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Nairobi Securities Exchange Became Africa's Second Exchange To IPO

Date 10/09/2014

Nairobi stock exchange saw shares nearly double on its 1st trading day. Nairobi Securities Exchange became Africa's second exchange to offer shares to investors. The stock rose 72% to 16.3 shillings. The IPO was oversubscribed by 6.6 times.

Harmoney Opens For Business - First P2P Globally To Launch With $100m Capital

Date 10/09/2014

New Zealand's first peer to peer lender Harmoney today launched its online lending marketplace with $100m lending capital, bringing the world's fastest growing form of lending to the Kiwi public.

Clearstream’s August 2014 Figures

Date 10/09/2014

• 6 percent increase in assets under custody as compared to August 2013
• Clearstream continues solid growth rate in all business streams 
• Philip Brown: “Banks need to mobilise now to reap the full T2S benefits”

TWSE-SGX Trading Link To Benefit Both Markets

Date 10/09/2014

The trading link between the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) is the latest initiative by TWSE to enhance the globalization and competitiveness of the Taiwan securities market. The move is in line with policies being implemented by the regulator to support the further internationalization of the Taiwan capital market, meet the needs of the investing public and take full advantage of the recent trend of closer cooperation between international exchanges.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Introduces Settlement Price Trading In October 2014

Date 10/09/2014

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc announced today that it was granted an approval from the Ministers of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as well as Economy, Trade and Industry on September 9 to adjust the Exchange Rules and introduce Settlement Price Trading. TOCOM will start accepting applications for Settlement Price Trading on October 6, 2014. This is a new option to transact away from the market allowing all market participants to trade at the settlement price by prior application to the Exchange.

Feedzai Partners With Azul Systems - Zing To Enable Faster Processing Of Massive Data Sets To Ensure Delivery Of Fraud Analysis And Protection In Real-Time

Date 10/09/2014

Feedzai, a data science company that uses real-time, machine-based learning to analyze big data to make commerce safe, and Azul Systems Inc.(Azul), the award-winning leader in Java runtime solutions, today announced a commercial partnership under which Feedzai is now an Azul Certified ISV partner. Through the partnership, Feedzai will use Zing®, Azul’s innovative Java Virtual Machine (JVM) as part of its Feedzai Fraud Prevention That Learns™ software to provide ultra-fast processing of big data.

London Stock Exchange Group Pre-Close Trading Update And General Meeting

Date 10/09/2014

London Stock Exchange Group (the “Group”) is releasing a trading update ahead of the General Meeting in connection with the Group’s proposed acquisition of Frank Russell Company and associated fully underwritten rights issue, to be held today at 09:30, 10 September 2014.  This statement also forms a Pre-Close trading update before the Group enters a close period on 1 October 2014.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For September 2014 Rubber Contract

Date 10/09/2014

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the September 2014 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,

March Into New On-line Voting Era - Shenzhen Stock Exchange Optimized And Upgraded Online Voting System

Date 10/09/2014

Recently, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) released revised Shenzhen Stock Exchange Implementation Rules on Online Voting at the General Meeting of Listed Company (hereinafter referred as Implementation Rules) and Shenzhen Stock Exchange Business Guidance on Identification of the Investors’ Online Identity (hereinafter referred as Business Guidance), prioritizing and upgrading online voting system comprehensively. 

CFTC Staff Issues Exemptive Letter Providing Relief From Certain Agency Regulations To Be Consistent With JOBS Act SEC Amendments

Date 10/09/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued an exemptive letter, which provides relief from certain provisions of Regulations 4.7(b) and 4.13(a)(3) restricting marketing to the public.