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Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange: February 2015

Date 02/03/2015

• Trading turnover in the first two months of 2015: CHF 300.1 billion (+43.4% versus the same period a year earlier)
• Average trading turnover per day since the start of the year: CHF 7.5 billion (+47.0%)
• Sunrise Communications Group now listed on SIX Swiss Exchange

FINRA Foundation Military Spouse Fellowship Application Period Open From March 2 to April 17 - Program Helps Military Spouses Foster Their Own Careers And Maintain Financial Readiness In Military Communities

Date 02/03/2015

Now in its tenth year, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation's Military Spouse Fellowship Program has opened the application process for its 2015 class of  military spouses. The FINRA Foundation Spouse Fellowship Program provides military spouse recipients with the education and training needed to earn the Accredited Financial Counselor® (AFC®) designation. Military spouses can apply until April 17, 2015, to become a member of the 2015 class of fellows.

Launch Of Access Point In London - SIX Swiss Exchange Increases Its Client Focus By Introducing An Additional Cost-Efficient Connectivity Option For Participants Located In The UK

Date 02/03/2015

Today, SIX Swiss Exchange launches its Access Point service in London. This additional connectivity option offers participants more flexibility to choose the ideal setup that meets their requirements, strengthens their solutions and allows them to take advantage of the outstanding liquidity across our wide range of attractive trading segments.

OVS Floats On Borsa Italiana’s Main Market

Date 02/03/2015

• Company raises €414 million
• Second debut of the year on MTA

Pemex, The Mexican Oil Company, Has Listed Its First Bonds On The Irish Stock Exchange’s GEM

Date 02/03/2015

Pemex, the Mexican state-owned petroleum company, and one of the largest companies in Latin America, has listed its first debt instruments on the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE). This offering of Mexican debt securities, also known as Cebures (Certificados Bursátiles), is denominated in Mexican Pesos (Ps) and valued at Ps 25.3bn. The securities are part of a fungible issue of three debt listings on the ISE’s Global Exchange Market (GEM).

In Collaboration With The UN Global Compact And The Egyptian Exchange; UN Women Launches The Global Campaign “Ring The Bell” In Egypt

Date 02/03/2015

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in collaboration with the UN Global Compact and the Egyptian Exchange, launched the global campaign “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality” in sustainable development and businesses by ringing the opening bell of the Egypt Exchange.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For Non-Principal Futures

Date 02/03/2015

As per p.8 of Principal and non-principal futures listing Methodology (approved by NCC Management Board 29 May 2014) on 03/02/2015, 19-00 (MSK) Xi parameter for non-principal futures were changed:

European Banking Authority Publishes New DPM And XBRL Taxonomy For Remittance Of Supervisory Reporting As Of 30 June 2015

Date 02/03/2015

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a new XBRL taxonomy to be used by competent authorities for remittance of data under the EBA Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. The new taxonomy will have as reference date 30 June 2015 onwards and will be used for the first reports on additional liquidity monitoring metrics and supervisory benchmarking. The new taxonomy presents the data items, business concepts, relations, visualisations and validation rules described by the EBA Data Point Model (DPM) which are contained in the ITS on supervisory reporting and in the EBA Guidelines on definitions and templates on funding plans.

Average Daily Volume Of 7.6 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In February

Date 02/03/2015

European Banking Authority Delivers Benchmarking Package

Date 02/03/2015

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published a set of papers for benchmarking the internal approaches that EU institutions use to calculate own-funds requirements for credit and market risk exposures. The EBA final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) specify in detail the framework for EU institutions and competent authorities to carry out the annual supervisory benchmarking foreseen by the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV). The EBA also issued its response to a call for advice by the European Commission's on the benchmarking process. This work is part of the EBA's efforts to address possible inconsistencies in the calculation of risk weighted assets (RWAs) across the EU Single Market and to ultimately restore confidence in EU banks' capital and internal models.