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Dubai Financial Market Closed On Sunday 12 January

Date 09/01/2014

On the occasion of the Prophet’s birthday, the market will be closed on Sunday, 12 January 2014 and will resume on Monday, 13 January 2014.

OIC Introduces The Industry's Premiere Options Education Program

Date 09/01/2014

Today OIC rolled out its new options education initiative, the Options Education Program. The Options Education Program brings together OIC’s full range of educational offerings and network of leading industry professionals to offer investors, whether novice or advanced, the best educational platform possible to learn about options for free.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Ranks Second In Europe By Number And Third By Value Of IPOs In Q4 2013

Date 09/01/2014

• WSE was Europe’s #2 by the number of IPOs in Q4 2013.
• The aggregate value of IPOs on WSE in Q4 2013 was more than EUR 1 billion.

MGEX Reaches Top 15 Volume Day Yesterday

Date 09/01/2014

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports 16,917 futures and options contracts traded during yesterday’s trading session, hitting the top 15 daily Exchange volume records.

FINRA Orders Stifel, Nicolaus And Century Securities To Pay Fines And Restitution Totaling More Than $1 Million For Unsuitable Sales Of Leveraged And Inverse Etfs, And Related Supervisory Deficiencies

Date 09/01/2014

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that it has ordered two St. Louis-based broker-dealers – Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Century Securities Associates, Inc. – to pay combined fines of $550,000 and a total of nearly $475,000 in restitution to 65 customers in connection with sales of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Stifel and Century are affiliates and are both owned by Stifel Financial Corporation.

Program Trading Averaged 27.0 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 30-Jan. 3

Date 09/01/2014

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Dec. 30-Jan. 3.

CFTC Extends Public Comment Period On Proposed Amendment To Aggregation Policy Under Part 150

Date 09/01/2014

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) announced today that it will extend the comment period on its proposed amendment to rules on aggregation for the position limits in part 150 of its regulations to February 10, 2014. The comment period had been set to close on January 14, 2014.

Europe Strengthens Its Carbon Market For A Competitive Low-Carbon Economy

Date 09/01/2014

The European Commission welcomes today's vote by EU governments gathered in the Climate Change Committee to postpone the sale of 900 million carbon allowances in the 3rd phase of the EU's Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) which runs up to 2020. This marks a key step in restoring the short term balance in the European carbon market and sets the stage for the proposal of a further structural measure shortly.

New Fund On London Stock Exchange Gives Investors Access To Chinese Stock Markets - Landmark Agreement Means From Today, Investors Able To Invest In Chinese Stock Markets In Renminbi Through The London Stock Exchange

Date 09/01/2014

A landmark agreement between two UK and Chinese firms means that from today (9 January 2014), for the first time, investors will be able to invest in Chinese Stock markets in Renminbi through the London Stock Exchange (LSE). 

Towards The Creation Of The Swiss Power Exchange - Swiss Stakeholders And EPEX SPOT Discuss Market Coupling On Swiss Borders

Date 09/01/2014

he European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT, together with Swiss stakeholders, has held a press conference today in Bern. In the media briefing participated:

• Dr. Walter Steinmann, Managing Director of the Federal Office of Energy (Bundesamt für Energie – BFE),
• Carlo Schmid-Sutter, President of the national regulatory authority Federal Electricity Commission (Eidgenössische Elektrizitätskommission – ElCom),
• Pierre-Alain Graf, CEO of transmission system operator Swissgrid,
• and Jean-François Conil-Lacoste, Chairman of the Management Board of EPEX SPOT.