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BBVA Open Talent Reveals European Finalists To Participate In Next Bank Europe - Top 20 Startups Have Been Selected To Pitch Their Business Ideas At The Next Bank Europe Conference In Barcelona

Date 18/08/2014

BBVA, the Spanish financial services group has named the 20 finalists for the European leg of the global startup competition, BBVA Open Talent. The finalists will present their startup projects to an audience of business executives, entrepreneurs and investors at the Next Bank Europeconference in Barcelona on 18th-19th September 2014.

TriOptima Compression Reaches $500 Trillion In Eliminated Notional Principal

Date 18/08/2014

TriOptima, provider of OTC derivative post trade services, today announces that market participants have eliminated $500 trillion in notional principal outstanding since it introduced triReduce, its multilateral compression service, in 2003.

26 New Sponsored Funds Launched - Bank Julius Baer Extends The Offering Of Sponsored Funds On SIX Swiss Exchange To 326 Products

Date 18/08/2014

As of today, 26 additional Sponsored Funds can be traded on SIX Swiss Exchange. The new investment funds from six providers expand the existing broad range of asset classes with the interesting investment theme of catastrophe bonds. Investors now have a choice of 326 funds from 70 different providers.

Building A Home For Investors By Listening, Communicating And Messaging - Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s Open House Program For Investors

Date 18/08/2014

On August 14, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”) organized an open house program for investors and the new building of SZSE for the first time welcomed over 30 representatives ofthe Home for Investors. The Home for Investors is an investor organization formed by SZSE with the aim of hearing opinions and suggestions of relevant investors before putting forward major regulations or rules that might have impact on their rights and interests, thus improving the pertinence, effectiveness and scientificity of innovation measures. Representative investors will be selected to join the Home for Investors by SZSE according to the development situation of the market and statistics of investors. The first session are formed by 60 representative investors of various types coming from 30 cities nationwide.

Bursa Malaysia Issues Public Consultation Paper On Rule Changes To Accord Flexibility For Non-Face-To-Face Account Opening

Date 18/08/2014

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the Exchange”) has issued a Public Consultation Paper to seek public feedback on the proposal to simplify the requirements on the opening of trading and securities accounts for individual investors.

MNI Indicators: China Business Sentiment Highest Since October 2011 - Production And New Orders Underpin Confidence

Date 18/08/2014

Business confidence improved for the fourth consecutive month in August to the highest for nearly three years, in spite of growing pessimism that the recent improvement in growth, following the government’s supportive measures, could be short lived.

Singapore Fixed Income Indices (SFI) Weekly

Date 18/08/2014

Below are key highlights for the week ending 15 August 2014:

• The SFI remained unchanged.
• YTD, the STI currently outperorms the SFI by 1.36%.
• The SFI Corporate Bond Index rose marginally (+0.20%).  Conversely, the SFI Government Bond Index declined (-0.14%).
• The SFI Industrial Bond Index reached an all-time high (128.37) on Thursday, 14 August before closing the week at 128.36.
• YTD, 55 debt issuances have been added to the SFI Corporate Bond Index.  The tenure of these issuances largely fell within 3 to 5 years and 5 to 7 years.

DFM Achieves 011% Compliance In Local Company Disclosures Of Q2-2014 Results

Date 17/08/2014

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that itslisted local public joint stock companies have recorded a 100% compliance regarding the disclosure of Q2-2014 results within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the period.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report For Week Ending August 15, 2014

Date 16/08/2014

A turnover of 1.367 billion shares worth N13.295 billion in 23,973 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of The Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.430 billion shares valued at N20.185 billion that exchanged hands last week in 26,289 deals.

Tennessee CEO Sentenced To Serve 14 Years In Prison For $18 Million Ponzi Scheme

Date 15/08/2014

The former chief executive officer of Hanover Corporation was sentenced today to serve 14 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $14,784,983.75 in restitution for orchestrating an $18 million Ponzi scheme.