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TRAFiX Joins IPC’s Rapidly Growing Equities And Derivatives Marketplace

Date 27/04/2016

IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialised communications and managed network-as-a-service solutions for the financial trading community, today announced that it continues to grow its rapidly expanding financial marketplace with the addition of TRAFiX to the IPC Financial Markets Network (FMN). IPC’s diverse ecosystem of buy-side and sell-side firms can now reliably connect to the TRAFiX OMS, EMS and Managed FIX Routing Solution to trade equities, options and complex derivatives. 

Moscow Exchange Launches New Transactional Binary Protocol For Derivatives Market

Date 27/04/2016

Starting from 25 April 2016, TWIME, a new transactional binary protocol for the derivatives market, will be available for Moscow Exchange trading clients. 

STOXX Limited Wins “Most Innovative ETF Index Provider Europe” Award For The Seventh Time

Date 27/04/2016

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced that it has been named “Most Innovative ETF Index Provider Europe” in 2015 by exchangetradedfunds.com. This is the seventh consecutive year that STOXX has received this award, which was presented at the 12th Annual ETF Global Awards Dinner and Workshop hosted by exchangetradedfunds.com in New York on Apr. 21. Award winners were determined by votes cast in the industry and statistical rankings conducted by well-known ETF analysts, making the results an accurate representation of the views of the industry.

BGC Partners Reports First Quarter 2016 Financial Results, BGC Declares Quarterly Dividend, Conference Call To Discuss Results Scheduled For 10:00 AM ET Today

Date 27/04/2016

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "BGC," or "the Company"), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.   

With The Listing Of QFB , The Number Of Listed Companies On Qatar Stock Exchange Reaches 44

Date 27/04/2016

Today, Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Qatar First Bank “QFB” was listed on Qatar Exchange (QSE) to raise the number of listed companies to 44.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Result Of AGM

Date 27/04/2016

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 27 April 2016 were passed by shareholders.  Resolutions 1 - 18 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 19 - 21 as Special Resolutions.  

Rashid Al Baloushi Becomes A Member Of The Arab Federation Of Exchanges’ Executive Committee

Date 27/04/2016

Mr. Rashid Al Baloushi, CEO of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, has been selected by the members of the Arab Federation of Exchanges to become a member in the Federation’s Executive Committee. The selection took place during the meeting of the Arab Federation of Exchanges’ annual conference in Amman, Jordan on the 26th of April, 2016.

United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: Leave.EU Questioned On EU Referendum

Date 27/04/2016

The Treasury Committee hears from the Co-Founders of Leave.EU.

It was previously announced that the Committee would be taking evidence from the Chancellor as part of its EU inquiry on Thursday 28 April 2016. This evidence session has now been postponed to a future date to be confirmed.

Nasdaq Reports Record Quarterly Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share - Company Delivers Non-GAAP EPS Growth Of 14% Year-Over-Year

Date 27/04/2016

• Achieved record non-GAAP: operating and net income, as well as diluted EPS for the first quarter of 2016.
• Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.91 for the first quarter of 2016, an increase of 14% compared to the first quarter of 2015.  First quarter 2016 GAAP diluted EPS was $0.78.
• Net revenues¹ were $534 million in the first quarter of 2016, up 5% year-over-year.  On an organic basis, excluding the impact of foreign exchange and acquisitions, net revenues increased 4% year-over-year.
• Non-GAAP operating margin was 48% in the first quarter of 2016, versus 46% in the prior year period.
• In the first quarter of 2016, Nasdaq announced a 28% dividend increase and repurchased $29 million of common stock.  Through dividends and buybacks, Nasdaq returned $70 million to shareholders in the period.
• Nasdaq’s Board of Directors authorized an additional $370 million in share repurchases, bringing the total remaining value authorized to $500 million.

OECD Study Finds Britons Will Be Paying A Heavy “Brexit Tax” For Many Years If UK Leaves EU

Date 27/04/2016

A UK exit from the EU would immediately hit confidence and raise uncertainty which would result in GDP being 3% lower by 2020, which equates to GBP 2200 per household. The OECD states that such costs are already piling up in a new study released today.