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Hong Kong Government Considering Naming Former Rail Chief Chow To Head HKEx
The Hong Kong government is considering appointing the former head of Hong Kong rail operator MTR Corp. (0066.HK) as the chairman of Hong Kong bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (0388.HK), the Hong Kong Economic Times said Tuesday, citing an unnamed source. Chow Chung-kong is favoured to succeed Ronald Arculli, who will be [...]
HKEx Selects NYSE Technologies Exchange Data Publisher for HKEx Orion Market Data Platform
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has selected NYSE Technologies’ Exchange Data Publisher (XDP)™ to drive the HKEx Orion Market Data Platform. XDP is an ultra-low latency solution designed to collect, integrate and disseminate real-time market data to local customers and, using regional hubs, to customers around the globe. The HKEx Orion Market Data [...]
HKEx Invests US$380 Million in Technology to Fuel Growth
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced March 28 the launch of “HKEx Orion”, a transformative programme of technology initiatives that will elevate Hong Kong’s position on the world’s financial stage. Designed to revolutionise HKEx’s core trading platforms, the HKEx Orion programme will deliver connectivity networks, a state-of-the-art data centre and systems providing [...]
HKEx Announces Founding Members of the Hosting Services Ecosystem
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) is pleased to welcome the first 22 Founding Member organisations to HKEx’s Hosting Services Ecosystem, where they will set up their service offerings in advance of the official launch of Hosting Services scheduled for Q4, 2012. HKEx’s new Hosting Services are part of the broader Orion Technology Initiatives [...]
HKMEx Barry Cheung Chun-Yuen Elected Board Chairman of Rusal
The board of Russian aluminum giant United Co. Rusal’s PLC (0486.HK) Friday elected non-executive director Barry Cheung Chun-Yuen as its chairman, the company said. Cheung, who is the chairman of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Ltd., replaces Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg who resigned Monday in a conflict with Rusal’s management, headed by another billionaire and [...]
China Xin Yongan Joins HKMEx
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx), China’s global marketplace, announced March 19 that China Xin Yongan Futures Company Limited has been approved as a broking member, making it the fifth member to join HKMEx in 2012, on the heels of Jefferies Bache’s admission last week as a clearing member of the Exchange. The HKMEx membership [...]
HKMEx Welcomes Jefferies Bache As New Clearing Member
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx), China’s global marketplace, announces March 15 that Jefferies Bache Limited, a leading global commodities dealer, has joined as the Exchange’s newest clearing member. The membership enables Jefferies Bache to clear and settle transactions conducted by all other members of the Exchange. 香港，2012年3月15日 – 香港商品交易所（港商交所）今日宣布，全球最大的商品交易商之一Jefferies Bache Limited加盟港商交所成为最新清算会员，将为交易所其他会员提供清算和结算服务。 With over 130 [...]
China Mulling Resumption of T-bond Futures
China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) is mulling resumption of treasury bond futures trading, but a timetable has not been set, Zhu Yuchen, general manager of the CFFEX, told Xinhua. The CFFEX has completed the initial design of the futures contracts tracking a four-to-seven-year medium-term bond, Zhu said on the sidelines of the country’s annual parliamentary [...]
DCE: Developing Option Trading on Agricultural Products
The issue of “three rurals” is a global and fundamental issue affecting national development. Over the years, the central government has always attached great importance to the market mechanism to realize its full potentials in promoting agricultural development, increasing farmers’ income and maintaining rural stability. As judged from the experience of developed countries in Europe [...]
DCE: Using Futures Market to Support Spot Agriculture
This year’s No. 1 document from the central government made the proposal of “bringing into full play of the positive role of the agricultural futures market in guiding production and avoiding risks”, and the government work report also proposed to treat the issue of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers” (“three rurals”) as the ultimate top [...]
