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Fidessa's Equities Trading Platform Wins Award For Innovation

Date 25/02/2016

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that it has been voted Best Equities Trading Platform for Innovation at the annual Wall Street Letter Institutional Trading Awards, which were held in New York this week. These prestigious awards recognize excellence among providers to the institutional trading industry for achievements over the past year.

Deutsche Börse: BME To Acquire Full Ownership Of Infobolsa

Date 25/02/2016

The Board of Directors of BME, in compliance with the Spanish law, today agreed to acquire full ownership of Infobolsa, S.A from Deutsche Börse AG, following an ongoing process of negotiations that has taken place over the last few months. BME has executed the acquisition today. The agreement also includes the acquisition of Infobolsa’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Difubolsa – Serviços de Difusão e Informação de Bolsa, S.A. and Infobolsa Deutschland GmbH. Consequently, BME, through Infobolsa, will also become the owner of Open Finance, S.L.

Nasdaq Completes Acquisition Of Marketwired

Date 25/02/2016

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the completion of its acquisition of Marketwired, a leading global provider of news distribution services and analytics for communications professionals. 

Record-High Annual Revenue Positions GPW Group For Further Dynamic Growth

Date 25/02/2016

• GPW Group’s historically highest annual revenue at PLN 327.9 million (+3.3% YoY)
• Net profit up by 10.2% YoY and EBITDA by 9.4% YoY in 2015 despite a demanding market environment
• Strict cost regime in 2015 resulting in a decrease of operating expenses by 4.0% YoY and a reduction of the cost/income ratio to 53.2%

BME: Jorge Yzaguirre, New Chairman Of AIAF And Manuel Ardanza, New Chairman Of MAB - Replacing Francisco Oña And Antonio Giralt In These Positions

Date 25/02/2016

BME has appointed the current director of the Equities and Derivatives markets operated by BME, Jorge Yzaguirre, as the new Chairman of AIAF, BME’s Private Fixed Income market, replacing Francisco Oña, who steps down on retirement grounds.

Share Of Investors In Financial Instrument Trade On Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) In 2015

Date 25/02/2016

• Foreign investors generated 52% of trade in shares on the Main Market in 2015 (+3 percentage points YoY), institutional investors 36% (-2 percentage points YoY), and individual investors 12% (-1 percentage point YoY)
• Individual investors remained in the lead on NewConnect and generated 75% of trade (+5 percentage points YoY); the share of institutional investors in trade on NewConnect was 19% (-4 percentage points YoY), and the share of foreign investors 6% (-1 percentage point YoY)
• Domestic individual investors remained in the lead on the derivatives market in 2015

MAS Amends The Singapore Code On Take-Overs And Mergers

Date 25/02/2016

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), on the advice of the Securities Industry Council (the Council), has issued a revised Code on Take-overs and Mergers (Code) pursuant to section 139(6) of the Securities and Futures Act.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Executive Director, Intermediaries Division

Date 25/02/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announces that Ms Julia Leung, currently Executive Director, Investment Products, will succeed Mr James Shipton as Executive Director, Intermediaries Division with effect from 19 June 2016.

Cyprus Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin January 2016

Date 25/02/2016

Click here to download Cyprus Stock Exchange's monthly bulletin for January 2016.

First Crowdfunded Security To Be Traded On A Secondary Market In Europe - Euronext Expert Market As Secondary Market For Crowdfunding Instruments

Date 25/02/2016

Today, the first buy and sell orders of a crowdfunded security were placed on the Euronext Expert Market (Public Auction), an electronic trading platform for non-listed securities. These orders will lead to the first secondary transaction in a crowdfunding instrument on a transparent and secure trading platform in Europe, which will take place on Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 11.30am CET, as a result of matching the outstanding orders. The traded instruments are participatory notes in the Belgian company Domobios, issued by the crowdfunding platform MyMicroInvest. This first trade opens new perspectives for crowdfunding investors looking to transfer their participation to a third party in a secure and transparent environment.