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OCC Names former State Street And Department Of Defense Information Security Officer As Chief Security Officer

Date 01/05/2017

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced the appointment of Mark Morrison, formerly with State Street Corporation and several government defense and security agencies, as Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer, a new position. Morrison will report to John Fennell, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer.

Intercontinental Exchange Completes Acquisition Of TMX Group’s Atrium

Date 01/05/2017

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced it has completed its all-cash acquisition of TMX Atrium, a global extranet and wireless information services business, from TMX Group. The transaction was announced in February and the terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The financial impact of the transaction will be immaterial and was included in ICE’s financial guidance for 2017.

Al Mawared Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report, 1 May 2017

Date 01/05/2017

ASE falls as several heavyweights trade ex-divided

• Jordanian stocks lost around 34 points or 1.53% last week to closed Thursday’s session at 2185.3 points, amid lower volumes which fell by around 27% WoW, mainly on the back of falling share prices of a number of heavyweights including The Housing Bank for Trade & Finance (THBK, -3.4%), Jordan Islamic Bank (JOIB, -4.8%), and Jordan Electric Power (JOEP, -3.0%) as they traded ex-dividend. 
• On the sectoral front, all sector indices closed the week in red except for the insurance sector (+0.05%) with the diversified financial services sector recording the biggest loss of 3.92% WTD. 
• Industrial blue-chips, Arab Potash (APOT) and Al-Eqbal Investment Company (EICO), helped partly offset broader market losses for the week after advancing by 6.0% and 1.5% respectively.

Going Public: Readiness And Success Event Held In Cooperation Between Qatar Stock Exchange And Pillsbury Law Firm

Date 01/05/2017

In cooperation between QSE and Pillsbury Law Firm, the informative event: “Going Public: Readiness and Success” was held yesterday , April 30 in W Doha Hotel & Residences to focus on important questions and issues facing companies intending to go public and how to prepare for.

Redline Trading Solutions Announces Support For Quincy Extreme Data Microwave Feed

Date 01/05/2017

Redline Trading Solutions, the premier provider of high-performance market data and order execution systems for automated trading, today announced its new feed handler for the Quincy Extreme Data™ (QED) feed. QED is distributed by Quincy Data, LLC via McKay Brothers’ microwave links from 18 co-location centers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. 

Dubai Financial Services Authority Co-hosts Seminar On Islamic Finance

Date 01/05/2017

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) hosted a seminar on “Liquidity Generating Innovations in Islamic Finance” in conjunction with the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB). The event was held at the Ritz Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), yesterday.

DGCX Launches Shanghai Gold Futures Boosting Precious Metals Trading in April

Date 01/05/2017

The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), the region’s largest and most diversified derivatives exchange, witnessed an eventful month of trading across its precious metals, base metals and currency segments in April.

One Billion Dirhams Net Foreign Investment In ADX During The First Quarter Of 2017

Date 01/05/2017

The net foreign investments during the first quarter of 2017 in Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) reached one billion Dirhams, compared with 1.7 billion Dirhams in 2016.  Foreign investors bought 3.9 billion shares equivalent of 8 billion Dirhams, and sold 3.8 billion Dirhams equivalent of 7 billion Dirhams.

Japan Exchange Group Status Of Acquisition Of Own Shares

Date 01/05/2017

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. hereby announces the status of matters regarding acquisition of own shares pursuant to the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation and Article 459, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, which was resolved at its Board of Directors meeting held on January 30, 2017, as follows.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Volume In April 2017

Date 01/05/2017

(1) Interest Rate Futures contracts

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 138,051 ( - 48.1% MoM / - 9.4% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 6,903.