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Senior Supervisors Group Issues Report On Risk Appetite Frameworks And IT Infrastructure

Date 23/12/2010

Senior financial supervisors from 10 countries — collectively, the Senior Supervisors Group (SSG) — today issued a report that evaluates how financial institutions have progressed in developing formal risk appetite frameworks and in building out highly developed IT infrastructures and firm wide data aggregation capabilities.
Eurex Plans To Expand Cooperation With EEX And Aims To Increase Internationalization Of The Energy Exchange - LBBW And Eurex Agree Takeover Of LBBW’s Stake In EEX By Eurex - Strengthening And Expansion Of Leipzig’s Position

Date 23/12/2010

The international derivatives exchange Eurex intends to intensify its cooperation with the European Energy Exchange (EEX). The objective is to further strengthen Leipzig as a European center of expertise for energy and emissions products. In line with this, Eurex and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) today concluded an agreement that will allow Eurex to acquire LBBW’s stake in the EEX. Eurex currently holds a 35.2-percent stake in the EEX. Eurex and the EEX have been cooperating in the trad
HKEx Responds To Market Comments On Mutual Recognition Of Mainland Standards And Audit Firms

Date 23/12/2010

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced its decision on 10 December 2010 to accept Mainland accounting and auditing standards and Mainland audit firms for Mainland incorporated companies listed in Hong Kong. HKEx has noted comments in media reports and elsewhere on the decision, some of which suggest there are misperceptions about the basis of and reasons for the decision. Therefore it would like to clar
RTS Indices Weekly Review

Date 23/12/2010

Weekly review: December 13 - 17, 2010 (pdf, 236 ??) All reviews of RTS Indices
President Of Equinix Europe Wins Datacenter Leaders Award - Eric Schwartz Named 2010 Business Leader Of The Year

Date 23/12/2010

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, has announced that Eric Schwartz, President of Equinix Europe, won Business Leader of the Year at the 2010 Datacenter Leaders Awards. The accolade reflects Equinix’s success in offering a global data center platform where customers can quickly reach new markets.

ITG Announces Dismissal Of Liquidnet Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Date 23/12/2010

Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG), a leading agency research broker and financial technology firm, announced that Judge Shira Scheindlin of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a 65-page ruling granting in its entirety ITG's motion for summary judgment of non-infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,136,834, held by Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. Liquidnet had asserted that the '834 patent was infringed by the ITG Channel(R), POSIT Alert(R) and Macgrego
ASIC Releases Access To Financial Advice Report

Date 23/12/2010

ASIC today released a findings report on Access to financial advice in Australia ( REP 224). Improving access to advice helps
CalPERS 2010 Majority Vote Initiative Successful At Top Companie

Date 22/12/2010

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has achieved positive results in connection with the 2010 Majority Vote Initiative the System embarked on last spring.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 22/12/2010

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. (TSX:PBG) and Petrominerales Ltd. (TSX:PMG) have approved the Arrangement Agreement whereby Petrobank shareholders will receive Petrobank's proportionate interest in Petrominerales. Shareholders of Petrobank will receive 0.614 common shares of Petrominerales for each common share held. Petrominerales will also change its domicile to Canada. The
Bermuda Stock Exchange - Days Of Operation Over Christmas Period

Date 22/12/2010

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) advises that the BSX will be closed during the Christmas period as follows: Monday, 27th and Tuesday 28th December, 2010, re-opening on Wednesday, 29 December, 2010; Monday, 3rd January, 2011, re-opening on Tuesday, 4th January, 2011.