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Date 02/05/2012
Orc Enters Service Partnership With Newside To Support Expansion In France
Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, today announced a service partnership with Newside, a consulting firm which serves international clients in the financial industry. The partnership will initially address the French market, with potential for extension into the UK and Hong Kong.
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Date 02/05/2012
Monetary Authority Of Singapore Issues Revised Code Of Corporate Governance
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has accepted the recommendations made by the Corporate Governance Council (Council) on the Code of Corporate Governance (Code), and issued the revised Code of Corporate Governance.
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Date 02/05/2012
UBS First Quarter Adjusted Pre-Tax Profit(1) CHF 2.2 Billion With Improved Profits In All Business Divisions - Reported Pre-Tax Profit CHF 1.3 Billion - Wealth Management Businesses' Net New Money CHF 10.9 Billion - Industry-Leading Basel 2.5 Tier 1 Ratio Strengthened Further To 18.7% - Annualized Q1 2012 Costs(2) Down By CHF 1 Billion - Adjusted RoE Approximately 13%
UBS continued to successfully execute its strategy, improving performance in all its businesses to deliver adjusted pre-tax profit1 of CHF 2.2 billion. Wealth Management recorded a 24% rise in adjusted pre-tax profit3 on improved margins and continued cost control, and Wealth Management Americas delivered a record quarterly reported pre-tax profit of USD 209 million, up 34% on the prior quarter. Net new money inflows in the wealth management businesses more than doubled to CHF 10.9 billion. The Investment Bank successfully balanced revenue generation, risk reduction and cost efficiency, to achieve an adjusted pre-tax profit4 of CHF 846 million.
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Date 02/05/2012
ASIC Releases Policies On Adviser Training And Financial Requirements For Carbon Financial Products
ASIC has today released its final policies on adviser training and financial requirements for entities and individuals providing financial services in relation to emissions units following a public consultation (refer Consultation Paper 175 Carbon markets: Training and financial requirements(CP 175)).
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Date 02/05/2012
TABB Says Rising Global Derivatives Volumes Put Pressure On Financial Firms To Automate Post-Trade Allocation And Settlement Processes - Post-Trade Processing Grows More Complex As Institutional Investors Increase Derivatives Trading With Global Trading Volume Expanding At 21% CAGR Since 2003
The expanding role of listed derivatives in institutional investor trading strategies has placed significant pressure on financial institutions to automate their post-trade processes. These rising volumes and processing complexity are forcing firms to address inefficiencies in their existing manual processes. According to new TABB Group research published today, “Processing Complexity: Back Office Challenges of Listed Derivatives,” written by Andy Nybo, a principal and head of derivatives research, increasing use of derivatives in trading strategies will create greater complexity across front- and back-office processes.
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Date 02/05/2012
Dalian Commodity Exchange: Circular Regarding Adjustment Of Commission Charge Standard For Transaction
Based upon the study results, we hereby decided to adjust commission charge standard for transactions of all varieties, which will be executed as follows since June 1, 2012:The commission charge standard for contract transaction of yellow soybean 1#, yellow soybean 2# and bean pulp: 2 yuan/lot. -
Date 02/05/2012
Federal Court In Illinois Orders Trading Point Of Financial Instruments Ltd. To Pay $140,000 Penalty For Acting As Unregistered Retail Forex Dealer - Trading Point Also Ordered To Cease Soliciting U.S. Customers And To Modify Website - Action Part Of CFTC’s Second Nationwide Sweep Against Forex Firms For Failure To Register Under The 2008 Farm Bill, The Dodd-Frank Act, And CFTC Regulations
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court consent order requiring Trading Point of Financial Instruments Ltd. (Trading Point), of Limassol, Cyprus, to pay a $140,000 civil monetary penalty to settle CFTC charges. The order finds that Trading Point unlawfully solicited U.S. customers to engage in foreign currency (forex) transactions and operated as a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) without being registered with the CFTC.
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Date 01/05/2012
Remarks By Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Sobel At The Woodrow Wilson Center On Mexico And The G-20 Leader’s Summit
I thank the Woodrow Wilson Center for the opportunity to share our thoughts on Mexico’s G-20 agenda and the upcoming Summit.
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Date 01/05/2012
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
- The shares of Longford Energy Inc. (TSXVN:LFD) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. Trading in the company will be transferred to NEX following the sale of substantially all its assets to Genel Energy plc (LSE:GENL).
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Date 01/05/2012
ISDA 2012 Margin Survey Results: Collateralization Continues To Increase In OTC Derivatives Markets
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today released results from its 2012 ISDA Margin Survey at its 27th Annual General Meeting in Chicago.
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