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Bahrain Bourse Goes Live With Its Upgraded Trading Engine Powered By NASDAQ OMX

Date 21/07/2014

Bahrain Bourse and NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), today announced that Bahrain Bourse has gone live with their new trading engine, powered by NASDAQ OMX's X-stream trading platform. The project went live on Monday, July 14, providing Bahrain Bourse with the world's most widely deployed, multi-asset trading platform.

Cyprus Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin – June 2014

Date 21/07/2014

Click here to download Cyprus Stock Exchange's monthly bulletin for June 2014.

GFT Shortlisted For ‘Best Offshored Outsourcing Team’ At NOA Awards For Volcker Rule Project - GFT Recognised For Delivering ‘Big Data’ IT Solution For Major Multinational Bank

Date 21/07/2014

GFT, one of the world’s leading IT solutions providers for the financial services industry, today announced that the firm has been shortlisted in the category of ‘Best Offshored Outsourcing Team’ at this year’s NOA Outsourcing Professional Awards.

Sluggish Performance From Largest FTSE Firms Weighs Heavily On Dividend Growth

Date 21/07/2014

• Headline dividends rise just 1.2% year on year in Q2, slowest growth in over three years
• Total payout reaches £25.8bn in Q2
• Top 15 payers, who account for 61% of Q2 dividends, see dividends fall 0.8%
• Slow corporate earnings growth and strength of sterling take toll on dividend growth
• Commodity and financial firms, most exposed to currency effects and global headwinds, worst performers in quarter
• Real estate, housebuilders, retailers, and industrials benefit from UK economic improvement
• Forecast for 2014 cut by £900m to £98.5bn, but 2015 likely to see pick-up

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Results Of Thematic Reviews Into Enhanced Transfer Values And SIPP Operators

Date 21/07/2014

• ETV thematic review identifies risk of customers losing out on retirement income due to poor advice
• Thematic review into SIPP operators finds some firms still failing to fulfil regulatory obligations

Catella Finalises Acquisition Of Shares In IPM

Date 21/07/2014

Catella has secured the approval of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) and has taken up the shares in IPM as agreed in January 2014. Catella’s ownership of IPM now amounts to approximately 51 percent and IPM thus becomes a subsidiary of Catella.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Introducing Decimal Pricing For TOPIX100 Stocks

Date 21/07/2014

From July 22, 2014, sub-yen tick sizes will be introduced for TOPIX100 stocks, and TOPIX100 stock prices will contain decimals. Please refer to the attached leaflet for the outline of the tick size change.

ASIC Accepts Enforceable Undertaking From The Royal Bank Of Scotland

Date 21/07/2014

ASIC today accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. (RBS) in relation to potential misconduct involving the Australian Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW).

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 18/07/2014

The current reports for the week of July 15, 2014 are now available.

SEC Charges Penny Stock Company CEO And Purported Business Partner For Defrauding Investors With False Press Releases

Date 18/07/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a serial con artist and a penny stock company CEO with misleading investors in a supposed vaccine development company by issuing false press releases portraying it as a successful venture when it was in fact a failing enterprise.