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London Stock Exchange Group Announcement Of Preliminary Results For Year Ended 31 March 2013

Date 15/05/2013

• Further strong progress as the Group delivers on its strategy for growth, increased global scale and reach
• Good financial and operational performance from an increasingly diversified business against a backdrop of challenging markets
• Revenue up 7 per cent at £726.4 million (2012: £679.8 million); adjusted total income1 up 5 per cent at £852.9 million (2012: 814.8 million)
• Core operating costs1 held flat, before impact of acquisitions and FX; operating expenses¹ up 12 per cent to £422.7 million, reflecting acquisitions (2012: £378.8 million) •
• Adjusted operating profit1 3 per cent lower at £430.2 million (2012: £441.9 million); operating profit also 3 per cent down at £348.4 million (2012: £358.5 million)
• Adjusted profit before tax1 down 5 per cent at £380.7 million (2012: £400.6 million); profit before tax of £298.9 million (2012: £639.7 million, which included recognition of the increased value in FTSE)
• Adjusted basic EPS1, including tax credits, up 5 per cent at 105.3 pence (2012: 100.6 pence); basic EPS of 80.4 pence (2012: 193.6 pence, including recognition of the increased value of our interest in FTSE)
• Proposed final dividend up 4 per cent to 19.8 pence per share; total dividend for the year increased 4 per cent to 29.5 pence per share. The final dividend will be paid on 19 August 2013 to shareholders on the register on 26 July 2013
• Completion of acquisition of majority stake in LCH.Clearnet on 1 May 2013; work is underway to achieve the benefits of this transformational deal

¹ before acquisition amortisation and non-recurring items

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Congratulates Roberto Carvalho De Azevêdo On Appointment As WTO Director-General

Date 15/05/2013

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today:

“I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to Roberto Azevêdo on his official appointment today by the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council as WTO Director-General.  I am confident that under his leadership the WTO will address the important opportunities and challenges facing the multilateral trading system in the coming years."

CFTC Orders MB Trading Futures Inc., A Registered Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer, To Pay $200,000 Penalty To Settle Charges Of Violating Minimal Financial Requirement Rules

Date 14/05/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against MB Trading Futures Inc. (MB Trading), a registered Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) of El Segundo, California, for failing to comply with minimum financial requirements for registered RFEDs and Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) that offer or engage in retail off-exchange foreign currency (forex) transactions. MB Trading has been registered with the CFTC as an FCM since February 28, 2006 and as an RFED since September 9, 2010.

Athens Exchange Derivatives Market Monthly Statistical Bulletin April 2013

Date 14/05/2013

Click here to download Athens Exchange Derivatives Market monthly statistical bulletin for April 2013.

Opening Remarks At SEC Roundtable On Credit Ratings By SEC Chairman Mary Jo White

Date 14/05/2013

Good morning everyone, and welcome to the Securities and Exchange Commission's Credit Ratings Roundtable, which I have been very much looking forward to and which will address a range of critical subjects. I would like first to extend a special welcome to our distinguished Members of Congress here today: Senator Franken, Senator Wicker, and Chairman Garrett. Thank you for taking time from your hectic schedules to speak to us today. Thank you also in advance to our distinguished panelists for contributing your time and knowledge to this roundtable.

Athens Exchange Monthly Statistical Bulletin April 2013

Date 14/05/2013

Click here to download Athens Exchange monthly statistical bulletin for April 2013.

NYSE Euronext Commemorates The 10th Anniversary Of The Intellidex Family Of Indices

Date 14/05/2013

NYSE Euronext today announces the 10^th anniversary of the Intellidex  Indices, the industry’s first ‘smart index’, designed to objectively identify those stocks within a particular market segment that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. NYSE Euronext has owned, calculated and maintained the Intellidex Indices, which serves as a basis for the Dynamic series of Invesco PowerShares exchange traded funds (ETFs), since 2003.

Dodd-Frank Regulatory Framework: What Questions Remain Unanswered - Keynote Address By CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia, Energy Risk USA 2013

Date 14/05/2013

Thank you very much for inviting me to participate in the discussion.

As I was preparing my speech and reflecting on the most important answers that the Commission must give to market participants, I thought of the famous statement made by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, “[t]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” It has occurred to me that these three categories could just as easily be applied to the Commission’s implementation of Dodd-Frank.

BAE Systems Detica Wins XCelent Award 2013 For Breadth Of Functionality For Its Watchlist And Sanctions Solutions

Date 14/05/2013

BAE Systems Detica today announces further recognition of its industry leading AML (anti-money laundering) compliance offering with the naming of its watchlist filtering and sanctions solutions as winner of leading analyst Celents’s XCelent 2013 Breadth of Functionality award.

Antitrust: European Commission Confirms Unannounced Inspections In Oil And Biofuels Sectors

Date 14/05/2013

The European Commission can confirm that, on 14 May 2013, Commission officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several companies active in and providing services to the crude oil, refined oil products and biofuels sectors. These inspections took place in two EU Member States. At the Commission's request, inspections were also carried out on its behalf by the EFTA Surveillance Authority in one European Economic Area (EEA) Member State. The Commission has concerns that the companies may have colluded in reporting distorted prices to a Price Reporting Agency to manipulate the published prices for a number of oil and biofuel products. Furthermore, the Commission has concerns that the companies may have prevented others from participating in the price assessment process, with a view to distorting published prices. Any such behaviour, if established, may amount to violations of European antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and restrictive business practices and abuses of a dominant market position (Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU and Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement).