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SEC Charges Bitcoin Entrepreneur With Offering Unregistered Securities

Date 03/06/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the co-owner of two Bitcoin-related websites for publicly offering shares in the two ventures without registering them. 

Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia, 12th Meeting Of The Technology Advisory Committee, Washington, DC

Date 03/06/2014

I would like to welcome everyone to our 12th full TAC meeting since I reconstituted it in July 2010. Today we have record attendance, including members of the full Technology Advisory Committee (TAC), and members from the Data Standardization Subcommittee and the Automated and High Frequency Trading Subcommittee.

Iran Fara Bourse (IFB) Commercializes The Inventions

Date 03/06/2014

The opening ceremony of Intellectual Property Market of IFB with the presence of Vice-President of Iran Parliament, Deputy President (Technological and scientific), the Judiciary, Senior Managers of Iran Capital Market, inventors, elites and academics and also Mr. Guido Von Scheffer, CEO of IP-Strategists was held on 1th June 2014. This Market officially started its transactions on June 1, 2014 by the block trade of one patent in the field of pieces of car with the value of IRR 2 billion. Mr. Amir Hamooni, CEO of IFB said, “patents, Trademarks and Industrial Designs can be traded in this market.” He also said, “Intellectual Property Market is an opportunity to technological knowledge’s owners and patents owner in order to intellectual property be evaluated and also decreasing risks of intellectual property-based Securities market. Major goal of launching this market is to protect and flow science, thought and idea in the Iran industry. Undoubtedly, IP Market will bring about a lot of problem resolutions in commercialization, connecting science and knowledge to industry and especially in the economic development of all industries. This market could be a perfect opportunity to inventors and all active people in the industry.”

Iran Fara Bourse (IFB) Commercializes The Inventions

Date 03/06/2014

The opening ceremony of Intellectual Property Market of IFB with the presence of Vice-President of Iran Parliament, Deputy President (Technological and scientific), the Judiciary, Senior Managers of Iran Capital Market, inventors, elites and academics and also Mr. Guido Von Scheffer, CEO of IP-Strategists was held on 1th June 2014. This Market officially started its transactions on June 1, 2014 by the block trade of one patent in the field of pieces of car with the value of IRR 2 billion. Mr. Amir Hamooni, CEO of IFB said, “patents, Trademarks and Industrial Designs can be traded in this market.” He also said, “Intellectual Property Market is an opportunity to technological knowledge’s owners and patents owner in order to intellectual property be evaluated and also decreasing risks of intellectual property-based Securities market. Major goal of launching this market is to protect and flow science, thought and idea in the Iran industry. Undoubtedly, IP Market will bring about a lot of problem resolutions in commercialization, connecting science and knowledge to industry and especially in the economic development of all industries. This market could be a perfect opportunity to inventors and all active people in the industry.”

Instinet Adds Last Hour VWAP Crossing Session

Date 03/06/2014

Instinet Incorporated today announced that its Instinet, LLC US brokerage subsidiary has enhanced the intra-day VWAP Crossing session in its Crossing ATS.

CES China Cross Border Index Series Semi-Annual Review June 2014

Date 03/06/2014

China Exchanges Services Company Limited and China Securities Index Company Limited announce the following semi-annual review changes to the CES China 120 Index, CES China A80 Index and CES China HK Mainland Index. The adjustments will be implemented after the close of all relevant exchanges on 13 June 2014.

Our Supervision Overview - Speech By Clive Adamson, Director Of Supervision, The UK Financial Conduct Authority, At The General Insurance Conference, London

Date 03/06/2014

A very warm welcome to all of you to what is our first conference for the general insurance industry. The aim of today is for us to share with you our views about the industry, our overall strategy and within that more specifically, our agenda for your sector. In my opening speech I will cover what we have achieved in our first year, the key aspects of our new approach and how our experiences over the last year have informed our strategy and agenda for the sector over the next period. Following this, Martin will give an overall FCA perspective and later on Chris Woolard will cover how we see our work on competition adding a further dimension.

EPEX SPOT SE: Power Trading Results In May 2014 - Intraday Markets Surge To New Heights

Date 03/06/2014

In May 2014, a total volume of 31.3 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday markets (May 2013: 29.5 TWh). The Intraday markets reached 2,616,964 MWh, hitting the 2.6 TWh threshold for the first time. This is another all-time high after last month’s record (2,569,974 MWh) and an increase in 2%. Same applies for the 15-minute contracts on the German and Swiss Intraday markets which climbed to 430,740 MWh of traded volume. This is a 2 % increase from previous record in March 2014 (421,846 MWh). Both figures show the continuous and growing interest in power markets with flexible contracts and shorter lead-time.

PEGAS: 3 Years Of Success On The TTF Spot Market - New Volume Record In May – Reference Market For Within-Day Trading

Date 03/06/2014

Three years after its launch, the exchange gas spot market on the Dutch TTF (Title Transfer Facility) hub continues to grow at a high level. In May 2014, new records in terms of the monthly volume, the number of active trading participants and the number of registered trades were achieved on the TTF Spot Market.

BATS Global Markets May Highlights: 20.1% U.S. Equities Market Share; €411.2bn Reported To BXTR - BATS Chi-X Europe Reports 20.6% Market Share

Date 03/06/2014

 BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported May volume, market share, and monthly highlights:

• In the U.S., BATS reported 20.1% U.S. equities market share in May, up from 10.4% a year ago. BATS Options reported 3.8% market share, in line with one year ago.
• In Europe, BATS Chi-X Europe reported overall market share of 20.6%. Over the course of the month €411.2bn was reported to BATS’ trade reporting facility, BXTR, setting a new record, with a new one-day record of €26.8bn on May 13.
• On May 1, BATS Chi-X Europe successfully operated from its disaster recovery site for the first time as part of the company’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) process.
• On May 19, BATS announced that full depth-of-book order information for its EDGA and EDGX exchanges is now available on the Bloomberg Professional® service.
• On May 29, BATS unveiled new pricing and a lead market maker (LMM) program for its U.S. Listings business. With the new pricing, exchange-traded products (ETPs) that trade more than 400,000 shares per day will be eligible for a free listing on BATS Exchange.
• In the U.S., BATS continued to make progress on the Direct Edge integration and on May 5 announced the availability of member connectivity to EDGA and EDGX certification environments within the Equinix NY5 data center beginning June 2, 2013. The connection request form and additional information is available at bats.com/edgeintegration and BATS will also share updates via its Twitter feed @BATSGlobal.