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Osaka Securities Exchange: Trading Overview In August 2011

Date 01/09/2011

OSE announced trading overview (preliminary estimates) in August 2011.

Tokyo Grain Exchange: SPAN Parameters from September 1, 2011

Date 01/09/2011

The SPAN parameters applicable from September 1, 2011 to September 30,
2011 is now available on the Japan Commodity Clearing House website at the
following URL: http://www.jcch.co.jp/i/index.html

UK's Financial Services Authority Obtains High Court Injunction To Stop Market Manipulation

Date 01/09/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has obtained an interim High Court injunction preventing a number of companies and individuals from manipulating the market in UK-listed shares. The injunction also freezes the assets of the companies.

Frankfurt Stock Exchange: Migration To Xetra Technology A Success - 100 Days Of Xetra Frankfurt Specialist Trading Model - Early Trading Takes Disproportionately Large Share Of Daily Business

Date 01/09/2011

Deutsche Börse has enjoyed a successful first 100 days since it migrated floor trading to Xetra technology. Around 36,000 securities were transferred to the specialist model on 23 May.

EDHEC Finance Professors Frank J. Fabozzi And Ekkehart Boehmer Win Two Prestigious Awards

Date 01/09/2011

Professor Fabozzi is co-recipient of the European Financial Management Best Paper Award for a paper entitled "Property Derivatives for Managing European Real-Estate Risk," which was co-authored with Professors Robert J. Shiller, from the Department of Economics, Cowles Foundation, and School of Management, Yale University, and Radu Tunaru, from the University of Kent. The paper was originally published in the January 2010 issue of EFM Journal.

Vienna Stock Exchange Launches New Sector Indices

Date 01/09/2011

Today, the Vienna Stock Exchange started calculating and publishing new sector indices for the ATX and CEESEG (CEE Stock Exchange Group whose subsidiaries are the exchanges of Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague and Vienna) to round off its range of indices and meet market demand. The ATX sector indices are based on the companies in the ATX Prime, and the CEESEG sector indices include companies contained in the leading indices of the CEE Stock Exchange Group, i.e., the ATX (Austrian Traded Index), the PX (Prague Stock Index), the BUX (Budapest Stock Index), and the SBI TOP (Slovene Blue Chip Index). The sector indices cover stocks from basic industries, consumer products and services, financials, and industrial goods and services. They have been designed to serve as representative benchmarks for investors.

The Derivatives Market Committee Of RTS Approves Specifications For Futures And options On The MICEX Index

Date 01/09/2011

On August 30, 2011 the Derivatives Market Committee of RTS approved specifications for cash-settled futures contracts on the MICEX Index (trading system code MX) and futures-style options on a futures contract on the MICEX Index. The Committee recommended that the Board of Directors of OJSC RTS approve the specifications. After the specifications have been approved by the Board they will be submitted to the Federal Financial Markets Service for registration.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange: SZSE 1000 Index And Other Indices Issued And SZSE Scale Index System Established

Date 01/09/2011

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For August 2011 Contract

Date 01/09/2011

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for August 2011 contract is 51,060 yen.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange And Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Launching The Allopatric Disaster Recovery Center Construction Project Improving And Enhancing The Stability And Reliability Of Information System Constantly

Date 01/09/2011

Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange to hold the signing ceremony of Cooperative Framework Agreement on Allopatric Disaster Recovery Center Construction in Shenzhen