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Neonet Joins REDI’s Broker Network

Date 03/12/2014

Neonet Securities, the independent agency broker and execution specialist, today announced that it has joined REDI’s broker network, providing mutual clients seamless access to Neonet’s advanced suite of execution tools using the REDIPlus® trade management platform.

CME Group And GFI Group Announce Revised Offer For GFI Group Stockholders - GFI Group Stockholders To Receive $5.25 Per GFI Group Share In Mix Of CME Group Stock And Cash - Private Consortium Of GFI Group Management To Increase Cash Payment For GFI's IDB Business To $254M From $165M Plus The Assumption At Closing Of Approximately $72M In Unvested Deferred Compensation Liability To Employees, For A Total Consideration Of $326M Plus The Assumption Of Additional GFI Group Liabilities And Other Commercial Guarantees

Date 03/12/2014

CME Group Inc., the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and GFI Group Inc., a leading intermediary and provider of trading technologies and support services to the global OTC and listed markets, today announced that they have revised their definitive agreements to increase the consideration payable to GFI Group stockholders from$4.55 per share in CME Group stock to $5.25 per share, payable in a mix of shares of CME Group Class A common stock and cash. This new offer price represents a 5% premium above yesterday's closing price of $5.00 per share of GFI Group common stock and a 69% premium above the closing price of $3.11 per share of GFI Group common stock on July 29, the last day of trading prior to the announcement of the transaction.

SGX Securities Market Commenced Trading At 1230Hrs

Date 03/12/2014

SGX securities market commenced trading at 1230 hrs as scheduled, with pre-open routine at 1200hrs.The market will stay open till 1700 hrs and close as per normal.

The Colombo Stock Exchange Launches A New Generation CDS And Inaugurates The Bell Ringing Ceremony On The Trading Floor To Formally Declare Open Trading

Date 03/12/2014

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) launched a state-of-the-art new generation Depository System for its fully owned subsidiary, the Central Depository Systems (Pvt.) Ltd (CDS) and an upgrade to the Automated Trading System (ATS).

ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – November 2014

Date 03/12/2014

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, fell 2.2% in November 2014. This performancewas in contrast to rises in other major markets, including Germany up 7.0%, Japan up 6.4%, the US up 2.8%, the UK up2.7% and Singapore up 2.3%.

Tokyo Stock Exchange ETF/ETN Monthly Report For Nov 2014

Date 03/12/2014

Trading value record high renewed for the second consecutive month!

• In November 2014, the ETF/ETN market renewed its record high for the second consecutive month, with monthly trading value of approximately JPY 3.99 trillion and daily average trading value of aboutJPY 222 billion.
• NEXT FUNDS JPX-Nikkei Index 400 Exchange Traded Fund (1591) recorded a 176.72% monthly gain in trading value and climbed from 15th to 9th overall.
• NEXT NOTES S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Net Total Return Index ETN (2044), listed on November 18, 2014, got off to a smooth start and ranked 20th overall.

ASX Compliance Monthly Activity Report – November 2014

Date 03/12/2014

New listings for the month were APN Outdoor Group Limited (APO), Bailador Technology Investments Limited(BTI), Ecargo Holdings Limited (ECG), Emperor Range Group Limited (ERX), IPH Limited (IPH), MedibankPrivate Limited (MPL), Mustera Property Group Limited (MPX), NAOS Absolute Opportunities Company Limited(NAC), Orion Health Group Limited (OHE), Pacific Smiles Group Limited (PSQ), PUMA Series 2014-4P (PUQ),Simonds Group Limited (SIO), The Citadel Group Limited (CGL), Tian Poh Resources Limited (TPO) and UILEnergy Limited (UIL).

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Reaches Settlement With ANZ Over Rural Interest Rate Swaps

Date 03/12/2014

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) said today it has reached a settlement with ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (ANZ) regarding the sale, promotion and marketing of rural interest rate swaps to rural customers. 

SGX Update: All Securities Post Trade Online Systems Available To Members At 0600 Hrs

Date 03/12/2014

SGX updates that all securities post trade online systems, including the client-accounting system (CAS) hosted by SGX on behalf of member firms, have been available to its members since 0600hrs. This is to enable member firms to complete client position reconciliations, and rectify any errors in the end-of-day processing in the CAS for 1st December 2014.

SEC: Statement On Court’s Final Judgment In Case Against Life Partners Holdings, Brian Pardo, And R. Scott Peden

Date 03/12/2014

We are pleased that the court today ordered Life Partners, Pardo, and Peden to pay over $46.8 million.  In ordering this significant monetary relief, the Court recognized the egregious nature of their misconduct, noting that the Defendants engaged in ‘serious violations’ of the securities laws, that they ‘deprived the investing public of the information it needed to make a fully informed decision about whether to invest in Life Partners.’