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RTS Offers Access To New Trading Platform For Pan-Asian Market On Singapore Mercantile Exchange SMX Launch Further Builds On RTS Low Latency Solutions In Asia

Date 19/08/2010

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a leading global trading solutions provider, announced today that the firm will provide connectivity and low latency access to the Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) from its first day of trading which will be 31 August 2010.
CFTC Staff Allows Turkish Derivatives Exchange’s Futures Contract Based On The Istanbul Stock Exchange 30 Stock Index To Be Offered And Sold In The United States

Date 18/08/2010

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s) Office of General Counsel yesterday issued a no-action letter permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Turkish Derivatives Exchange’s futures contract based on the Istanbul Stock Exchange 30 Stock Index (ISE-30).
Cease And desist Order Against Barclays Bank And Barclays Bank New York Branch

Date 18/08/2010

The Federal Reserve Board and the New York State Banking Department on Wednesday announced the issuance of a consent Order to Cease and Desist against Barclays Bank PLC, London and the bank's branch in New York. The Order requires Barclays Bank to improve its program for compliance with U.S. economic sanctions requirements on a global basis.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 And Dow Jones Arabia Titans 50 Indexes

Date 18/08/2010

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Groupe ONA (Morocco, Financial Services, ONA.CL) will be removed from the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 and Dow Jones Arabia Titans 50 indexes.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 18/08/2010

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, August 18, 2010: Primero Mining Corp. (TSXVN:P) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the same ticker symbol.

SEC Charges State Of New Jersey For Fraudulent Municipal Bond Offerings

Date 18/08/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the State of New Jersey with securities fraud for misrepresenting and failing to disclose to investors in billions of dollars worth of municipal bond offerings that it was underfunding the state's two largest pension plans.
SAM Deepens Cooperation With Dow Jones Indexes - World’s Leading Index Provider And SAM Intensify Partnership To Expand Joint Offering In The Field Of Sustainability Indexes - Dow Jones Indexes Will Serve As Calculation Agent For European Sustainability I

Date 18/08/2010

SAM, the investment boutique focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, is to deepen its successful eleven-year-old collaboration with Dow Jones Indexes by expanding its worldwide Sustainability Index offering. Under this joint marketing agreement, Dow Jones Indexes will be responsible for calculation, marketing and distribution of the indexes including the European indexes, while SAM remains responsible for the component selections. As a result, SAM’s collaboration with STOXX Ltd., whi
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Hutchison Whampoa Futures

Date 18/08/2010

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 Friday, 20 August 2010, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margin
Deutsche Bank Joins SGX

Date 18/08/2010

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said it has admitted Deutsche Bank to its securities market as a Bank Clearing Member.
London Stock Exchange Group Makes New Hire To Lead Corporate Communications And Media Relations

Date 18/08/2010

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) today announces the appointment of Victoria Brough to head up the Group's corporate communications and media relations function. She will take up her new post on 20 September, reporting directly to Group CEO, Xavier Rolet.