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ICAP Plc - Trading Statement

Date 10/02/2015

• Positive momentum in new Electronic and Post Trade initiatives
• Activity on EBS increased significantly as FX market volatility rose sharply
• Global Broking impacted by a reduction in bank client activity
• Cost savings programme remains on track

UBS Fourth-Quarter Net Profit CHF 1 Billion- Ordinary Dividend Doubled

Date 10/02/2015

• 2014 net profit attributable to shareholders up 13% to CHF 3.6 billion; diluted EPS CHF 0.94
• Ordinary dividend of CHF 0.50 per share proposed for the financial year 2014
• Accrued one-time supplementary dividend of CHF 0.25 per share
• Fully applied Basel III CET 1 ratio remains best in peer group

Securities Commission Malaysia Releases New Guidelines To Facilitate Equity Crowdfunding

Date 10/02/2015

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today released the Guidelines on Regulation of Markets under Section 34 of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 to introduce new requirements for the registration of equity crowdfunding (ECF) platforms and provide governance arrangement for the operator of such platforms.

HKEx Discusses Positioning Of Hong Kong's Financial Markets And Its Role

Date 10/02/2015

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) Chief Executive Charles Li discussed the positioning of Hong Kong's financial markets and HKEx's role at the company's annual media lunch today (Tuesday).

ISDA Announces Decision On Caesars Entertainment Operating Company: Failure To Pay Credit Event Did Not Occur

Date 09/02/2015

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that an External Review Panel of the Americas Determinations Committee resolved that a failure to pay credit event did not occur in respect of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company in December 2014.

Federal Reserve Governor Jerome H. Powell At the Catholic University Of America, Columbus School Of Law, Washington, D.C., February 9, 2015 - "Audit The Fed" And Other Proposals

Date 09/02/2015

It is a pleasure and a particularly personal honor for me to speak to you today as a guest of this institution.

 I am proud to say that my grandfather, James J. Hayden, earned his doctorate of law from Catholic University and later served as dean of the law school. He was an early scholar of the regulation prompted by a technological innovation that would change the world--aviation. He was, in that sense, someone who looked to the future and wanted to be a part of it. In his years leading the law school, I hope my grandfather could also glimpse the great institution that it would become.

DTCC's Legal Entity Idenitifier Service, The GMEI Utility, Gathers Significant Momentum In 2014 - DTCC Collaborates With Global LEI System Stakeholders To Drive Growth Of System And The GMEI Utility

Date 09/02/2015

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) Global Markets Entity Identifier (GMEI) utility, offered in collaboration with SWIFT, today announces that it has issued over 165,000 legal entity identifiers (LEIs) to entities from over 140 jurisdictions, representing approximately 50% share of the LEIs issued worldwide.

ISDA Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: RadioShack Bankruptcy Credit Event

Date 09/02/2015

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that its Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee resolved that a bankruptcy credit event occurred in respect of RadioShack Corporation.

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman Announces Arrest And Indictment Of New Jersey Broker In $1 Million Securities Fraud Case - Khawaja Saud Masud Charged With Grand Larceny And Securities Fraud For Fraudulently Soliciting Investment In His Purported Hedge Fund - Masud Promised To Conservatively Invest The Victims’ Retirement Monies, But Instead Incurred Losses Of Almost $1 Million In Just Three Months - Schniederman: My Office Will Hold Brokers Who Commit Securities Fraud Accountable

Date 09/02/2015

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today felony charges against Khawaja Saud Masud, 37, of Jersey City, NJ, for stealing over $1 million from a retired pediatrician and his wife by fraudulently soliciting them to invest in his purported hedge fund, RKS Capital, LP. The defendant is charged with Grand Larceny in the First Degree (a Class B felony) and Securities Fraud under the Martin Act (a Class E felony) and faces up to 25 years in prison.

Jennifer Flitton Joins SIFMA Public Policy And Advocacy Team

Date 09/02/2015

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today announced the hiring of Jennifer (Mundy) Flitton as managing director of federal government affairs. Ms. Flitton joins SIFMA's public policy and advocacy team from the office of Congressman Patrick McHenry where she served as the deputy chief of staff for almost nine years.