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Mohammed Bin Rashid Center For Leadership Development Sheds Light On Leadership Issues In Financial Sector - DIFC Governor H.E. Ahmed Humaid Al Tayer Provides Exclusive Industry Insights During Dubai Policy Watch

Date 10/02/2010

Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development (MBRCLD) has revealed that the present challenges in the global financial and banking sector and the experience of incumbent leaders in addressing such pressing concerns are crucial in enhancing the leadership acumen of Dubai's pool of future leaders. In view of this, MBRCLD announced that it recently discussed critical issues in the global financial and banking sector and their impact on Dubai during a new session of the Dubai Polic
Asia Pacific Market Outperforms Europe And The USA - FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Falls 10.2 Per Cent In January 2010

Date 10/02/2010

Listed exchanges suffered a hard start to the year with 16 out of the 18 exchanges on the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index experiencing a fall in their share prices.
SGX Grants Extension To Watch-List Companies

Date 10/02/2010

Watch-List1 companies will be given a 12-month extension to improve their financial performance and meet the requirements to exit from the Watch-List if they satisfy either one of the two criteria2, namely report a pre-tax profit, or have a minimum market capitalisation of S$40 million. This extension will be granted to Watch-List companies that are due for review in 2010.
Xtrakter: TRAX Doubles Trades Processed In 2009

Date 10/02/2010

Xtrakter, the fixed income specialist, made the following announcement today: TRAX, Xtrakter’s trade matching and regulatory reporting system processed 578m transactions in 2009, reflecting a 105% (296m) increase on 2008 figures. Xtrakter currently processes on average 2.5m transactions daily on behalf of its user community.
Infobolsa And Noesis Launch A New Service: DATALIFE - It Offers Contents For Personal Financial Planning

Date 10/02/2010

Infobolsa, BME’s information dissemination company, and the independent research boutique Noesis have jointly launched DATALIFE, a new service that provides contents designed to facilitate personal financial planning.

Toronto Stock Exchange And The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 10/02/2010

Toronto Stock Exchange and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise cooperation between the markets. Under the MoU, the exchanges will work to broaden relations between them by developing channels of communication; advancing opportunities for cross listing; supporting the respective regulatory authorities to develop a mutual recognition agreement; exploring the development and listing of financial instruments tracking the oth
Knight Link To Begin Trading Nordic Stocks

Date 10/02/2010

Knight Capital Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of Knight Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NITE), today announced that Knight Link in Europe will begin trading Nordic large-cap securities listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic. Knight Link, an innovative trading model for European equities, will initiate coverage of 75 stocks in Finland, Denmark and Sweden.
FORTS: USD/RUB Futures Heads The Global Trading Volume Rating

Date 10/02/2010

In December 2009 the USD/RUB futures contract trading on FORTS, the derivatives section of RTS, was ranked first by Futures and Options World (FOW) in terms of trading volume measured in contracts among all the FX derivatives worldwide.
New TABB Research Tracks The Impact Of Competition Under MiFID In Major Index Stocks From 2005 to 2009 - Report Shows Average Effective Spreads Declined In 92% Of 60 European Equities Measured Amidst Competition, IT Upgrades, Tick Size Adjustments, Fragme

Date 10/02/2010

Competition under MiFID is evident in the decline of effective spreads in 60 European stocks across the FTSE 100, DAX 30 and CAC 40 indices over a four-year period, from September 2005 to September 2009. Based on new research from TABB Group tracking the impact of competition under MiFID, average effective spreads declined in 92% of the European equities measured and in some case, spreads have at least halved.
Shanghai Stock Exchange To Introduce Over 10 ETFs In 2010

Date 10/02/2010

"The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has defined year 2010 as 'the year for business innovation on China's capital market', and its main task of innovation is to promote the exchange-traded funds (ETFs)," said President Zhang Yujun of the SSE at the recent SSE Seminar on ETF Innovation. According to Zhang, the SSE will introduce more than 10 ETFs this year, among which the SSE Mid-cap ETF will be one of the most important products to be promoted by the SSE.