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Nigeria Tops Table Of Frontier Markets To Watch, Research By Investment Platform Emerging Crowd Shows - Smooth Transition Of Power And Rapidly Diversifying Economy Combine To Make This Nigeria’s Moment, Report Finds - African Countries Take Top Three Spots Among World’s Most Attractive Frontier Markets

Date 13/05/2015

Nigeria is the world’s most attractive frontier market, according to a new study by the investment platform Emerging Crowd.

HKEx: Appointment Of Members To The Consultative Panels

Date 13/05/2015

The Board of Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today (Wednesday) approved appointments to the Cash Market Consultative Panel, Clearing Consultative Panel and Derivatives Market Consultative Panel since the service terms of certain members are due to expire.  HKEx wishes to take this opportunity to thank all retiring members for their dedicated service to the panels.

Capital Markets Union And Ongoing Innovation Highlighted At The 2015 Luxembourg Stock Exchange Day

Date 13/05/2015

On 12 May 2015, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) held the thirty-third edition of its annual Stock Exchange Day, a flagship event for Luxembourg’s financial community.

HKEx: Exercise Of Issuer’s Early Redemption Option In Respect Of The Convertible Bonds

Date 13/05/2015

The Issuer and the Guarantor jointly announce that the Issuer on 13 May 2015 exercised its early redemption option under Condition 8.2 of the Bonds to redeem all outstanding Bonds, in whole, on 22 June 2015. The Bonds will be redeemed at approximately 101.3 per cent of their principal amount plus accrued interest.

Launch Of The Solactive Pharma & Biotech Opportunity Index - Index To Follow Increased M&A Activity In Growing Healthcare Industry - Used By SG CIB As Underlying For A Certificate In Germany

Date 13/05/2015

Solactive AG has launched the Solactive Pharma & Biotech Opportunity Index, which will be used as underlying by Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) for an Open End Certificate targeting IFAs as well as clients in retail and private banking based both in Germany and Austria.

Clearstream’s April 2015 Figures - 14 Percent Increase In Settlement Transactions Compared To April 2014 - Monthly Average Outstanding In Global Securities Financing Reached EUR 628.4 Billion - Investment Fund Services Processed 26 Percent More Transactions Than In April 2014

Date 13/05/2015

HKEx 2015 First Quarter Results

Date 13/05/2015

The board of directors (Board) of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx or the Company) is pleased to submit the unaudited consolidated results of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Group) for the three months ended 31 March 2015.

Statement Of Support Of CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad On The Final Interpretation Concerning Embedded Volumetric Optionality

Date 13/05/2015

I support the staff’s recommendations to finalize a proposal we made in November regarding contracts with embedded volumetric optionality – a contractual right to receive more or less of a commodity at the negotiated contract price.

Concurring Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bowen On The Final Interpretation Concerning Embedded Volumetric Optionality

Date 13/05/2015

Today we are approving a final interpretation regarding forward contracts with embedded optionality. This interpretation is improved compared to the proposed interpretation and I am voting in favor of it. However, I am concerned that this interpretation does not provide the clarity that may be required.

BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement Activity For April

Date 13/05/2015

In the month of April, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 226,247 per day. Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction, PIP, averaged $484,276 per day, while total savings to investors in April was $10.1M. With this, BOX has saved investors over $625M since its inception in 2004. Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of April was 351,608 contracts.