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Regulator gives SMX provisional go-ahead for Q1 launch

23 February 2010

Singapore Mercantile Exchange, the fledgling commodities bourse, received in-principle regulatory clearance from the Singaporean markets regulator in early December. It hopes to begin trading in the first quarter. The bourse, which completed go-live testing in October, had hoped to launch before the end of 2009

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The bourse suffered a setback in October, when John Mathias – hired from Merrill Lynch as chief business officer – resigned less than a year into his new job.

While the exchange has yet to confirm...


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