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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

  • NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse terminate business combination agreement

    NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) announced that in light of the decision by the European Commission to block the proposed merger agreement, both companies have agreed to a mutual termination of the business combination agreement originally signed by the Companies on February 15, 2011.

    3 February 2012

  • CME Group Inc. reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 Financial Results

    CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) reported full-year 2011 results, primarily driven by a 10 percent increase in overall average daily volume. During the year, the company posted annual average daily volume records across the foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy and metals product lines.

    2 February 2012

  • NASDAQ OMX Commodities Genium INET to go live 5 March 2012

    NASDAQ OMX Commodities Genium INET will be launched 5 March 2012 (ref. exchange and clearing information no. 19/11, 27/11, 43/11 and 49/11). The weekend 3-4 March will feature mandatory activities for all members. Exchange and IT information with overviews of the launch preparation activities, launch weekend plan and roll back framework will be distributed in the beginning of February. Additional activities and plans will be updated through exchange notices or member IT notices if necessary.

    2 February 2012

  • BM&FBOVESPA starts trading in dividend and basic materials ETFs

    BM&FBOVESPA starts trading in two new ETFs: the IT Now IDIV (DIVO11) ETF, which tracks the Dividend Index, and the IT Now IMAT (MATB11) ETF, which tracks the Basic Materials Index. Itaú is the manager of the two new products.

    2 February 2012

  • European Commission blocks merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext

    European Commission blocks merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext Deutsche Börse achieves substantial earnings growth in 2011/ Company targeting organic growth/ Key decisions for further growth already made The European Commission today announced that it is prohibiting the planned merger between Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext because, based on its definition of the market for derivatives trading, it considers the merger to be inadmissible under competition law. Deutsche Börse AG has taken note of the decision with disappointment.

    1 February 2012