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McKay Brothers Launches Route Between Slough And Frankfurt In 4.64 ms: Lowest Known Latency - McKay’s Rapidly Expanding European Network Sets Another Latency Record

Date 10/03/2015

McKay Brothers Microwave has launched the industry-leading private bandwidth service between Slough and Frankfurt. McKay’s latency between Slough-LD4 and Frankfurt-FR2 is 4.64 milliseconds (ms) round trip, the lowest known. The company is finalizing more routes between the UK and Frankfurt as well as a London Metro service.

MNI India Consumer Sentiment Indicator: Low Inflation Helps Boost India Consumer Sentiment - Inflation Expectations Close To The Lowest In The Series’ History

Date 10/03/2015

Consumer sentiment improved for the second consecutive month in February, providing a further sign that the extended downturn in confidence has come to an end.

Osaka Exchange: Change Of Central Contract Months In 10-Year JGB Futures Trading

Date 10/03/2015

Concerning 10-year JGB Futures, since the trading volume of the June 2015 contract (second contract) surpassed that of the March 2015 contract (nearest contract) in today’s auction market, the central contract month pertaining to temporary trading halt (Circuit Breaker rule) are as follows from March 11, 2015 (trading day).

Shanghai Stock Exchange Bond Market Liquidity To Be Improved With Entry Of Money Brokers

Date 10/03/2015

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) released the “Notice on Relevant Issues of SSE Bond Market’s Institutional Investors Accepting Services of Money Brokers” on March 2, specifying issues on intermediary services provided by money brokers for bond trading upon entrustment by institutional investors in the SSE bond market. The market holds that investors in the exchange-traded bond market could make their transactions easier with the help of money brokers, which will play a positive role in improving the liquidity of the secondary bond market.

Bank Of England: Investment banking - Linkages To The Real Economy And The Financial System - Quarterly Bulletin 2015 Q1

Date 09/03/2015

Investment banking: linkages to the real economy and the financial system
By Kushal Balluck of the Bank’s Banking and Insurance Analysis Division

Assets In ETFs/ETPs Globally Reached A New Record High Of 2.919 Trillion US Dollars At The End Of February 2015 According To ETFGI

Date 09/03/2015

Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs globally reached a new record high of US$2.919 trillion at the end of February 2015, according to ETFGI’s preliminary monthly ETF and ETP global insight report for February.

FINRA Foundation Research Reveals Fraud Victims Vulnerable To Severe Stress, Anxiety And Depression

Date 09/03/2015

The FINRA Investor Education Foundation issued a new research report, Non-Traditional Costs of Financial Fraud, which found that nearly two thirds of self-reported financial fraud victims experienced at least one non-financial cost of fraud to a serious degree—including severe stress, anxiety, difficulty sleeping and depression. While the Stanford Financial Fraud Research Center estimates that $50 billion is lost to financial fraud every year, the FINRA Foundation's innovative research examines the broader psychological and emotional impact of financial fraud.

Remarks To 2015 IAA Compliance Conference, Dave Grim, Acting Director, SEC Division Of Investment Management, Arlington, VA, March 6, 2015

Date 09/03/2015

Introduction

Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for that kind introduction. Before I begin, let me remind you that the views I express are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, any of the Commissioners, or any other colleague on the staff of the Commission.

Canadian Securities Administrators Investor Alert: Unregistered Binary Option Platforms Target Canadians

Date 09/03/2015

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) are warning investors to exercise caution when considering an investment in binary options. The CSA has become aware of multiple websites promoting binary options trading platforms that are soliciting Canadians. Many of these websites are trying to lure investors by making untrue and/or misleading statements about Canadian securities regulators’ oversight of binary options.

SIFMA Market Close Recommendations For The Good Friday And UK Easter Monday Holidays In The US, The UK And Japan

Date 09/03/2015

SIFMA has confirmed its previous holiday recommendations for the trading of U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-income securities in the US, the UK, and Japan in observance of the Good Friday and UK Easter Monday holidays.