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  • Clearstream To Enhance Proxy Voting Services With ISS - Agreement With Leading Provider Of End-To-End Corporate Governance Solutions Signed - Facilitating Active Ownership To Meet Corporate Governance Guidelines - Service To Be In Place In Advance Of The 2012 Proxy Voting Season

    Date 29/06/2011

    Clearstream, the post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading provider of end-to-end corporate governance solutions. Clearstream will employ the ISS infrastructure to enhance its proxy voting service for all eligible instruments and Clearstream proxy voting markets, for both its business as International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) and as Central Securities Depository (CSD) for Germany. The new service will be in place in February 2012, in time for next year’s proxy voting season.

  • MICEX And RTS Stock Exchange Signed Merger Agreement

    Date 29/06/2011

    CJSC ‘MICEX’ and OJSC RTS announced a framework agreement to combine the exchange groups which provides an order and procedures for establishing a joint exchange holding. Signing the agreement represents a new stage in developing a Russian and international exchange infrastructure related to the future creation of the Russian national exchange leader which will be  competitive with the largest global financial centers in terms of exchange and post-trading business scale, technical facilities, management experience, service standards and quality. 

  • HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

    Date 29/06/2011

    Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 4 July 2011, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology. 

  • Deutsche Börse: SBERBANK Moves Up To The Entry Standard - ADRs In The Largest Russian Bank Tradable On The Entry Standard

    Date 29/06/2011

    On 29 June, OAO SBERBANK of Russia (ISIN: US80585Y3080) became the first Russian company in the Entry Standard, moving up from the Open Market. 337,500,000 ADRs have been admitted as part of Bank of New York Mellon's newly launched sponsored ADR programme. The initial price was €9.62.

  • HKEx Welcomes Government Appointments To HKEx’s Risk Management Committee

    Date 29/06/2011

    Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the Government’s appointments of Chan Ngai-hang and Michael Liu and the re-appointment of Edmond Lau as members of HKEx’s Risk Management Committee (RMC).  The two-year appointments, which were made under the Securities and Futures Ordinance, will take effect on 1 July 2011 (Friday).