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Chi-Match VWAP Cross Sets New Trading Record For January

Date 03/02/2015

Chi-X Japan Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of market operator Chi-X Global Holdings LLC, announced today that its Chi-Match VWAP Cross set a new trading record of JPY 28 billion by value traded in January and JPY 2.5 billion average daily value.

ASIC Chairman’s Travel Spending And Agenda

Date 03/02/2015

ASIC today released details of its expenditure associated with international travel by Chairman Greg Medcraft for the second half of 2014.

Dubai Financial Market Announces The Results Of Its Board Of Directors Meeting Held On 2nd February 2015

Date 03/02/2015

The Board of Directors' of Dubai Financial Market PJSC held its Board of Directors meeting on Monday 2nd February 2015,at 2:00 PM at Borse Dubai and resolved the followings:

• Approved the audited consolidated financial statements of the company for year ended 31st December 2014.
• Proposed cash dividend distribution 7% of the capital.
• Ordinary annual general meeting (AGM) to be held on 9th March 2015  at  DFM building in DWTC and shall coordinate with SCA concerning the AGM agenda.

NYSE To Suspend Trading Immediately In RadioShack Corporation And Commence Delisting Proceedings

Date 02/02/2015

The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) announced today that the staff of NYSE Regulation, Inc. is taking action to delist the common stock of RadioShack Corporation, Inc. (the “Company”) – ticker symbol RSH – from the NYSE.  The NYSE will immediately suspend trading in the common stock.

FINRA Investor Education Foundation And The American Library Association Announce $1.8 Million In Grants To Public Libraries To Support Financial Literacy

Date 02/02/2015

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation and the American Library Association (ALA) have announced $1.8 million in grants to 21 recipients as part of the Smart investing@your library® initiative.

ISE Holdings Reports Business Activity For January 2015

Date 02/02/2015

• ISE and ISE Gemini combined represent 13.6% of equity options market share, excluding dividend trades.
• ISE and ISE Gemini reported a combined ADV of 2.2 million contracts.
• Dividend trades made up 0.5% of industry volume in January 2015.

BGC Partners Urges Shareholders To Disregard GFI's Odd Claim That It "Will Explore Strategic Alternatives" And Promptly Tender Into The Best And Only Offer Available - BGC's Tender Offer Provides GFI Shareholders with Significant Value, Certainty And Speed To Closing - BGC Urges GFI Shareholders to Tender Their Shares Into BGC's $6.10 Per Share Offer By The February 3 Deadline

Date 02/02/2015

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "the Company," or "BGC"), a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the financial and real estate markets, today responded to the odd announcement by GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: GFIG) ("GFI Group" or "GFI") that it "will explore strategic alternatives."  

GFI Group Board Comments On BGC Tender Offer - Urges Shareholders To Take No Action On BGC Tender Offer - Says Board Is Actively Exploring Strategic Alternatives with Any And All Interested Parties To Maximize Value for All Shareholders

Date 02/02/2015

GFI Group Inc. ("GFI Group", "GFI" or the "Company"), a leading intermediary and provider of trading technologies and support services to the global OTC and listed markets, issued the following statement from the Board of Directors in response to BGC Partners, Inc. ("BGC") tender offer to acquire the outstanding shares of GFI, which is set to expire on February 3, 2015:

"The GFI Board urges shareholders to take no action on the BGC tender offer at this time. As announced on Friday, the GFI Board is actively engaged in a process to explore strategic alternatives with any and all interested parties to maximize shareholder value for all shareholders.  These alternatives could include, among others, joint ventures, mergers and/or acquisitions.  The Board has previously reviewed the unsolicited BGC tender offer, which contains provisions and conditions that make it highly unlikely to succeed in providing any value for shareholders.  The Board urges GFI shareholders not to tender into the BGC tender offer and wait for the Board to conduct its strategic review."  

CBOE Holdings Reports January 2015 Trading Volume

Date 02/02/2015

• ADV of 5.4 Million Contacts Up 5% Over December
• CBOE, C2 and CFE ADV Increase From Previous Month
• Total Volume of 107.2 Million Contracts Traded

OCC Announces Average Daily Cleared Contract Volume Declined 5% In January

Date 02/02/2015

OCC announced today average daily cleared contract volume for the month of January was down 5 percent from January 2014 with 17,919,276 contracts and one less trading day. Total OCC cleared contract volume in January reached 358,385,522 contracts, a 9 percent decrease from the 2014 record January volume of 395,595,620 contracts. Despite this decline, January 2015 represents the fourth highest January volume for OCC to date.