, risk, compliance and internal audit. All based on the same risk taxonomy and language and improving company-wide compliance and transparency which are of utmost concern to executives.

SIX Swiss Exchange June 2012: Increase In Turnover

Date 09/07/2012

The statistical monthly report published today contains the latest trade and turnover figures for SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland.

Press Conference By Tadahiro Matsushita, Minister For Financial Services - Insider Trading - Nomura Securities

Date 09/07/2012

[Questions & Answers]

Q.

Regarding Nomura Securities, this morning, newspapers reported that the company will announce the results of its internal investigation. Before this announcement, various problems have already been pointed out. How do you feel about that?

A.

I am aware of the newspaper reports which you mentioned. I would like to refrain from commenting on administrative action against an individual securities company.

Tehran Stock Exchange: IPO Of Mellat Insurance

Date 09/07/2012

On 9 July 2012, Mellat Insurance Company made an initial public offering (IPO) of 150 million shares (equivalent to 10 percent of its total equities). Shares were offered to the public at a price of IRR 1,321 (USD 0.108) each, with the total value of IRR 198 billion (USD 16.1 million).

Euroclear UK & Ireland Cuts Fees For Growing Fund Business

Date 09/07/2012

Euroclear UK & Ireland (EUI) has cut its investment fund order-routing fees for both high- and low-volume clients with immediate effect. The tariff for 10,000 or more orders per year has been cut by 9%, rising to a reduction of 33% for clients routing over 25,000 orders per year through the EMX Message System.

mergermarket H1 2012 UK M&A Round-Up

Date 09/07/2012

Summary Overview

• UK M&A activity totalled £44.4bn in the first half of 2012, representing a 17.5% increase in deal value compared to H12011, and with £28.4bn this was the highest Q2 since Q2 2007 (£68.8bn).
• Energy, Mining and Utilities was the most active sector valued at £14.3bn for 26 deals. This was a 55.7% increase in dealvalue compared to H1 2011. The jump is largely due to GDF Suez’ acquisition of International Power for £6.8bn.
• Foreign investment into the UK accounted for 69.7% of all UK M&A in Q2 2012, valued at £19.8bn, and represented a 61%increase on Q1 2012. Inbound activity experienced its highest value in H1 2012 (£32.1bn) since the same period in 2008(£37.2bn).
• Outbound M&A recorded the lowest H1 since H1 2009 (£10.3bn) at £17.4bn. Outbound deals for Q2 2012 however increased by 85.2% to £11.3bn from Q1 2012 (£6.1bn).
• Having advised on three of the top five deals for H1 2012, Goldman Sachs retained its leading position advising on£26.9bn-worth of UK deals.
• Clifford Chance jumped from ninth to first place in H1 2012 after advising on 37 deals worth £25.6bn including the top four deals of the first half of the year.

Platts: Petrochemical Prices Continue 2Q Declines On Lower Oil Prices

Date 09/07/2012

Continuing the decline begun in early second quarter, prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market fell in June to an average of $1,104 per metric ton (/mt) for the month. June’s average price is down $175 or 14% from the May average, according to the just-released monthly average of the Platts Global Petrochemical Index(PGPI), a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals.

Ljubljana Stock Exchange Statistical Report For First-Half Year 2012

Date 09/07/2012

Please click here to download the LJSE statistical report.

Iberclear To Chair CSD Steering Group In The Governance Framework Of TARGET2 Securities

Date 09/07/2012

Jesús Benito, CEO of Iberclear, the Spanish Central Securities Depository and a BME subsidiary, today was appointed Chairman of the CSD Steering Group (CSG) in the governance framework of TARGET2 Securities (T2S). He was unanimously elected by the full members of the CSG for a renewable term of two years.

NYSE Euronext Announces New London Management

Date 09/07/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced the restructured leadership team for its regulated exchange business (NYSE Liffe).