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Bitcoin Derivatives Market Trading BTC.SX Temporarily Suspended

Date 26/02/2014

Dear Customers,

Thank you for your continued support of BTC.SX, we really appreciate your custom. Unfortunately, due to the current closure of our main exchange partner, we regret we will be unable to take any further orders and our site will be suspended until further notice. All customer balances are secure and we will honour any withdrawal requests. For open positions, these will be liquidated and deposits will be refunded in full.

ISE And ISE Gemini Named "Best Options Trading Venue" At Wall Street Letter 2014 Institutional Trading Awards

Date 26/02/2014

The International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc. (ISE Holdings) announced today that it received the Wall Street Letter 2014 Institutional Trading Award for "Best Options Trading Venue" for its two exchanges, ISE and ISE Gemini. In addition to that honor, ISE Holdings also received a second award for "Most Innovative Fee Structure." ISE Holdings' options business highlights in 2013 were anchored by the launch and early success of its second options exchange, ISE Gemini. ISE Gemini was the fastest new exchange to reach two percent market share and crossed the 20 million contract milestone within three months. ISE saw additional success in its Implied Order Functionality, surpassing the 20 million contracts traded milestone in October 2013. 

Bitcoin: Statement By MtGox Chief Executive Mark Karpeles

Date 26/02/2014

As there is a lot of speculation regarding MtGox and its future, I would like to use this opportunity to reassure everyone that I am still in Japan, and working very hard with the support of different parties to find a solution to our recent issues.

New York Attorney General Eric T. SchneidermanAnnounces Far-Reaching Agreements With Wall Street Firms To Stop Cooperating With Analyst Surveys - Interim Agreements Are Latest Development In Industrywide Investigation Into Early Release Of Analyst Sentiment, Following Agreement With BlackRock To Terminate World’s Largest Analyst Survey - Schneiderman: Firms Have Shown Leadership In Combatting “Insider Trading 2.0”

Date 26/02/2014

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced interim agreements with a number of prominent firms to stop their practice of cooperating with analyst surveys administered by certain elite, technologically sophisticated clients at the expense of others—a practice that can put the market at large at an unfair disadvantage. Attorney General Schneiderman requested that the firms end their participation in these surveys while he conducts an industrywide investigation into early access to analyst sentiment. 

Central Securities Depositories: Council Of The European Union Confirms Agreement With European Parliament

Date 26/02/2014

The Permanent Representatives Committee today approved, on behalf of the Council, an agreement reached with the European Parliament on new rules aimed at improving safety in the securities settlement system and at opening the market for central securities depositories (CSD) services (6828/14). 

China: Progressing Towards Financial Market Liberalisation And Currency Internationalisation - Speech By Yves Mersch, Member Of The Executive Board Of The ECB, Renminbi Forum Luxembourg, 26 February 2014

Date 26/02/2014

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a pleasure to be the keynote speaker at the first-ever Luxembourg Renminbi Forum. I would like to thank Luxembourg for Finance for this opportunity to say a few words on the recent, rapid emergence of the renminbi as an international currency. Its new-found status is the result of China’s economic performance and part of a wider ongoing reform process in the country. So how will the internationalisation of the renminbi affect China, as well as the rest of the world? These are the issues I will address now.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Declared That Submitting Corporate Actions With Accompanying Financials Has Been Very Valuable For Quoted Companies

Date 26/02/2014

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has declared that the practice of submitting corporate actions with the accompanying financials has been very effective for the companies listed on the stock exchange. This is in line with the bourse’s efforts of aligning with global best practices which entails all listed entities to submit their financial statements as and when due and in submitting the financial statements, the entities are expected to give detailed information especially on corporate actions.  

Perseus Acquires Chicago’s TLV Networks, Microwave Access Provider - Acquisition Adds High Precision Trading And Market Data For CME Group And ICE.

Date 26/02/2014

Perseus Telecom, a leading provider of high-speed global connectivity, High Precision Time™ and Market-to-Market networks announced today the acquisition of TLV Networks, Ultra-Low Latency Microwave Networks connecting the CME Group Aurora data centre and ICE at 350 Cermak, Chicago. Perseus adds this strategic expansion to a global network of 103 markets and data centre connections across all asset classes and Bitcoin coming soon.

HKEx: Appointment Of Derivatives Market Consultative Panel Member

Date 26/02/2014

The Board of Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) is pleased to announce the appointment of Craig Robertson as Derivatives Market Consultative Panel member effective today to fill the casual vacancy arising from the resignation of Toby Lawson.

With The Listing Of MPHC , The Number Of Listed Companies On Qatar Exchange (QE) Reaches 43

Date 26/02/2014

Today, Thursday, February 27, 2014, Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company “MPHC” was listed on Qatar Exchange (QE) to raise the number of listed companies to 43.