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  • EU-Funded Tool To Help Our Brain Deal With Big Data

    Date 11/08/2014

    Every single minute, the world generates 1.7 million billion bytes of data, equal to 360,000 DVDs. How can our brain deal with increasingly big and complex datasets? EU researchers are developing an interactive system which not only presents data the way you like it, but also changes the presentation constantly in order to prevent brain overload. The project could enable students to study more efficiently or journalists to cross check sources more quickly. Several museums in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the United States have already showed interest in the new technology.

  • Clearstream’s July 2014 Figures: Continuous Growth Across All Business Areas - Increase In GSF Services Reflect Growing Industry Demand - Stefan Lepp: "Progress Made In Collateral Strategy"

    Date 11/08/2014

    Clearstream: Business stream 1: Custody

    In July 2014, the overall value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 6 percent to EUR 12.2 trillion (compared to EUR 11.5 trillion in July 2013).

  • Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: Two New ETNs From Boost Launched On Xetra - ETNs Track The Inverse Performance Of German And US Government Bonds

    Date 11/08/2014

    Two new ETNs issued by Boost have been tradable on Xetra since Friday. The new products refer to indices in the BNP Paribas Future index family and give investors access to the inverse performance of 1-month futures contracts on German and US government bonds with a leverage factor of three. Additional returns are generated through interest revenue earned on the collateralised amount.

  • HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Aluminum Corporation Of China Futures

    Date 11/08/2014

    Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 13 August 2014, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

  • UK M&A Stood At £37.5bn In H1 2014 – Mergermarket

    Date 11/08/2014

    Mergermarket’s H1 2014 UK M&A deals round up, revealed that: 

    • M&A activity targeting the United Kingdom stood at £37.5bn, representing the lowest half-year value since H1 2010 (£37bn) and a 12.5% drop from H1 2013 (£42.9bn)
    • Only one mega-deal (valued above US$ 5bn) has been announced in the region so far this year – the £8.6bn acquisition of the Oncology division of GlaxoSmithKline by its German peer Novartis. The lack of large transactions in the country pulled the UK M&A value down this semester
    • The second quarter of 2014 witnessed a stark improvement compared to the previous quarter (up 156.5%, from £10.5bn to £27bn) and represented the highest quarterly value in the country since Q2 2012
    • Pharma, Medical & Biotech (PMB) sector, driven by the Novartis/ GlaxoSmithKline deal, was the most active industry with a 26.9% market share (£10.1bn), and is in line with PMB leading Global M&A with a 16.5% market share. The proportion of PMB M&A in the UK and globally would have been even larger if the £69bn proposed acquisition of AstraZeneca by Pfizer went through