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European Commission: Building The Energy Union: Key Electricity Interconnection Between France And Spain Completed

Date 20/02/2015

Today Miguel Arias Cañete, the European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, together with Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain, and Manuel Valls, the Prime Minister of France, and with the participation of José Manuel Soria López, the Spanish Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism and Mario Monti, European Coordinator of the project, attended the inauguration of the Santa Llogaia – Baixàs power line. The inauguration takes place in Montesquieu-des-Albères on the French border and in Castillo de Perelada on the Spanish border. This power line, a project of common European interest, doubles the existing electricity interconnection capacity between France and Spain, from 1400 megawatt to 2800 megawatt, and helps connecting the power system of the Iberian Peninsula to other European energy markets. The project has received €255 million EU support under the European Energy Programme for Recovery.
BGC Partners And GFI Group Reach Agreement GFI Board Supports BGC's $6.10 Per Share Tender Offer - GFI Board Recommends That GFI Stockholders Tender Their Shares to BGC - BGC to Appoint 6 out of 8 Directors On Expanded GFI Board - Stockholders Representing Almost 48% Of GFI Common Shares Supported Tender Offer - BGC Extends Tender Offer Deadline To February 26, 2015; No Further Extensions Expected - GFI Stockholders Who Miss the February 26 Deadline May Have To Wait Until Restriction Lapses On January 30, 2016 For An Opportunity To Receive $6.10 Per Share

Date 20/02/2015

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners" or "BGC"), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, and GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: GFIG) ("GFI Group" or "GFI"), a leading intermediary and provider of trading technologies and support services to the global OTC and listed markets, today announced that they have entered into a tender offer support agreement in which GFI's board of directors unanimously agreed to support BGC's tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of GFI common stock at $6.10 per share in cash.
Moscow Exchange Markets Closed February 23

Date 20/02/2015

Moscow Exchange"s markets will be closed 23 February to observe a public holiday in Russia.
Award For The First Foreign Direct Participant In KDPW

Date 20/02/2015

During the Stock Exchange Review of the Year Gala, the KDPW Group presented its awards for participants for 2014. One of the recipients was Raiffeisen Bank International from Vienna – the first foreign participant opening an omnibus account directly in KDPW. The account is used to hold the securities of the bank’s clients, registered in KDPW and traded on the Polish market.
Black South Africans Hold At Least 23% Of The Top 100 Companies Listed On The Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Date 20/02/2015

As at end 2013, black South Africans hold at least 23% of the Top 100 companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The shares held by black investors includes 10% held directly (largely through BEE schemes) and 13% through mandated investment (mostly through individuals contributing to pension funds, unit trusts and life policies).

Rolling Out: Financial Democracy - Across The UK

Date 20/02/2015

The world’s first Venture Funding Hubs, launched today (Monday 23rd Feb) from Committee Room 6 in Parliament, will take financial democracy not to just London but to Manchester and Sheffield and across the north - where the team behind one of the most exciting innovations in funding, is mostly based.
Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report Week Ending 20th February, 2015

Date 20/02/2015

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading report for the week ending 20th February, 2015.
WSE: 2014 Polish Capital Market Leader Awards

Date 20/02/2015

The 2014 Stock Market Review Gala was held at the Warsaw Stock Exchange yesterday.
Traiana Wins Market Choice Award - Best New Clearing Product – Traiana Harmony CCP Connect For Equities

Date 20/02/2015

Traiana, the leading provider of pre trade risk and post trade processing solutions, announces today that its CCP Connect for Equities service has won Markets Media’s Best New Clearing Product award at the annual Market Choice Awards on 19 February 2015. The Markets Choice Awards are decided by a combination of editorial research and online feedback, in conjunction with the Markets Media Advisory Board.
TOCOM Foreign Customer Trades Ratio Rises To 48.4% Of Total Volume In January - Renewed

Date 20/02/2015

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc announced today that the January 2015 monthly volume of customer trades (combined sell & buy orders) originating overseas (2,004,153 contracts) accounted for 48.4 percent of the total trades (4,139,082 contracts), which renewed the all-time high ratio in three consecutive months. The volume of foreign customer trades and its proportion in the total trades on TOCOM markets started increasing significantly after the launch of the current trading platform and night session in May 2009. It has gone from 11 percent to 48.4 percent in the past five years.