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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - October 2012

Date 06/11/2012

LME Clear Appoints Chris Jones As Chief Risk Officer

Date 06/11/2012

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is pleased to announce that Chris Jones has been appointed as the chief risk officer for LME Clear, marking an important step in the LME's self-clearing programme.

HKEx On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics - October 2012

Date 06/11/2012

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor

EEX Trading Results In October

Date 06/11/2012

In October 2012, the total trading volume on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) Natural Gas Market amounted to 8,714,420 MWh, double the volume in comparison to October 2011.

Neonet Continues To Expand Its Execution Services Client Base By Onboarding Prize Capital Markets - Newly Established Oslo Brokerage Firm Relies On Neonet For Execution Services To Serve Its Institutional Clients

Date 06/11/2012

Neonet, the independent execution service provider, today announced an agreement with Prize Capital Markets, an Oslo-based brokerage firm, to deliver managed execution services for trading in primarily Nordic equities.

NASDAQ OMX Welcomes BlackPearl Resources To The Main Market

Date 06/11/2012

NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announced that BlackPearl Resources Inc. (ticker symbol: PXXS SDB) today starts trading of its Swedish Depository Receipts on the main market of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. BlackPearl Resources is a Mid Cap company within the Oil & Gas sector and has been listed on First North since June 2007 before today’s move to the main market. BlackPearl Resources is the second company this year to move its listing from First North to NASDAQ OMX's main market.

NYSE Euronext Announces Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Date 06/11/2012

Financial and Operating Highlights^{1, 2}

• Diluted EPS of $0.44, down from $0.71 in 3Q11, which benefited from extreme market volatility
• Net revenue of $559 million, down 21%, including $20 million negative FX impact
• Fixed operating expenses of $388 million, down 7% on a constant dollar / portfolio basis
• Operating income of $171 million, down 41%, including $10 million negative FX impact
• Repurchased 4.7 million shares at average price of $25.46; 15.9 million shares year-to-date
• Board declares fourth quarter 2012 cash dividend of $0.30 per share

¹ All comparisons versus 3Q11 unless otherwise stated. Excludes merger expenses, exit costs and discrete tax items.

² A full reconciliation of our non-GAAP results to our GAAP results is included in the attached tables. See also our statement on non-GAAP financial measures at the end of this earnings release.

ETFGI: October Net New Asset Flows Into ETFs And ETPs Globally Were US$13.5 Billion, Down From The Previous Month's Total Of US$40 Billion In September As Investors Face Increasing Political, Economic, Fiscal And Superstorm Sandy Impact Uncertainty

Date 06/11/2012

According to ETFGI US$13.5 billion of net new assets (NNA) flowed into global Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) in October which is lower than the US$40 billion of net inflows in September 2012. Investors and investments suffered from growing uncertainty in October over the likely outcome of the US presidential election, the impact of the fiscal cliff in the US, the likely impact of superstorm Sandy and the on-going debt concerns in the Eurozone.

NZX Energy Service Provider Agreement Renewal

Date 06/11/2012

NZX is pleased to announce that the Electricity Authority has renewed four service provider contracts under which NZX provides services to New Zealand’s wholesale electricity market.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Receivers And Managers Appointed To Ross Asset Management

Date 06/11/2012

The High Court in Wellington has today granted FMA's application for John Fisk and David Bridgman of PwC to be appointed as receivers and managers, along with experienced brokers from First NZ Capital, to manage the business of David Ross and Ross Asset Management.