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NASDAQ OMX reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 results
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. ("NASDAQ OMX®") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) reported strong results for the fourth quarter of 2011. Net income attributable to NASDAQ OMX for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $82 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, compared with $110 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2011, and $137 million, or $0.69 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2010. For the full year of 2011, net income attributable to NASDAQ OMX was $387 million, or $2.15 per diluted share.
3 February 2012
Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Carrying out new regulations for ChiNext Annual Report
In order to improve the transparency of the annual report information disclosure of ChiNext listed companies, Shenzhen Stock Exchange successively promulgated 2011 Annual Report Notice, Memorandum No.10 on ChiNext Information Disclosure Business, specifying the detailed requirements in terms of management discussion and analysis, profit distribution, Q1 performance warning and so forth in annual report disclosure for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of information disclosure of listed companies. In January, 2012, Jetsen Technology (code: 300182) and Orient National Communication (code: 300166) are the first to disclose 2011 annual report, doing a good job in implementing the new requirements and new policies in the annual report disclosure.
3 February 2012
Shenzhen Stock Exchange releases strategic emerging industry index series
Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. recently announced that SZSE strategic emerging industry index series will be released on Feb.01, 2012, including SZSE strategic emerging industry index, SME strategic emerging industry index and ChiNext strategic emerging industry index. The above three indexes have the sample size of respectively, 200, 100, 100, each with June 30, 2010 as base day, the basis point of 1000 points.
3 February 2012
TMX Group expands co-location facility
TMX Group Inc. announced that phase four of its co-locationfacility will open in Q2 2012. Strong demand for co-location with TMX Group, as well as rapid adoption of prior phases, has advanced implementation of phase four.
3 February 2012
CME Group establishes $100M fund to provide additional protection for family farmers and ranchers
CME Group announced that it will establish a $100 million fund designed to provide further protection of customer segregated funds for U.S. family farmers and ranchers who hedge their business in CME Group futures markets. In light of the recent MF Global failure, in which a clearing firm violated CFTC regulations and misused customer monies that should have been kept segregated, CME Group is adding this extra security measure to protect the country's food producers who are using CME Group futures markets to hedge their crops and livestock that feed the world.
3 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