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Temporary Prohibition Of Short Selling: Banco BPI, S.A.

Date 18/12/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) notifies that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following instrument under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012.  This follows a decision made by another EU Competent Authority.

Federal Court Orders Commodity Pool Operator And Commodity Trading Advisor AlphaMetrix, LLC To Pay $5.6 Million In Restitution And Penalties - Court Also Orders AlphaMetrix’s Parent Company, AlphaMetrix Group, Llc, To Pay $2.8 Million In

Date 18/12/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that on December 16, 2014, Judge Joan H. Lefkow of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a Consent Order for permanent injunction against AlphaMetrix, LLC (AlphaMetrix), a Chicago-based Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) and Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA), and its parent company AlphaMetrix Group, LLC (AlphaMetrix Group). The Order requires AlphaMetrix to pay restitution of $2.8 million and a civil monetary penalty of $2.8 million and requires AlphaMetrix Group to pay disgorgement of $2.8 million. The Order also prohibits AlphaMetrix from further violating anti-fraud provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), as charged.

FIF Capacity Statistics For November 2014 - One New Record 1 Second Peak: BATS Options MCASTPITCH AGG

Date 18/12/2014

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that SIAC OPRA was down 18% to 7,866,503 mps over the 1 second interval.

Pirum RQV Automation Milestone

Date 18/12/2014

Pirum Systems Tri-party RQV Automation service, live with both JP Morgan and BNY Mellon, has reached a significant milestone with processed RQV’s (required value) reaching over 130bn USD daily.

S&P DJI Commentary Market Attributes: Risk & Volatility Index Dashboard

Date 18/12/2014

• The traditional “Santa Claus Rally” in equities faced a crude interruption this month as chaos in the energy markets accompanied a total collapse in the Russian Rouble.

London Stock Exchange Plc Pre-Close Trading Update

Date 18/12/2014

Unless otherwise stated, the following commentary refers to non-financial KPIs for the eleven months ended 30 November 2014 and, where appropriate, to the corresponding period last year. 

Bursa Malaysia Securities Publicly Reprimands Rev Asia Berhad For Breach Of Ace Market Listing Requirements

Date 18/12/2014

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (635998-W) (Bursa Malaysia Securities) has publicly reprimanded REV Asia Berhad (REV) (formerly known as CATCHA Media Berhad) for breaching Rule 9.16(1)(a) of the Bursa Malaysia Securities ACE Market Listing Requirements (ACE LR) for failing to ensure  the accuracy of its quarterly reports announced to the market. The quarterly reports were for financial period ended 31 March 2013 (1st QR 2013), 30 June 2013 (2nd QR 2013), 30 September 2013 (3rd QR 2013) and 31 December 2013 (4th QR 2013) which were announced on 30 May 2013, 30 August 2013, 28 November 2013 and 28 February 2014 respectively.

STOXX Licenses STOXX Global 1800 Travel & Leisure Index To Daiwa Securities

Date 18/12/2014

STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, has licensed the STOXX Global 1800 Travel & Leisure Index to Japan’s Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. for an active, non-listed mutual fund. Daiwa licensed the USD gross return version of the index.

EEX To Launch Fertiliser Contracts In January 2015

Date 18/12/2014

The European Energy Exchange (EEX), in cooperation with Cleartrade Exchange (CLTX) will launch an extension to its Trade Registration services for fertiliser contracts on 6 January 2015.

ACER Invites Third Parties To Send Observations On The Lithuania-Poland Electricity Interconnection Project

Date 18/12/2014

ACER published today a notice on the Lithuania-Poland Electricity Interconnection Project (LitPol), inviting third parties to send any observations they may have on this subject by 9 January 2015.