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Euronext Trading As Normal - All Euronext Indices Calculation/Dissemination Resumed At 12:25 CET

Date 27/11/2014

Euronext: Pascal Canfin To Chair Expert Committee For Low Carbon 100 Europe Index®

Date 27/11/2014

Euronext, the Euro zone’s leading exchange, today announced that Pascal Canfin will chair the Expert Committee of the Low Carbon 100 Europe Index®.

Oslo Børs: REC Solar Awarded In Brussels

Date 27/11/2014

REC Solar was awarded a second place in the European Small and Mid-Cap Awards in the category for the most internationally-minded newcomer.

TheCityUK Autumn Statement Representation

Date 27/11/2014

Ahead of the Chancellor giving his Autumn statement on the 3rd December TheCityUK has sent a representation to HM Treasury. The representation puts some carefully-considered requests in their macroeconomic context, and in this way, seeks to present a coherent, persuasive argument rather than a simple industry “wish-list”. The letter focused on three broad themes: UK competitiveness, economic growth and macroeconomic stability.

UK's The Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Guidance Guarantee Policy Statement

Date 27/11/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published standards1 for the bodies responsible for delivering the Government’s new Guidance Guarantee aimed at those with defined contribution (DC) pensions. The FCA has also published rules requiring pension provider firms to direct their customers to the guidance service at retirement.

Socially Responsible Index (SRI) Celebrates 10 Years With Record Number Of Constituents - Johannesburg Stock Exchange SRI Annual Review Results 2014

Date 27/11/2014

This year’s JSE Socially Responsible Index (SRI Index) includes more constituents than any other year since the launch of the Index 10 years ago. The number of companies fulfilling the index requirements relating to their environmental, social, governance (ESG) policies, management practices and reporting climbed to 82 this year, compared to 72 companies in 2013.

European Commission: Commissioner Jonathan Hill Hails Parliament And Council Agreement On Commission Proposal For A New Long Term Fund Framework That Will Boost Investment In Europe's Real Economy

Date 27/11/2014

Today's agreement gives us another tool in our fight to boost investment and growth in Europe. European long term investment funds (ELTIFs) will help to match long term projects and companies which want to grow with the investment they need. As an element of the Capital Markets Union, they will also support the EU's Investment Plan launched earlier today.

Genscape Acquires Energy Fundamentals, Creating A Unique Combination Of Patented, Real-Time Fundamental Data & Award-Winning European Power Market Scenario Analysis - Genscape Expands Product Offering To Empower Analysts & Traders To Create In-House Views Of Short & Long Term Market Events

Date 27/11/2014

Today Genscape announces its acquisition of Energy Fundamentals GmbH, the developer of the award-winning European Power System Insight (EPSI) platform for power market fundamental analysis. Through the acquisition, Genscape expands its European product portfolio to combine analytics and scenario analysis tools with its own patented, real-time fundamental data for the first time ever. This integration of Energy Fundamentals’ unique EPSI platform enables Genscape to offer analytical products to short and long-term market participants that build on fundamental data with scenarios at the push of a button. By combining the market expertise and modelling capabilities of Energy Fundamentals with Genscape’s existing field operations and data aggregation and mining capabilities, Genscape is able to offer a combination of fundamental data and scenario analysis to the end-user that is unique in Europe.

FESE: ‘Who Were The Winners Of The 2nd European Small And Mid-Cap Awards?’

Date 27/11/2014

On the evening of 26th November, FESE and EuropeanIssuers co-hosted a prestigious awards ceremony to celebrate the winners of the 2nd European Small and Mid-cap Awards.

Telekom Austria: New Shares Start Trading On Vienna Stock Exchange Today

Date 27/11/2014

Today, 221.5 million new shares of Telekom Austria started trading on the prime market of the Vienna Stock Exchange. Out of this total, 25.5 million shares are held in free float. The Austrian telecommunications company, which has been listed for 14 years, raised around EUR 1 billion in fresh capital in this transaction. The company carried out this year's second-largest capital increase and is also the fifth company to tap the market for fresh capital through the Vienna Stock Exchange in 2014. Austrian listed companies (Raiffeisen Bank International, PORR, FACC, BKS Bank and Telekom Austria) have raised a total of around EUR 4 billion in equity in 2014 – the largest volume since 2007.