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CFTC Staff Postpones Today’s Scheduled Public Roundtable

Date 05/03/2015

UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Is Investigating Bank Of England Liquidity Auctions

Date 05/03/2015

The SFO can confirm it is investigating material referred to it by the Bank of England concerning liquidity auctions during the financial crisis in 2007 and 2008.

BATS Global Markets February 2015 Update: Reports 8.2% U.S. Options Market Share, 20.7% U.S. Equities Market Share, 23.7% European Equities Market Share - Company Also Announced Chris Concannon To Become CEO, Joe Ratterman Chairman

Date 05/03/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported February volume, market share, and monthly highlights including its second best month on record for U.S. Options market share, which was 8.2%, up from 3.6% one year ago.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc: Announcement Of Preliminary Results For The Period Ended 31 December 2014

Date 05/03/2015

Unless stated otherwise, all figures in the highlights below relate to performance for 12 months to 31 December 2014 and comparisons with the prior 12 month period

Dubai Financial Centre (DIFC) Welcomes Bankmed & MedSecurities - First Financial Institutions In The MENA Region To Receive DIFC's Category 1 Rating

Date 05/03/2015

BankMed, one of Lebanon's leading and fastest-growing banks, announced today the official launch of its operations in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), following the bank's recent licensing by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) as Category 1- authorised financial firm.

HKEx 2014 Corporate Governance Report

Date 05/03/2015

As at 5 March 2015, the Board comprises 12 Independent Non-executive Directors, namely Mr CHOW Chung Kong (Chairman), Mr CHAN Tze Ching, Ignatius, Mr Timothy George FRESHWATER, Mr John Barrie HARRISON, Dr HU Zuliu, Fred, Mr HUI Chiu Chung, Stephen, Dr KWOK Chi Piu, Bill, Mr LEE Kwan Ho, Vincent Marshall, Mr LEE Tze Hau, Michael, Mrs LEUNG KO May Yee, Margaret, Mr John Mackay McCulloch WILLIAMSON and Mr WONG Sai Hung, Oscar, and one Executive Director, Mr LI Xiaojia, Charles, who is also HKEx’s Chief Executive.

PEGAS To Offer Straight-Through Processing Registration Service For All Its Gas Derivatives Contracts

Date 05/03/2015

As of 19 March 2015, Powernext members will have the opportunity, through all major gas brokers, to directly register their over-the-counter(OTC) transactions as exchange transactions for subsequent clearing with European Commodity Clearing (ECC). 

"Dubai And Luxembourg: Partnering To Bring You Global Opportunities" Seminar 2015 - H.E. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Vice Chairman. Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Delivers A Speech On Regional Assets Management

Date 05/03/2015

A financial delegation headed by HRH Prince Guillaume, Crown Prince of Luxembourg, accompanied by HRH Crown Princess Stéphanie, and led by HE Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Minister of Finance, was in Dubai on Tuesday, 3rd March, to promote closer collaboration between Luxembourg and the UAE in financial services in particular Dubai Financial Centre (DIFC).

Moscow Exchange: Temporary Halt Of Trading On The FX Market

Date 05/03/2015

A March 5th  outage on Moscow Exchange's FX  market  was caused by a malfunction in the operation of gateways used to access the market"s trading system. Specifically, a transaction that balanced  risk between the Exchange"s Derivatives and FX markets was executed with an error.  

Presentation By HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li And Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Kennedy On 2014 Final Results Announcement

Date 05/03/2015

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