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News & Views
CBOE Holdings' C2 Options Exchange to launch in late October
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced that C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated (C2), the company's new all-electronic exchange, will launch in late October 2010. Details on C2 trading access, connectivity and an overview of the market model were also announced.
2 September 2010
NYSE Euronext acquires Corporate Board Member
NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that it has acquired Corporate Board Member, publisher of Corporate Board Member magazine and a leading provider of interactive education and thought leadership for directors and executive officers of publicly traded companies. The new subsidiary will operate as Corporate Board Member, an NYSE Euronext company, with current CEO T. K. Kerstetter serving as its president.
2 September 2010
Thai Bourse enhances information disclosure channel
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has improved its electronic disclosure system to be web-based, effective this September 6. This upgrade makes it easier for listed companies in disseminating information and corporate actions that is both concise and delivered in a timely manner. The information will be both delivered in Thai and English at the same time so that all investors will have the same information simultaneously for their decision-making.
2 September 2010
Korea Exchange : Revision of Derivatives Market Business Regulation was approved by FSC
To promote trading of long-term KTB futures, the KRX amended its Derivatives Market Business Regulation and the Financial Services Commission (FSC) approved the amended Regulation on September 1, 2010.
2 September 2010
Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange sign Memorandum of Understanding
Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) announced on August 31, that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), in which the two exchanges agreed to build a cooperative relationship towards the development of financial markets, especially in the area of the growth markets, in China and Japan.
2 September 2010
Views
The global exchange industry must speak to regulators with a single voice
believe that as an industry, we must act together to grasp this opportunity to reshape our economy towards a far more sustainable footing, based on the key characteristics of exchange trading: transparency, neutrality and liquidity. From my ...
by Xavier Rolet, CEO, LSEG
23 August 2010
International cooperation amongst market operators does exist
Much has been said of the need for greater cross-market cooperation between regulators in light of recent events. Whilst this is not a new issue, it has been given greater focus since the financial crisis that led to a number of governments around ...
by Andrew Dodsworth, Chairman, ISG
23 August 2010
Excerpts from Tom Kloet’s speech at the 2010 IOSCO Conference in Montreal
Through the economic crisis, while credit markets failed, banks ceased lending and many financial institutions went hat in hand to governments for survival, organized, transparent stock and derivatives exchanges performed well. While the news ...
by Tom Kloet, CEO, TMX Group
23 August 2010