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BM&FBOVESPA Implements New Intraday Price Limit In Its Equity Markets - This Is An Additional Control And Does Not Substitute The Existing Limit On Fluctuations From A Previous Transaction

Date 27/09/2010

BM&FBOVESPA implemented on September 27 a new +/- 15% limit on price fluctuations in shares, ETFs and other assets traded on the spot market. Named the intraday limit, the new tool will establish minimums and maximums, based on a reference price for each asset. The reference price will be the previous session’s closing quote, when considering the asset at the start of the day before the first trade, or the price of the day’s first trade. The asset’s reference price will
ICE Futures Canada: Holiday Notice Thanksgiving October 11, 2010

Date 27/09/2010

This is to advise that ICE Futures Canada, Inc. and ICE Clear Canada, Inc. will be closed for trading and clearing operations on Trade Date Monday, October 11, 2010.
S&P Launches MegaCap Index For Canadian Equity Market - Comprised Of 25 Of The Largest, Most Liquid Stocks Listed On The Toronto Stock Exchange

Date 27/09/2010

Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index provider, announced today the launch of the S&P/TSX MegaCap Index, a large-cap index highlighting the 25 largest, most liquid stocks listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Index is derived from the S&P/TSX Composite Index, a widely followed gauge of the Canadian equity market.
UK's Financial Services Authority Consults On Improving Auditors' Reports On Client Assets

Date 27/09/2010

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today announced steps to improve the quality and consistency of auditors’ reports on client assets.
Euroclear Plans Senior Management Reorganisation

Date 27/09/2010

Euroclear senior management changes are expected to be implemented in October.

London Stock Exchange’s Retail Bond Market Sees Number Of Corporate Bonds More Than Triple

Date 27/09/2010

Over 60 additional bonds from issuers including HSBC, FirstGroup, Rolls Royce and Daily Mail & General Trust Evolution Securities lead market maker for new bonds Broadened range now includes callable bonds
HKEx Plans To Introduce Dividend Futures On 1 November

Date 27/09/2010

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) plans to introduce trading of HSI Dividend Point Index Futures (HSI Dividend Futures) and HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures (HSCEI Dividend Futures) on Monday, 1 November, subject to regulatory approval.
Thai Bourse’s New York Roadshow Received Great Attention

Date 27/09/2010

The Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET) New York roadshow held on September 24 received great attention from over 50 foreign institutional investors, as the SET index is one of the world’s fastest-rising and good operating performance of its listed companies.
HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 27/09/2010

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements. HSI, MHI, HHI and MCH Futures Markets
EDHEC Risk Institute Survey Suggests That A Majority Of European Pension Funds Have A “Blinkered View Of Their Risks”

Date 27/09/2010

In a new survey of 129 asset/liability management (ALM) specialists (pension funds, their advisers, regulators, and fund managers) representing assets under management of approximately €3 trillion, EDHEC Risk Institute finds, amongst other key conclusions, that the majority of respondents have a blinkered view of their risks: accounting risk (the volatility from the pension fund in the sponsor’s books) is managed by only 33% of respondents, and more than 50% ignore sponsor risk (the risk of a