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Investor Activity On Warsaw Stock Exchange Markets: May 2014

Date 03/06/2014

• The total value of trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 18.7 billion in May 2014, an increase of 7.7% year on year.
• The value of the Electronic Order Book on NewConnect increased by 22.1% year on year and stood at PLN 74.1 million in May 2014.
• The value of issues listed on Catalyst was PLN 64.7 billion in May 2014, an increase of 17.8% year on year.
• The value of trading in structured products increased by 112.9% year on year and stood at PLN 39.8 million in May 2014.
• The total volume of trading in gas was 1.3 TWh in May 2014, an increase of 135% month on month.

Thai Bourse’s New President To Strengthen Thai Capital Market Towards International Level

Date 03/06/2014

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)’s new president, Kesara Manchusree, gears up to enhance investment products, diversify to new businesses, including commodities and bonds, build long-term quality investor base, with more cooperation among other exchanges in the region, underlining the Thai bourse’s role as a regional leading exchange.

Eurex Clearing Publishes Client Clearing Documentation For Use With FIA Europe And ISDA Standard Agreements - Important Milestone To Facilitate Client On-Boarding Under The New EMIR Segregation Rules

Date 03/06/2014

Eurex Clearing, the clearing house of Deutsche Börse Group, announced today that it has extended its client clearing documentation by market standard annexes to the FOA* Client Clearing Module and the International Swap Dealers Association (ISDA)/FOA Client Clearing Addendum. The clearing house worked closely with FIA Europe, ISDA and market participants to integrate the Annex into the client clearing standard agreements. These standards can be used with immediate effect to on-board with Eurex Clearing’s EMIR compliant omnibus and individual segregation models.

Yandex To Add Listing On Moscow Exchange

Date 03/06/2014

Yandex (Nasdaq:YNDX), one of Europe's largest internet companies and the leading search provider in Russia, and Moscow Exchange today jointly announce that Yandex has received approval for listing of its Class A shares (the "Shares") in the Listing A Level 1, top quotation list on Moscow Exchange. Trading of Yandex Shares on Moscow Exchange is expected to commence on June 4, 2014 under symbol "YNDX". Quotation and settlement of the Shares will be in Russian rubles. Yandex Shares will also continue to trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

Bucharest Stock Exchange Monthly Report - Trading Value On BVB Regulated Spot Market - May 2014

Date 03/06/2014

• The indicators reflecting the trading value at BVB improved in May 2014, compared to the same month of 2013 and also in terms of YTD.

DMS Offshore Investment Services Wins 2014 Hedgeweek U.S. Award

Date 03/06/2014

For the second time this year, DMS Offshore Investment Services (DMS), the world's largest fund governance firm, has been recognized for the quality of its regulatory advisory services by the readers of Hedgeweek, the influential international hedge funds magazine.

ESMA Censures Standard & Poor’s For Internal Control Failings

Date 03/06/2014

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a public notice censuring Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services France SAS and Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services Europe Limited (S&P) for breaches of Regulation 1060/2009 (CRA Regulation).

U.S. Leads Multi-National Action Against GameOver Zeus Botnet And Cryptolocker Ransomeware, Charges Botnet Administrator

Date 02/06/2014

The Justice Department today announced a multi-national effort to disrupt the GameOver Zeus botnet—a global network of infected victim computers used by cyber criminals to steal millions of dollars from businesses and consumers—and unsealed criminal charges in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Omaha, Nebraska, against an administrator of the botnet. In a separate action, U.S. and foreign law enforcement officials worked together to seize computer servers central to the malicious software, or malware, known as Cryptolocker, a form of ransomware that encrypts the files on victims’ computers until they pay a ransom.

Presentation To The PCAOB Forum On Auditing Smaller Broker-Dealers, Kevin M. Stout, SEC Senior Associate Chief Accountant, Chicago, IL, May 28, 2014

Date 02/06/2014

PCAOB Forum on Auditing Smaller Broker-Dealers (PDF file)

OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 36 National Banks And Federal Savings Associations

Date 02/06/2014

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of May 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings. The possible ratings are outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, and substantial noncompliance.