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Irish Stock Exchange And Malta Stock Exchange Launch The European Wholesale Securities Market
22 February 2012
Launch Of BSE-GREENEX To Promote Investments In Green India
Indian markets witnessed the launch of the first-ever live Carbon Index BSE-GREENEX, at the hands of Dr. (Shri) M Veerappa Moily, Hon’ble Minister of Corporate Affairs, GoI at BSE today. BSE Ltd. (Formerly Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd.) in association with gTrade (supported by GIZ promoted by Federal Republic of Germany, Observer Research Foundation and IIM Ahmedabad) has constructed BSE-GREENEX - designed specifically to promote green investing, with emphasis on financial performance and long term viability of companies. It is based upon purely quantitative and objective performance signals to assess carbon performance. BSE-GREENEX includes top 20 companies based on Green House Gas Numbers, Free Float Market capitalisation & Turnover.
22 February 2012
Muscat Securities Market and NYSE Technologies celebrate successful launch of MSM's new trading platform
Muscat Securities Market (MSM) and NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext, announced the successful migration of the MSM to NYSE Technologies' NSC V900 trading platform. The innovative trading infrastructure offers market participants the benefits of industry leading performance and speed.
17 February 2012
ICE announces March 5 launch of 7 new cleared OTC contracts
IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) announced the launch of 7 new cleared OTC contracts for natural gas liquids, North American natural gas, North American power, crude and refined petroleum products.
17 February 2012
Thai Bourse joins SCB to enhance e-dividend
The Thailand Securities Depository Co., Ltd. (TSD), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) group, joins hands with The Siam Commercial Bank pcl (SCB) to launch Thailand’s first e-dividend service application via ATM to facilitate securities holders who are customers of the bank, enabling them to get faster service and reduce the documentation process.
17 February 2012
Views
The financial services sector was tested last year: by clients looking for secure investments and efficient, effective trading solutions, by regulators scrutinizing “speculation,” short selling, and systemic risks, and by the general public ...
by Peter Clifford
30 January 2012
An examination of transparency in European bond markets
The European Commission’s overhaul of securities markets regulation in Europe intensified with the recent publication of legislative proposals for the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID and MiFIR, ...
by Rhodri Preece
30 January 2012
Quick glance at SROs in FEAS region
An average Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) looks like a rather unusual animal with elephant’s feet, tiger’s body, giraffe’s neck and rooster’s head. Instead of trying to identify “an average” strange creature, we should, in fact, ...
by Alparslan Budak
19 December 2011