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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 30/08/2010

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 Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 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 metho
Thai Bourse Announces The Update Selection Criteria For Stocks In SET50 And SET100

Date 30/08/2010

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announces that the selection criteria for SET50 and SET100 indices is amended in terms of the size screening rule from using their past 12 months record to 3 months of average daily market capitalization.
NZX Launches The Global Dairy Markets Report

Date 30/08/2010

NZX announced today's release of the first global dairy markets report "The Dairy Trader". The report is an information source for all who have an interest in trading dairy futures on NZX's Global Dairy Futures Market.
Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange Weekly Market Views - August 29, 2010

Date 29/08/2010

Welcome to the Weekly Market Views report from DGCX, providing you with a snapshot of what?s happening in the energy, precious metal and currency futures markets.
Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority - Finansinspektionen - HQ Bank's Licence Revoked

Date 28/08/2010

Finansinspektionen has revoked HQ Bank AB's licence. The bank has grossly breached the most central provisions of Swedish legislation and FI will apply for the company to be entered into liquidation. FI believes that this decision will not have an impact on financial stability.

NASDAQ OMX Suspends HQ Bank AB

Date 28/08/2010

Following the Swedish FSA's decision to revoke HQ Bank's trading and banking license, NASDAQ OMX has decided to suspend HQ Bank's equity trading membership with NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB, NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S and NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy as well their derivatives trading and clearing membership with NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB. The FSA's decision to revoke HQ Bank's licenses means that HQ Bank no longer fulfils the member criteria.
Statement On High-Speed And Algorithmic Trading By CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton

Date 27/08/2010

This week, news articles reported what may be yet another example of high-speed trading run amok. It was reported that an “error” caused the price of oil to spike by a dollar on NYMEX in a matter of seconds back in February. Whether it was truly an error or not, the fact is that high-speed computerized trading has caused tectonic plate shifts in the way market participants engage in financial trading and investing.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 27/08/2010

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (TSX:GNA) have accepted the $US11.00 cash per share offer from Gerdau S.A. Gerdau Ameristeel will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Capped Materials and the S&P/TSX Clean Technology Indices effective after the close of trading on Tue
New Record For MarketDataPeaks.com

Date 27/08/2010

Exegy, Inc., the market data appliance company announced today that the Exegy Ticker Plant driving the MarketDataPeaks web site hit 3,449,856 messages per second. This is a new record and surpasses the previous high water mark of 3,409,640 mps reached on 25 August when the market dramatically turned from below 10,000 on the Dow Jones Industrials Average.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 27/08/2010

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: