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Hellenic Exchanges S.A. - 1st Repetitive General Meeting Of HELEX

Date 12/06/2013

HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING, CLEARING, SETTLEMENT AND REGISTRY announces that on 11.06 the 1st Repetitive General Meeting of shareholders of the Company was held in the “HERMES” hall at the offices of the Company. Shareholders representing the 53.4% of the 65,368,563 total common registered shares participated. The General Meeting unanimously approved the reduction of the share capital of the Company by the amount of EUR1,961,056.89 through a reduction in the par value of each share by EUR0.03, and payment of this amount to shareholders, and a corresponding amendment of article 5 of the Articles of Association of the Company concerning the share capital. Furthermore, the General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to set the ex-date for the right to the share capital return of the Company, the record date for determining the beneficiaries and the payment date for the share capital return. The Company will inform investors about the ex-date and the record date of the special dividend with a new announcement.

SEC, FINRA Warn Investors About Pump-And-Dump Stock Spam

Date 12/06/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued a warning to investors about a sharp increase in e-mail linked to "pump-and-dump" stock schemes.

DFM Welcomes UAE Market Upgrade To “Emerging Markets” Status By MSCI - Essa Kazim: DFM Played A Pivotal Role In Enhancing The UAE Market Infrastructure And The Upgrade Was Highly Anticipated As We Have Ticked All Requirements Long Time Ago

Date 12/06/2013

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today welcomed the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) annual market classification review to upgrade the MSCI UAE Index to “Emerging Markets” status. Essa Kazim, Managing Director and CEO, Dubai Financial Market (PJSC) said: “This significant step evidently demonstrates international institutions’ recognition of DFM’s pivotal role over the last 3 years to further enhance the UAE market infrastructure in collaboration with the Securities and Commodities Authority of UAE (SCA). This development is overdue in light of the market infrastructure improvements made and ticking of all upgrade requirements long time ago”.

FESE European Equity Market Report – May 2013 Figures

Date 12/06/2013

The European Equity Market Report is a piece of analysis that allows for an accurate comparison of trading statistics across European trading venues.

Taking the Time To Get It Right: The Cross-Border Regulatory Framework - Keynote Address By Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia Before OpRisk Europe Conference, London, England

Date 12/06/2013

Thank you very much for the kind introduction and for inviting me to speak here today.

The headline title for this conference is “Beyond Regulation” and the program notes lead in with “in the face of massive regulatory change….” So I guess you don’t need me to tell you that we at the CFTC, as well as regulators here in Europe, have been pretty busy developing new regulations the past three years. These regulations have produced, among other things, a treasure trove of issues to discuss and debate.

ITG Launches ITG Algorithms Prism

Date 12/06/2013

ITG (NYSE: ITG), a leading execution and research broker, today announced the launch of ITG Algorithms® Prism, a powerful web-based tool offering clients comprehensive transparency into the behavior of ITG Algorithms.  Algo Prism provides up-to-the-second visibility into the activity of each algorithm, such as the predicted and realized schedules, fill details, and even the location, type and price of every open child order.

BM&FBOVESPA Has Record Number Of Trades In The BM&F Segment

Date 12/06/2013

BM&FBOVESPA had an all-time record of 209,974 trades in the BM&F segment yesterday. The previous record was 199,867 trades, on May 22, 2013.

European Commissioner Barnier Welcomes European Parliament Vote On The Accounting And Transparency Directives (Including Country By Country Reporting)

Date 12/06/2013

I welcome today's vote by the European Parliament on the new Accounting and Transparency Directives.

Eurex Exchange Completes Migration To New, State-Of-The-Art Trading Architecture - New Global Trading System Fully Rolled Out Since 10 June - Fixed-Income Derivatives Segment Was Last Product Group To Migrate

Date 12/06/2013

Eurex Exchange has been operating since Monday, 10 June, entirely on Deutsche Börse Group’s global trading architecture. The fixed-income derivatives segment, including highly liquid Euro-Bund, Euro-Bobl and Euro-Schatz futures, was the last to migrate from the previously used system. The new platform meets the needs of Eurex Exchange participants in terms of enhanced performance, efficiency and capacity, more connection options and improved functionality, while maintaining the high stability and availability that traders are used to. This technology has already been successfully used since April 2011 by the International Securities Exchange (ISE), the leading U.S. options venue and Eurex Exchange’s partner exchange.

NASDAQ OMX Smart Order Routing Enables Single Point Of Entry For All Nordic Equities

Date 12/06/2013

NASDAQ OMX Nordic, part of the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced today that it has introduced the latest addition to its smart order routing offering, making NASDAQ OMX Nordic the only trading platform to offer trading in all shares in all five Nordic countries. As a result, NASDAQ OMX Nordic can facilitate best execution with EBBO, European Best Bid and Offer, for all Nordic shares on one platform through a single connection, including all shares listed at Oslo Børs and Oslo Axess.