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FINRA Bars Florida Broker For Unsuitable Recommendations And Unapproved Securities Transactions Involving 31 NFL Players

Date 07/03/2013

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has barred broker Jeffrey Rubin of Lighthouse Point, Florida, from the securities industry for making unsuitable recommendations to his customer, an NFL player, to invest in illiquid, high-risk securities issued in connection with a now-bankrupt casino in Alabama. As a result, the customer lost approximately $3 million. Based on Rubin's referrals, 30 other NFL players also invested in the casino project and lost approximately $40 million. Rubin also failed to obtain the required approval from his employers to participate in the securities transactions involving the casino.

Lahore Stock Exchange: Bushra Naz Malik Appointed As Member Competition Commission Pakistan

Date 07/03/2013

Ms.Bushra Naz Malik, a renowned corporate leader and director on the board of the Lahore Stock Exchange has been appointed as a member of the competition watchdog of the country, the competition commission of Pakistan. Her appointment has been made for a period of three years from the date of appointment of her charge.

Bulgarian Stock Exchange Monthly Report - February 2013

Date 07/03/2013

Click here to download the statistics for the market performance of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange in February 2013.

Lahore Stock Exchange Becomes The First Exchange In Pakistan To Lauch SMS Trade Alerts To Facilitate The Investors

Date 07/03/2013

The Lahore Stock Exchange achieved another unique milestone in the capital market history of the country by becoming the first exchange in Pakistan to launch the SMS trade alerts and email notifications directly to the investors to inform them about their trade executions. This step has been taken to enhance the transparency in the order executions by the exchange brokers whereby the Exchange would inform the investors directly about their symbol wise gross trading position so that the instances of fictitious trading in the investors account could be checked.

Platts: Continental European Day-Ahead Power Prices Rose 2.7% In February - Natural Gas Prices Held Steady In Europe, Rose 3% In U.K. On Cold Snap

Date 07/03/2013

Cold, calm weather conditions in Europe last month lowered renewable energy output, pushing the price of wholesale electric power up 2.7% from January, according to monthly Continental day-ahead power prices just released by Platts, a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information.

Irish Stock Exchange Statistics - February 2013

Date 07/03/2013

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

NYSE Technologies Expands Managed Services In Japan - Managed Infrastructure Services Offered Via Japan Exchange’s Co-Location Facility

Date 07/03/2013

NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today announced the further expansion of its connectivity services in Japan via the Japan Exchange’s (JPX) co-location facility. The service will be available from May 2013 and consequently, NYSE Technologies will cover the widest range of Japanese connectivity solutions.

First Warrants On The Spanish Exchange On The IBEX 35 Short And Ibex 35 Leverage Indices - They Comprise Four Series Of Call Warrants - Société Générale Is The First Issuer Of Investment Products On These Four Indices - Over 5,000 Products Are Traded On The Spanish Stock Exchange’s Warrants Platform

Date 07/03/2013

The Spanish stock exchange has admitted to trading the first exchange-traded products linked to the daily performance of the IBEX 35® Triple Leverage Net, IBEX 35® Triple Short, IBEX 35® Leverage Net X5 and IBEX 35® Short X5 indices.

NYSE Euronext Announces Trading Volumes For February 2013 - Global Derivatives ADV Up 25% Y-O-Y Driven By Strong Fixed Income Trading, Up 71% - European Cash Equity ADV Up 13% M-O-M; U.S. Cash Equity ADV Up 1% M-O-M - U.S. Equity Options ADV Up 6% Y-o-Y

Date 07/03/2013

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced trading volumes for its global derivatives and cash equities exchanges for February 2013[1]. Global derivatives average daily volume (“ADV”) of 8.8 million contracts in February 2013 increased 24.7% compared to February 2012, but decreased 7.6% month-over-month. This increase was primarily driven by stronger European derivatives volume, specifically fixed income derivatives ADV which increased 71% year-over-year. U.S. equity options ADV increased 5.7% compared to February 2012, but decreased 9.8% from January 2013 levels. Trading volumes in European cash equities were down 9.8% year-over-year, but rebounded up 12.8% month-over-month.

LuxCSD Approved By European Central Bank For Use In Eurosystem Credit Operations

Date 07/03/2013

• ECB approval paves the way for Luxembourg to become an issuance and distribution hub in Euro central bank money for national and supra-national issuers
• LuxCSD now also eligible for Eurosystem monetary policy and credit operations
• First major bond issuance through LuxCSD expected in the course of the first quarter 2013