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Quantitative Brokers And Riskval To Deliver Advanced Fixed Income Trading Platform

Date 29/01/2015

Quantitative Brokers (“QB”), the world’s leading provider of agency algorithms for fixed income and futures markets, announced today that it has partnered with RiskVal Financial Solutions, the industry standard provider of trading analytics and real-time risk management, to create a unified platform for advanced fixed income trading. The new platform combines powerful real-time analytics with seamless access to QB algorithms for best execution

New Management For Catella's Corporate Finance

Date 29/01/2015

Catella has appointed Emmanuel Schreder and Jesper Bo Hansen to head the operating segment Corporate Finance. 

FTSE RAFI Index Selected For First Australian ETF Based On US Fundamental Factors

Date 29/01/2015

• Index weighted by the fundamental factors of a company rather than market capitalisation
• Top 1,000 US stocks measured by these factors captured in ASX-traded ETF
• FTSE RAFI has 10 year track record providing alternatively weighted indices

Green Key's Voice Network Rapidly Expanding, Free For Traders

Date 29/01/2015

Green Key Technologies, provider of voice software designed specifically for traders, announced today that their "Virtual Turret" will remain free for traders to download.  The software enables a trader to search a directory of brokers and instantly establish a voice connection, similar to Skype, but made for the financial markets.  The secure connections are encrypted and conversations can be recorded and made available to compliance officers.

MGEX Notches Top 10 Electronic Volume Day

Date 29/01/2015

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), saw its electronic volume from Wednesday break into the top 10 of the record books, finishing the day with 17,208 contracts traded. This is the 8th-best electronic day in the history of the Exchange.

Robert E. Rice, Chief Counsel To SEC Chair, To Leave SEC

Date 29/01/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Robert E. Rice, Chief Counsel to Chair Mary Jo White, will leave the agency at the end of February.

Realigning Private And Public Interests In Wholesale Financial Markets: The Fair And Effective Markets Review - Speech By Andrew Hauser, Director Of Markets Strategy, Bank Of England, And Head Of The Fair And Effective Markets Review Secretariat

Date 29/01/2015

​Realigning private and public interests in wholesale financial markets: the Fair and Effective Markets Review
Given at the Wholesale Banking Conduct Conference, London.

Nasdaq Announces Quarterly Dividend Of $0.15 Per Share

Date 29/01/2015

The Board of Directors of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share on the company's outstanding common stock. 

Nasdaq Reports Record Fourth Quarter 2014 Non-GAAP: Operating Income, Net Income And Diluted EPS

Date 29/01/2015

• Generated quarterly record fourth quarter 2014 non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.75, a 9% increase year-over-year. Fourth quarter 2014 GAAP diluted EPS was $0.50.
• Fourth quarter 2014 net revenues¹ were $517 million, down 1% year-over-year. On an organic basis, excluding the impact of foreign exchange rates, fourth quarter net revenues rose 3%.
• Non-GAAP operating expenses were $296 million in the fourth quarter of 2014, down 5% year-over-year. On an organic basis, excluding the impact of foreign exchange rates, non-GAAP operating expenses fell 2%.
• Non-GAAP operating margin was 43% in the fourth quarter, up from 40% in the prior year period.
• The company repurchased $58 million of stock in the fourth quarter of 2014, bringing total repurchases to $178 million since the repurchase program was restarted in the second quarter of 2014.

Califorrnia Department Of Business Oversight Commissioner Clarifies Coinbase Exchange Licensing Status In California

Date 29/01/2015

Department of Business Oversight Commissioner Jan Lynn Owen has issued the following statement to correct erroneous reports that Coinbase Exchange has received regulatory approval from the State:

“Numerous press accounts about Coinbase’s Jan. 26 launch of Coinbase Exchange erroneously reported the Exchange has received regulatory approval from the State of California.  The California Department of Business Oversight has not decided whether to regulate virtual currency transactions, or the businesses that arrange such transactions, under the state’s Money Transmission Act.  California consumers should be aware Coinbase Exchange is not regulated or licensed by the State.”