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Klépierre Lists On Euronext Amsterdam

Date 15/01/2015

Euronext today welcomed Klépierre, a leading European commercial real estate company, to its Amsterdam market. Trading in the Klépierre shares (ticker symbol: LI) on the Amsterdam market started this morning.

Moscow Exchange: Extended List Of Instruments In Inter-Month Spreads

Date 15/01/2015

National Clearing Center extends the list of Derivatives market instruments with initial margin preferences for counter-positions.

CME Group And GFI Group Announce Revised Offer For GFI Group Stockholders To Receive $5.60 Per GFI Group Share

Date 15/01/2015

• Private Consortium of GFI Group Management to Increase Cash Payment for GFI's IDB Business to $282M from $254M Plus the Assumption at Closing of Approximately $77M in Unvested Deferred Compensation Liability to Employees
• Increased Consideration Passed Entirely to Holders of GFI Stock Excluding GFI Group Management Consortium Who Will Receive Only $5.25 per Share

Guggenheim Securities Receives Regulatory Approval For Its Acquisition Of Former Lazard Capital Markets London Operations

Date 15/01/2015

Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, today announced that it has received regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK for Guggenheim's acquisition of the London operations of FM Partners Holdings, formerly known as Lazard Capital Markets International Limited.

Misys Extends Trade Reporting Capabilities To DTCC Global Trade Repository And Adds Support For Commodities - Hosted Regulatory Reporting Service From Misys Now Set For Global Reporting

Date 15/01/2015

Misys, a leading provider of software solutions to financial services institutions, announces that it has added connectivity to DTCC for its Misys Regulatory Reporting Service. This gives corporates, fund managers and smaller banks the choice of multiple trade repositories that they can automatically connect to so that they can meet their regulatory reporting requirements. Support for commodities reporting has also been added, as well as compliance with new tighter validation rules.

Swiss National Bank Discontinues Minimum Exchange Rate And Lowers Interest Rate To –0.75% - Target Range Moved Further Into Negative Territory

Date 15/01/2015

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is discontinuing the minimum exchange rate of CHF 1.20 per euro. At the same time, it is lowering the interest rate on sight deposit account balances that exceed a given exemption threshold by 0.5 percentage points, to −0.75%. It is moving the target range for the three-month Libor further into negative territory, to between –1.25% and −0.25%, from the current range of between −0.75% and 0.25%.

BME Announces Its Dividend Payment Dates For 2015

Date 15/01/2015

BME informs that its dividend payment dates for the year 2015 are as follows:

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For London Copper And Zinc Mini Futures Contracts

Date 15/01/2015

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 19 January 2015, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

BME Launches Enhanced Services To The Spanish Equity Derivatives Market - Clients Benefit From Capital Efficiencies

Date 15/01/2015

BME is pleased to announce the launch of new services provided to the Spanish equity derivatives market. Though some of these have been in place since 2011, MEFF and BME Clearing have expanded and enhanced them since then, including flexible products.

Shanghai Gold Exchange And World Gold Council Partner To Develop The Shanghai Free Trade Zone As A Global Gold Market

Date 15/01/2015

Today, the Shanghai Gold Exchange and the World Gold Council, the market development organisation for the gold industry, signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ regarding a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Agreement.’ The Shanghai Gold Exchange is the largest physical gold exchange worldwide and the World Gold Council is the global authority on the gold industry. Together, these two organisations are joining hands to support the development of both domestic and international gold trading in China by leveraging the opportunity provided by the internationalisation of the Chinese gold market, through the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, to support market expansion. The agreement will support the development of gold investment products and solutions for the industry and investors both regionally and globally.