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SGX starts OTC derivatives clearing in Asia
November 15, 2010--The Singapore Exchange has begun central clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) financial derivatives with the launch of the first such platform in Asia.
Clearing houses take on the risk that a party to a trade defaults, spreading the risk among its members. Most OTC trading is carried out on a bilateral basis, which means much of the risk of default is carried by the financial institution involved.
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Source: FT.com
SSE 380 Index To Be Launched
November 15, 2010--To further enhance the SSE index family as well as to provide investors with the new underlying instrument, SSE and CSI together announced today that the SSE 380 Index would be launched on November 29, 2010.
The base date is December 31, 2003 and the base value is 1000.
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Source: SSE
Shanghai Stock Market to Welcome New Emerging Blue-chip Index as SSE 380 Index to Be Launched
November 15, 2010--The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (CSI) have recently announced that the SSE 380 Index would be officially launched on November 29, 2010, with the base day on December 31, 2003 and the base point at 1,000 points.
After more than two decades of development, a multi-layer capital market featured with big-cap blue chips and boasting joint growth of small, medium and large sized enterprises has taken shape in Shanghai. Moreover, the ever-improving SSE index system, which at present covers such series as scale, sector, style, strategy and theme, provides investors with tools to analyze the SSE-listed companies in a multi-level and multi-angle manner. To adapt to the SSE's development strategy of blue-chip market, better reflect the market structure and its development, and enrich the SSE index system, the SSE and CSI plan to release the SSE 380 Index.
Different from the SSE 180 Index which focuses on traditional big-cap blue chips in finance, energy, material and industry sectors, the SSE 380 Index puts its spotlight on emerging growing blue chips to mirror the overall performance of an array of medium-sized listed companies with great growth potential and strong profitability which are not traditional blue chips. Most of these companies are in their rapid growth phase or early part of maturity stage and in energy-saving and environmental protection, new-generation information technology, biology, high-end equipment, new energy, new material and other emerging industries and consumption sectors. As they indicate the strategic direction of national economic development and the direction of economic restructuring, they are usually called emerging blue-chip companies. The SSE 380 Index, SSE 180 Index and SSE 50 Index will jointly constitute the major blue-chip indices of Shanghai market.
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Source: Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
China and the green energy paradox
The worlds biggest CO2 polluter is also becoming the biggest investor in green solutions.
November 15, 2010--From the purist’s perspective, the notion of sustainability makes for a near-impossible pairing with developing countries like China and India. The chief engine of economic growth – industrialization via conventional coal and gas-fired power generation – runs counter to still- immature renewable energy and efficiency technologies.
But China represents the paradox: the country with the highest annual CO2 emissions and, at the same time, the most willing to mandate, fund and enforce corrective change as national policy. In essence, we are about to witness the efficacy of China’s command-and-control environmentalism against the progress, or lack thereof, of Western democratic environmentalism. With China consistently adding more than 50% of the world’s incremental power capacity since 2000, Western media often singularly highlights issues such as trade protectionism surrounding renewable technology or accusations of government subsidization that violate WTO free-trade rules.
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Source: Responsible Investor
Deutsche Börse launches algo news feed in Australia
New proximity hosting site in Sydney marks expansion of “AlphaFlash” into Asia-Pacific region
November 15, 2010-- Deutsche Börse – Market Data & Analytics is making its algorithmic news feed “AlphaFlash” available in a data center in Sydney as of 15 November. This is the first time that AlphaFlash will be offered in the Asia-Pacific region.
AlphaFlash will be hosted in the Equinix Sydney (SY1) International Business Exchange (IBX®) data center and can be easily accessed by other financial companies and trading firms that currently operate there.
“The Australian market has an active algo trading community with several buy and sell-side firms looking for machine-readable news for their trading applications. This is why we selected Sydney as the starting point for AlphaFlash’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific region,” said Georg Gross, Head of Front Office Data & Analytics at Deutsche Börse. “By choosing Equinix Sydney, we will be able to provide AlphaFlash directly to the community of financial services firms and market participants that already use the data center.”
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Source: Deutsche Börse
SSE Strengthens Supervision over Securities Issuance, Listing
November 12, 2010-The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has recently published the "Guidelines for Issuing and Listing Securities" to strengthen its supervision over securities issuance and listing. The "Guidelines", constraining the behaviors of securities issuance participants including issuers, sponsors, underwriters and price inquiry institutions, aim to improve the efficiency and transparency of pricing in the process of securities issuance by urging all participants to fulfill their duties.
The "Guidelines" requires sponsors and lead underwriters to be adequately staffed and establish relevant internal management systems to improve the quality of securities issuance and listing, while defining the regulatory and punishment measures against violations of issuers, sponsors, lead underwriters, price inquiry institutions and investors. Two new systems are the highlights of the "Guidelines".
I. "Guidelines": a significant supplementary measure for reform of IPO system
According to an official from the SSE, the "Guidelines" further perfect the existing IPO system from a micro and basic level while carrying on the requirements of the China Securities Regulatory Commission for the reform of IPO system.
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Source: Shanghai Stock Exchange
Two firms on Thai bourse added to MSCI Index
November 12, 2010--"Two companies listed on The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) have been added to MSCI Index-- Indorama Ventures PCL (IVL) and Thai Airways International PCL (THAI). The changes will be effective on November 30, 2010," revealed SET President Charamporn Jotikasthira.
The MSCI Index is an underlying index provided for global institutional
investors as a benchmark on investment returns. When adding any given country to the Index, MSCI does not include all of that country's listed firms in the
Index, but only those which pass MSCI's standards.
"Both IVL and THAI are in the SET50 Index, with high liquidity and trading values. They also receive great attention from local and foreign investors, particularly IVL, which has just listed on the SET this year, with a market capitalization (based on its IPO price) of THB44.00 billion (approx. USD1.47 billion). As of November 10, 2010, IVL's market capitalization was at THB182.04 billion (approx. USD6.67 billion). It is a pleasure to congratulate these two firms, which help show that SET-listed firms and the exchange itself have strong fundamentals and promising growth potential," concluded Mr. Charamporn.
Source: Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)
Deutsche Bank goes live with Sponsored Access on NASDAQ OMX Nordic
November 11, 2010--NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces that Deutsche Bank will start offering low latency Sponsored Access to the NASDAQ OMX Nordic exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Iceland using NASDAQ OMX Nordic's newly enhanced Pre-Trade Risk Management service.
Sponsored Access enables members to provide their clients with direct connectivity to NASDAQ OMX Nordic's ultra low latency matching services, offering cost savings to both clients and members as they avoid the cost of integrating and connecting the client's order flow to the member's system.
Deutsche Bank is the first member to take advantage of NASDAQ OMX Nordic's recently enhanced Pre-Trade Risk Management service which, through offering sophisticated pre-trade risk layer and administration interface, mitigates market risk by monitoring all orders submitted to the NASDAQ OMX Nordic exchanges.
"We are delighted to be working with Deutsche Bank in providing their clients with access to NASDAQ OMX Nordic exchanges. Following the launch of our state-of-the art INET trading system and the release of our enhanced Pre-Trade Risk Management tool we see a strong interest for sponsored access. A key benefit of our sponsored access offering is the ultra low latency available via our co-location services", said Bjørn Sibbern, Senior Vice President NASDAQ OMX Transaction Services Nordic.
Source: NASDAQ OMX
SSE Free Float, CSI EW 90, 300 SSE to Be Launched on Dec. 2
November 11, 2010--The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (CSI) have recently announced that SSE Free Float Index (SSE Free Float), CSI Equal Weight 90 Index (CSI EW 90) and CSI 300 SSE Stocks Index (300 SSE) would be officially introduced on December 2, 2010.
The constituents of SSE Free Float consist of all A shares listed on the SSE excluding those whose issuers haven't completed equity division reform and which are imposed with listing suspension. SSE Free Float, calculated by way of weighted method based on free float adjusted market capitalization, reflects the price fluctuation of free float shares listed on the SSE and is a new investment research and analysis instrument for investors.
The constituents of CSI EW 90, calculated by way of weighted method with equal weight, are comprised of 50 constituents of SSE 50 Index and 40 constituents of SZSE Component Index. By November 8, 2010, the market capitalization and free float market capitalization of CSI EW 90 had reached RMB12.97 trillion and RMB3.72 trillion, respectively, accounting for 45.48% and 35.33% of that of all A shares listed on the SSE, respectively.
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Source: Shanghai Stock Exchange
SSE Free Float Index , CSI Equal Weight 90 Index and CSI 300 SSE Stocks Index To Be Launched
November 11, 2010--To further enhance SSE and CSI Index families as well as to provide investors with the new underlying instrument, SSE and CSI together announced today that SSE Free Float Index, CSI Equal Weight 90 Index and CSI 300 SSE Stosks index will be launched on Dec 2th 2010.
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Source: Shanghai Stock Exchange
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