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HKEx Welcomes Government Appointments To Its Board

Date 10/04/2012

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the Government's appointment of Mr Chow Chung-kong and Mr Tim Freshwater and reappointment of Mr Ronald Arculli to its Board. Mr Chow and Mr Freshwater will each have a term of two years, and Mr Arculli is appointed for a term of one year; their terms will all start from the conclusion of HKEx's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 23 April 2012 and end at the conclusion of the AGM in 2014 and 2013 respectively.
ANALEC Expands Into U.S. - ModelViewer To Aid Investment Managers In Asia Equities

Date 10/04/2012

In its latest strategic move, ANALEC, a leading provider of financial technology solutions to the global investment research and investment banking industries, is building on its already established franchise in Asia through a U.S. expansion. ANALEC is spearheading the U.S. introduction with its ModelViewer fundamental analysis platform, which is the first in a suite of services for U.S. traditional and hedge fund portfolio managers and traders.
Japan’s Financial Services Agency: Materials Of International Conference On Asian Market Integration And Financial Innovation

Date 10/04/2012

Financial Services Agency held an international conference on Asian Market Integration and Financial Innovation, in cooperation with Japan Securities Dealers Association and Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. on February 10, 2012.
First Day Dealings Of The Palestine Securities Exchange (PSE) On The Palestine Exchange (PEX)

Date 10/04/2012

The Palestine Securities Exchange plc (PSE) is pleased to announce that its shares were listed and started trading on April 4th, 2012 celebrating the fifteenth trading anniversary of the Palestine Exchange (PEX).
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For April 2012 Rubber Contract

Date 10/04/2012

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the April 2012 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,

In Response To ESMA Consultation Paper On ETFs, EDHEC-Risk Institute Calls For Improved Transparency, Governance And Auditability Of Indices

Date 10/04/2012

In commenting on the ESMA Consultation Paper entitled “ESMA’s guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues” (ESMA/2012/44, January 2012), EDHEC-Risk Institute has welcomed the broadened focus of this new consultation, which goes a long way towards approaching important issues in a horizontal way across all UCITS, rather than in a vertical way limited to UCITS ETFs, but regrets that the consultation paper has not gone further in several key areas:
Korean Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. Selects Orc To Offer Low-Latency Access To Korean Markets

Date 10/04/2012

Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, today announced that Korean Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. (KIS) has selected Orc to meet growing market demand for low-latency connectivity to the Korea Exchange (KRX).
Clearstream’s March 2012 Figures

Date 10/04/2012

In March 2012, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered a decrease of 2 percent to € 11.1 trillion (compared to € 11.3 trillion in March 2011). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business kept the level of the same month last year with € 5.9 trillion in March 2012 while domestic German securities held under custody decreased by 4 percent from € 5.4 trillion in March 2011 to € 5.2 trillion in March 2012.
Tehran Stock Exchange - First Quarter 2012 Report 2012

Date 10/04/2012

The total index (TEDPIX) of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) closed at 26,576.2 point at the end of March 2012, which was 8.9 percent higher than the beginning of the year's value. TSE's blue-chip index (TEDFIX 30) also gained 5.4 percent in the previous quarter and closed at 1,561.6 point.
New NZX Equity Indices Methodology

Date 10/04/2012

As previously announced on 19 March 2012:
• The methodology for the NZX 50 index is moving to a pure free float methodology,
• A new liquidity requirement is being added to the NZX Equity Indices Methodology, and
• The NZX 20 Index is to be launched on 23 April 2012.