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Gold Hits All Time High In EUR And GBP, As Gold ETCs Trade Over USD300m This Week

Date 29/04/2010

Gold ETC returns rise as gold price hits a record high of €882/oz in Euro and £764/oz in Sterling, on the back of Greek bond downgrade to junk as ETF Securities' physical gold ETCs trade over $300m this week; Gold returns 15% in EUR and 12% in GBP this year, outshining local equities markets by around 12 percentage points (v STOXX Europe 600) and 8 percentage points (v FTSE 100); Despite USD strengthening by 2.5% since 4 February 2010, the USD gold price has risen by over
Record Non-Display Trading On Turquoise - Trading Mid-Point Book Exceeds €200 Million For First Time - Second Largest Dark MTF Offering In Europe

Date 29/04/2010

Trading on Turquoise's pan-European mid-point dark pool reached record levels yesterday, with trading exceeding €200 million for the first time, making Turquoise the second largest MTF dark pool in Europe, considerably ahead of BATS Europe and SmartPool.
HKEx Publishes 36th Edition Of Its Quarterly Publication - Exchange

Date 29/04/2010

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published on the HKEx website the 36th edition of its quarterly publication, Exchange. This edition includes:
CME Group Inc. Reports Solid First-Quarter 2010 Financial Results

Date 29/04/2010

CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) today reported that first-quarter total revenues increased 7 percent to $693 million and operating income increased 7 percent to $415 million from the year-ago period. First-quarter 2010 operating margin was 60 percent, in line with first-quarter 2009. Operating margin is defined as operating income as a percentage of total revenues.
HKEx Status Report On New Product And Market Development Initiatives - Status As Of 16 April 2010

Date 29/04/2010

The following initiatives are subject to market support and regulatory approval so they may not be implemented. HKEx will announce further details of these initiatives as they progress.

Prospects For IPOs Continuously Improving - Deutsche Börse IPO Indicator Shows Increase In Issuing Activity

Date 29/04/2010

Deutsche Börse published the IPO indicator for Q2 2010 on Thursday. According to this indicator, sentiment concerning IPOs on the German equities market is increasingly positive. Falling volatility on equity markets combined with increasing share prices indicates heightened issuing activity. Parallel to this, market participants’ expectations concerning IPOs have continued to improve. Market participant’s perception that the difference between the issuing price and first listing price, the under
BME Posts Net Profit To March Of €36.1 Million, Up 8% On The Same Period In 2009 - Revenue In The First Quarter Totalled €77.5 Million, Up 7% From The Same Period In 2009. - Favourable Efficiency Ratio Of 31.6% - Return On Equity (ROE) Of 30.5% For The Q

Date 29/04/2010

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) posted a net profit of €36.1 million in the first quarter 2010 – corresponding to €0.43 per share – up 8% on the same period in 2009.
Deutsche Börse: Ten ETCs And Five ETNs Issued By Royal Bank Of Scotland Launched On Xetra - RBS And Deutsche Börse Expand Offering In ETP Segment

Date 29/04/2010

Ten exchange traded commodities (ETCs) and five exchange traded notes (ETNs) issued by The Royal Bank of Scotland have been tradable throughout Europe on Xetra® since Thursday.
Spain Downgraded To 'AA' On Protracted Economic Adjustment And Risks To Budgetary Position - Outlook Negative

Date 29/04/2010

In Standard & Poor's opinion, Spain is likely to have an extended period of subdued economic growth, which weakens its budgetary position.We are lowering our long-term rating on the Kingdom of Spain to 'AA' from 'AA+'.The negative outlook reflects the possibility of a downgrade if Spain's budgetary position underperforms to a greater extent than we currently anticipate.
NZX And ANZ Launch ANZ Local Authority Bond Index

Date 29/04/2010

NZX and ANZ are launching the ANZ Local Authority Bond (LAB) Index. The ANZ LAB index is the latest addition to the suite of ANZ Debt Indices, calculated and distributed by NZX. ANZ Debt Indices are widely used by investors to benchmark the performance of fixed interest investments in the New Zealand debt market.