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EDI Opens Office In Morocco To Enhance Its Coverage Of The EMEA Markets - Exchange Data International (EDI) today announced the opening of their Moroccan office in Agadir enhancing its language capabilities in French and Arabic

Date 04/06/2013

Exchange Data International (EDI), the well-established provider of global Reference and Corporate Actions data, today announced the opening of their Moroccan office in Agadir.

Exegy Names Hughes To Head Sales

Date 04/06/2013

Exegy, Inc., the market data appliance company, has appointed Steve Hughes as Vice President of Sales, with responsibilities for global sales.

Burgundy Monthly Report May 2013

Date 04/06/2013

In May:

• The average daily turnover was EUR 45.3 (42.9) million, an increase of 5.6 percent. The total turnover was EUR 995.8 (901.8) million, an increase of 10.4 percent.
• The average number of trades per day was 7,772 (7,543), an increase of 3.0 percent. The total number of trades was 170,977 (158,413) an increase of 7.9 percent.
• The trading participant with the highest turnover was Merrill Lynch International with a turnover of EUR 492.4 (265.6) million.
• The most traded instrument was Volvo B, with a turnover of EUR 50.9 (54.3) million, a decrease of 6.3 percent.

Nordic Growth Market NGM AB: May Turnover Exceeds 3.8 Billion SEK (452 Million Euro) At NGM

Date 04/06/2013

Nordic Growth Market NGM generated a total turnover exceeding 3.8 billion SEK (452 million Euro) for May 2013, based on NGM’s three markets; Sweden, Finland and Norway.

May Turnover At Boerse Stuttgart Climbs Above EUR 7.8 Billion Mark - Surge In Equities Trading Accompanied By Rise In Turnover From Securitised Derivatives

Date 04/06/2013

According to the order book statistics, the volume of securities traded at Boerse Stuttgart in May 2013 was in excess of EUR 7.8 billion, around 6 percent up on the figure for April. Trading in securitised derivatives accounted for the lion’s share of turnover. Compared to the previous month, the total trading volume in this asset class was 3.6 percent higher at EUR 3.6 billion. At nearly EUR 2.1 billion, turnover for investment products was up 4.7 percent, while trading in leverage products increased to more than EUR 1.5 billion.

NASDAQ OMX Announces Proposed Senior Notes Offering

Date 04/06/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that it plans to commence a public offering of Euro-denominated senior notes due 2021 pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand and/or borrowings under the revolving portion of its senior credit facility, to fund the consideration for the previously announced acquisition of the eSpeed platform and related expenses and for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of indebtedness.

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Moscow Exchange To Launch Calendar Spreads

Date 04/06/2013

The Moscow Exchange is launching a new financial instrument that will allow investors to avoid slippage risk while rolling over futures contacts, and will provide new strategies to trade futures.

BlackRock And Euroclear Bank Announce Ground-Breaking Plans To Grow The European ETF Market - New Centralised Post-Trade Arrangements Will Revolutionise Settlement Of ETFs In Europe

Date 04/06/2013

BlackRock and Euroclear Bank today announce plans to reform Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) trade processing and settlement across Europe by issuing the first iShares ETF  with an international security structure. Unlike other cross-exchange listed ETFs in Europe, which currently settle in  national central securities depositories (CSDs), the new iShares ETF will be issued and settle for the first time in an International CSD (ICSDs) - Euroclear Bank.   

ABG Sundal Collier Selects SunGard’s Hosted Front Arena Electronic Trading Platform To Support Global Operations And Growth

Date 04/06/2013

ABG Sundal Collier (ABGSC), a Nordic institutional brokerage firm, has chosen SunGard’s Front Arena to replace its former multi-vendor infrastructure for trade execution, order management, and proprietary trading. Front Arena will provide ABGSC with a hosted platform and managed services to help support trading activities from the firm’s offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London and New York.

Revised Lists Of The Moscow Exchange Indices Announced

Date 04/06/2013

Moscow Exchange has revised lists for the constituent lists of the Broad Market Index, Moscow Exchange Indices as well as free floats effective from June 18, 2013 through September 16, 2013.