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BME: Five New Firms Join MARF As Members And Registered Advisers

Date 17/02/2014

MARF – the Spanish alternative fixed income market operated by BME - already has 11 Members and 11 Registered Advisers, following the incorporation, over the last few weeks, of Santander, Banco Popular, Banco Espirito Santo, GVC Gaesco and Caja Ingenieros as members, and of GVC Gaesco as Registered Adviser.

ASX Ltd Half-Year Edited Media Transcript

Date 17/02/2014

Click here to download ASX's half-year edited media transcript.

Trading Hours For Osaka Securities Exchange - FX Margin Trading - Start Of Daylight Saving Time

Date 17/02/2014

As a result that daylight saving time for the State of New York in the United States of America starts on Sunday, March 9, 2014, OSE shall change trading hours, as below, from the trade date on Monday, March 10, 2014.

La Cloche Wealth Managment Expands Foothold Into Gulf Market - Swiss Based Wealth Management Firm Unveils Regional Office In DIFC

Date 17/02/2014

La Cloche Wealth Management (LCWM), part of the La Cloche Group, has established its position as a key regional player with the granting of a DFSA license. The Swiss based company built on the foundation of client trust, in addition to the preservation and growth of its clients wealth, now boasts offices in almost every corner of the globe.

Egyptian Exchange Starts Series Of Workshops For Listed Companies' Awareness Of New Listing Rules

Date 16/02/2014

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) management is organizing a series of workshops for listed companies and other related parties to inform them with details of the new listing rules.  This is schedules to take place end of February 2014.

Tehran Stock Exchange Weekly Digest - 12 February 2014

Date 16/02/2014

TSE’s broad index lost about 3.7% in the week ended 12 February.

CEO Of Qatar Investment Authority Outlines The Key Focusses Of The Fund

Date 15/02/2014

• The Strategy of the QIA is inspired by the Vision of H.H the Emir
• Focus is on Quality of Investment Rather than its Volume.
• The QIA is a Global Fund managed on Business Rules and Principles.

Qatar Exchange And Enterprise Qatar - Launch A Subsidy Program To Assist SME's To List On QE Venture Market

Date 15/02/2014

Qatar Exchange (QE) and Enterprise Qatar (EQ) today announced the launch of the SME Subsidy Programme marking the next stage in the development of Qatari SMEs, the QE Venture Market. 

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - Changes In The S&P/TSX Preferred Share Indices

Date 15/02/2014

Toronto, Ontario, February 14, 2014 – S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) has announced that it will redeem for $CDN25.00 cash per share all of the outstanding shares of its Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset First Preferred Shares Series ‘AN’ (TSX:RY.PR.N), Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares Series ‘AP’ (TSX:RY.PR.P) and Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares Series‘AR’ (TSX:RY.PR.R)  at the close on February 24, 2014. The shares of these 3 issues will be removed from the S&P/TSX Preferred Share, the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Laddered and the S&P/TSX North American Preferred Stock Indices after the close of trading on Monday, February 24, 2014.

FIF Capacity Statistics For January 2014: Five New Record Peaks: NASDAQ TotalView – Aggregated, Deutsche Börse CEF Core Total, Deutsche Börse CEF Core Scoach, SIAC OPRA, And BATS Options MCASTPITCH AGG

Date 14/02/2014

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that SIAC OPRA was up 11% to 7,471,147 mps over the 1 second interval