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The Year 2013 On Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 07/01/2014

• Growth of turnover in equities several times higher than the European average
• PLN 5,135 million of IPOs (Main Market)
• PLN 2,617 million of SPOs (Main Market)
• PLN 4,379 million of bond issues (Catalyst)
• Implementation of the state-of-the-art trading system UTP (phase 1)
• Introduction of a new WSE main index, WIG30
• Initiated talks on potential merger of WSE with CEESEG
• Acquisition of a stake in Aquis Exchange
• Broad reform of NewConnect
• Solution to the penny-stock problem
• Launch of the Capital Warsaw project: promotion of the capital market and Warsaw
• New corporate growth strategy WSE.2020
• Capitalisation of domestic companies on the Main Market increased by 13 percent year on year to PLN 593.5 billion
• Average trading value per session at PLN 891 million, an increase of 18 percent year on year
• Strong growth in the number of issuers listed on WSE: 23 new listings on the Main Market, 42 on NewConnect

Council Of The European Union Recommends The Nomination Of Sabine Lautenschläger To The Executive Board Of The ECB

Date 07/01/2014

The Council today adopted a recommendation on the nomination of Sabine Lautenschläger to the executive board of the European Central Bank, to succeed Jörg Asmussen, who has announced his resignation. The Council's recommendation will be submitted to the European Council for a decision, after consulting the European Parliament and the ECB governing council.

JP Morgan To Pay USD 1.7bn To The United States Government - Government To Distribute Money To Madoff Ponzi-Scheme Victims

Date 07/01/2014

JPMorgan Chase & Co will pay USD 1.7 billion to settle U.S charges  relating to failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program and failure to file a suspicious activity report in relation to its handling of accounts of convicted Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff.

Ljubljana Stock Exchange: Annual Statistical Report Year 2013

Date 07/01/2014

Please find Annual Statistical Report for Year 2013 on following link:

http://www.ljse.si/media/Attachments/English/Statistika/Letni/2013-01-12_report.pdf

RBS Securities Japan Ltd Sentenced For Manipulation Of Yen Libor

Date 07/01/2014

RBS Securities Japan Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) that engages in investment banking operations with its principal place of business in Tokyo, Japan, was sentenced yesterday for its role in manipulating the Japanese Yen London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a leading benchmark used in financial products and transactions around the world.

NYSE Euronext Announces Trading Volumes For December 2013 - Global Derivatives ADV Down Year-Over-Year And Month-Over-Month, Excluding Bclear - European Cash Equities ADV Up Year-Over-Year But Down Sequentially - U.S. Cash ADV Down Year-Over-Year But Up Sequentially

Date 07/01/2014

NYSE Euronext today announced trading volumes for its global derivatives and cash equities exchanges for December 2013[1].  Global derivatives average daily volume (“ADV”) of 5.9 million contracts, excluding Bclear in December 2013 decreased 7.6% compared to December 2012 and decreased 10.8% from November 2013.  U.S. equity options volumes in December 2013 decreased 13.2% compared to December 2012 and decreased 9.9% sequentially.  ADV in U.S. cash equities declined 8.7% year-over-year but increased 0.9% month-over-month. European cash equities ADV in December 2013 increased 13.6% compared to December 2012, but decreased 9.3% from November 2013 levels.

PEGAS: Volumes For December 2013

Date 07/01/2014

PEGAS, the natural gas platform established by the European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Powernext, announced that a total volume of 23.0 TWh was traded on the platform and cleared by European Commodity Clearing (ECC) in December 2013.

Irish Stock Exchange Statistics December 2013

Date 07/01/2014

Please click here for the December 2013 ISE monthly statistical report.

Capita Asset Services And Clearstream Make Cross-Border Transactions More Secure And Efficient For Exchange Traded Funds - Issuance Of ETFs To Be Made Easier By Capita Asset Services And Clearstream - New Process Enables Intraday Settlement - Reduced Risk For Cross-Border Transactions

Date 07/01/2014

Capita Asset Services and Clearstream – the post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group – have joined forces to establish a more streamlined, efficient and more secure issuance process for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on the German market. The partnership allows Capita, as registrar and asset managing services business, to open an issuance account with Clearstream and directly mark balances up or down in Clearstream’s books, as required. This will go hand in hand with improved reconciliation procedures applied between the German central securities depository (CSD) Clearstream Banking AG, and Capita, as fund registrar, to enable more secure and efficient cross-border transactions.

Flash Estimate - December 2013 - Euro Area Annual Inflation Down To 0.8%

Date 07/01/2014

Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 0.8% in December 2013, down from 0.9% in November, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.