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Perseus High Precision Time Scores A Win - Most Innovative New Product 2014 - Markets Media Presented The 2014 Markets Choice Awards, Recognizing Excellence In Institutional Markets Awarding ICE, Credit Suisse, Equinix, Fidelity Investments, Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg, Allianz Global Investors, And Barclays LX

Date 21/02/2014

Perseus, a leading provider of high-speed global connectivity, High Precision Time™ and Market-to-Market networks announced today Markets Media has recognized the company with the prestigious 2014 Market’s Choice Award for Most Innovative New Product. High Precision Time™ includes access to a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-certified GPS antenna as well as Network Time Protocol (NTP) and Precision Time Protocol (PTP) connectivity with nanosecond accuracy to the Coordinated Universal Time UTC (NIST) timescale. The product compliments the Perseus global network of ultra-low latency connectivity and the award winning routes from London to Brazil (LiquidPath®) across the Atlantic (QuanTA™) and microwave access in London and Chicago.

Chairman’s Address At SEC Speaks 2014, Chair Mary Jo White, Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 2014

Date 21/02/2014

Good morning.  I am very honored to be giving the welcoming remarks and to offer a few perspectives from my first 10 months as Chair.  Looking back at remarks made by former Chairs at this event, the expectation seems to be for me to talk about the “State of the SEC.”  I will happily oblige on behalf of this great and critical agency.

Moscow Exchange To Retire Quasi-Treasury Shares

Date 21/02/2014

Moscow Exchange has completed the buyback of 99,852,660 shares (representing 4.2% of its outstanding shares) from its subsidiary MICEX-Finance. Moscow Exchange intends to retire the shares and make the necessary amendments to its Charter in March.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-month Euroyen Futures - Effective From 20 February 2014

Date 21/02/2014

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current September 2014 contracts to the December 2014 contracts, effective from 20 February 2014.

CME Group Named "Best Futures Exchange" By Markets Media Magazine For The Second Year In A Row

Date 21/02/2014

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the company was named "Best Futures Exchange" by Markets Media's 2014 Market's Choice Awards, as voted by peers and customers. The award recognizes CME Group's excellence in client service and education, technology design and execution, and diverse and innovative products. 

Share Of Investors In Financial Instruments Trading On Warsaw Stock Exchange In 2013

Date 21/02/2014

• Foreign investors generated 47% of trading in equities on the WSE Main Market (-1 percentage point YoY), institutional investors 38% (+4 percentage points) and retail investors 15% (-3 percentage points).
• The years-long downtrend in the share of retail investors in trading on the Main Market reversed in H2 2013 as their market share increased from 14% to 16% in the period.
• Retail investors remained in the lead on NewConnect but the share of institutional investors increased steadily.
• The share of domestic institutions in option trading grew for another consecutive year, attesting to the professionalization of trade in this segment on WSE.

Osaka Securities Exchange Price Limits For Futures And Options Trading From March 3, 2014

Date 21/02/2014

The present setting of price limits is as below:

Nikkei 225 Futures, Nikkei 225 mini, Nikkei 300 Futures, RN Prime Index Futures, Nikkei 225 Options

The price limit range from the trade date ending on December 2, 2013 to the end of the day session on February 28, 2014.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Group’s Record-High Revenue In 2013 In Support Of Strategy WSE.2020

Date 21/02/2014

Consolidated results of the WSE Group in 2013:

• Sales revenues: PLN 283.8 million, +3.6% YoY
• Net profit: PLN 113.5 million, +6.9% YoY
• Revenues on the commodity market: PLN 76 million, +21.3% YoY
• Revenues on the financial market: PLN 205.3 million, -1.4% YoY
• EBITDA: PLN 156.9 million, +3.8% YoY
• EPS: PLN 2.70 (PLN 2.52 in 2012)

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Statement: Reminder To Investors With Investments Linked To Bernard Madoff That The Deadline For Submitting Compensation Claims Is 28 February 2014

Date 21/02/2014

Investors with investments linked to Bernard Madoff may have the opportunity to claim compensation. To check for eligibility, investors are advised to check the eligibility criteria listed on the Department for Justice web site, at :  www.madoffvictimfund.com

MCX Weekly Market Report - February 14, 2014 – February 21, 2014

Date 21/02/2014

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