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H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad: NASDAQ Dubai Murabaha Manifests Collaboration Among Dubai's Economic Components

Date 01/04/2014

Dubai has launched a new comprehensive Islamic Murabaha platform to provide local and regional banks with Shariah compliant financing solutions as part of Dubai's Islamic Economy vision.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #14-10: EDGA And EDGX April Fee Schedule Changes

Date 01/04/2014

Effective Tuesday, April 1, 2014, EDGA ExchangeSM (EDGA®) and EDGX ExchangeSM (EDGX®) will update the rate for the following flags, pending filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

NASDAQ OMX Iceland’s Leading Index Expanded To Eight Constituents

Date 01/04/2014

NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced the expansion of NASDAQ OMX Iceland’s leading index, OMX Iceland 6 (OMXI6ISK), from six companies to eight. The update will become effective at the market open on 1 July 2014 as part of the semi-annual review of the index. At the same time the name and symbol of the index will be updated to reflect the increased number of constituents. The new name of the index will be OMX Iceland 8 (OMXI8).

Average Daily Volume Of 9.4 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In March - New Monthly All-Time Highs In Eurex KOSPI Product, Dividend-Based Derivatives And RDX Futures And Options

Date 01/04/2014

Turnover At Deutsche Börse’s Cash Markets At 120.2 Billion Euros In March

Date 01/04/2014

Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at €120.2 billion in March (March 2013: €97.3 billion). Of the €120.2 billion, €110.1 billion were attributable to Xetra (March 2013: €89.6 billion). €5.1 billion were attributable to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (March 2013: €4.3 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €5.0 billion in March (March 2013: €3.3 billion).

Nordic Growth Market NGM AB: March Turnover Exceeds 5.7 Billion SEK (646 Million Euro) At NGM

Date 01/04/2014

March marked another strong month for NGM. The total turnover of 5.7 billion SEK (646 million Euro) exceeds even January’s numbers and represents an increase of 45 percent compared to March last year.

Baringa Looks To Capital Markets Growth With Appointment Of New Partner Simon Anderson

Date 01/04/2014

Baringa Partners, the management consultancy specialising in the commodities, energy and financial services sectors, today announced the appointment of Simon Anderson as a Partner within the Markets & Trading (M&T) business unit.

EEX Trading Results In March - Power Volume Increased 38 Percent Year-On-Year – Record In Trade Registration For Italian Power Futures – Increase On The EUA Secondary Derivatives Market

Date 01/04/2014

In March 2014, the total volume in power derivatives on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) amounted to 132.0 TWh which is an increase of 38 percent compared to the same month of the previous year (March 2013: 95.7 TWh).

MAS Obtains Default Judgement Of $2.97M Against Norman Phua Chun Han For Insider Trading And Employment Of Manipulative And Deceptive Devices

Date 01/04/2014

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) commenced civil penalty court action against Mr Norman Phua Chun Han and has been awarded a default judgment of $2,965,414.75 against Mr Phua, comprising a civil penalty amount of $2,865,414.75, for insider trading under Section 218(2)(a) and/or Section 218(2)(b) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA), and $100,000, for the employment of manipulative and deceptive devices in connection with the purchase and sale of securities under Section 201(b) of the SFA.

SGX Derivatives Market Re-Starts After Hardware Interruption

Date 01/04/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today suspended trading on its derivatives market at 4.15 pm Singapore time due to a network hardware interruption, and the market re-started trading at 7.45 pm.