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Deutsche Börse AG Records A Very Good Start Of The Year In Q1/2015 - Net Revenue Up 16 Per Cent To €600.1 Million - Adjusted Earnings Per Share Climb 24 Per Cent To €1.24 - 2015 Net Revenue Guidance Range Increased To Between €2.2 And €2.4 Billion - Operating Costs Are Expected At €1,230 Million In 2015

Date 29/04/2015

Deutsche Börse AG published its figures for the first quarter of 2015 on Wednesday. Net revenue of the Group increased by 16 per cent year-on-year to €600.1 million (Q1/2014: €516.7 million). Main drivers were the positive development in custody and administration of securities, as well as in the market data business (Clearstream, Market Data + Services) and the higher equity market volatility. Net interest income from banking business, a component of net revenue, amounted to €8.4 million (Q1/2014: €10.9 million). Starting in the first quarter of 2015, net interest income includes also interest income and expense, respectively, from investing cash collateral provided by customers of Eurex’s clearing house. Prior-year figures have been adjusted accordingly. 

Statement By SEC Chair Mary Jo White At Open Meeting On Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Rules Regarding Activity In The United States And Pay Versus Performance

Date 29/04/2015

Good morning.  This is an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2015 under the Government in the Sunshine Act.  The Commission today will consider two staff recommendations for rule proposals to implement two Dodd-Frank Act mandates.  The first recommendation is from the Division of Trading and Markets for proposed rules relating to the application of Title VII requirements to non-U.S. persons that are engaged in certain dealer activity in the United States.  The second recommendation is from the Division of Corporation Finance for proposed rules to require companies to disclose the relationship between compensation actually paid to executives and company financial performance.

CFTC: Federal Court Orders North Carolina Resident James Harvey Mason To Pay A Civil Penalty And Restitution Totaling $5.5 Million For Commodity Pool Fraud - In A Related Criminal Action Involving The Same Conduct, Mason Pleaded Guilty In June 2014 And Is Awaiting Sentencing

Date 29/04/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge C. Graham Mullen of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina entered a Consent Order against Defendant James Harvey Mason of Graham, North Carolina, imposing a $1.67 million civil monetary penalty and restitution of $3.88 million in connection with off-exchange foreign currency (forex) commodity pool fraud in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The Consent Order also permanently enjoins Mason from further violations of the CEA, as charged, and imposes permanent trading and registration bans on him. Mason has never been registered with the CFTC in any capacity.

“Börse Frankfurt” App Shows The Best Bid And Ask Prices On Xetra For Registered Users In Real Time

Date 29/04/2015

A new version of the “Börse Frankfurt” app is now available for Apple and Android devices, and allows registered investors to monitor the best bid and ask prices in Xetra trading of equities and ETFs in real time. Users can add up to three securities to their own watch list per day, free of charge, with real-time information. 

ESMA Recognises Third-Country CCPs

Date 29/04/2015

ESMA has today recognised ten third-country CCPs established in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.

ACER Invites Stakeholders To Provide Input For The Agency’s 2016 Work Programme

Date 29/04/2015

Alberto Pototschnig, Director of the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators will present the draft Work Programme of the Agency for 2016, currently in the drafting process, at a workshop in Ljubljana on 3 June 2015. All interested parties are invited to express their views and share their opinions on which areas the Agency should focus its effort on next year.

Moscow Exchange: On Anticipated Changes In The NCC Clearing List

Date 29/04/2015

Bonds will be included in the Clearing List starting from April, 30 2015.

Recon Capital Partners Licenses FTSE 100 Index To Launch The Only US-Listed FTSE 100 ETF

Date 29/04/2015

Manuel Ardanza, New Chairman Of The Bilbao Stock Exchange - Replacing José Luis Marcaida

Date 29/04/2015

The Board of Directors of the Bilbao stock exchange, a BME subsidiary, has appointed Manuel Ardanza as the new Executive Chairman of the Bilbao Stock Exchange, replacing the deceased José Luis Marcaida.

Nasdaq Lists The Global X Guru(TM) Activist Index ETF - Provides Access To 50 Top Equity Holdings Of Major Activist Investors In The U.S.

Date 29/04/2015

Nasdaq announced that Global X Funds will list a new exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Global X GuruTM Activist Index ETF (Symbol: ACTX), which will begin trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market today, April 29, 2015.