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Financial Results Of The WSE Group In Q1 2014 - Robust Start To The Year For Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 30/04/2014

Financial results of the WSE Group in Q1 2014:

• Sales revenue: PLN 86.5 million, an increase of 9% year in year.
• Revenue on the financial market: PLN 56.0 million, an increase of 6.5% YoY
• Revenue on the commodity market: PLN 30.1 million, an increase of 15.1% YoY
• EBITDA: PLN 53.0 million, an increase of 3.2% YoY
• Net profit: PLN 37.6 million, a decrease of 10.6% YoY
• EPS: PLN 0.9 (PLN 1.0 in Q1 2013)

Comment On Financial Transaction Tax By Warwick Business School Professor Of Practice Jon Rushman

Date 30/04/2014

Warwick Business School Professor of Practice Jon Rushman, who was managing director at BlackRock before moving into academia, has researched the area of the Financial Transaction Tax.

IntercontinentalExchange Completes Successful Transition Of ICE Endex Dutch And Belgian Spot Markets To The ICE Trading Platform

Date 30/04/2014

IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE:ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that it has completed the transition of the ICE Endex Dutch and Belgian natural gas spot markets and the Dutch gas storage market to the ICE trading platform.

Moscow Exchange: FX And Precious Metals Market Margin Rates For 30 April

Date 30/04/2014

Due to 1 May being a non business day, the margin rates for the FX and precious metals markets have been increased for 30 April, in accordance with the methodology for determining these markets" risk parameters.

OKTE, HUPX, OPCOM And EPEX SPOT To Implement The PCR Solution In The 4M MC Project

Date 30/04/2014

The Slovak, Hungarian and Romanian market operators / power exchanges together with the Czech market operator are currently implementing a coupling solution for their day-ahead electricity markets (4M MC project) relying on the Price Coupling of Regions (PCR) solution, which has been operating the NWE and SWE regions since 4 February 2014. 

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For China Telecom Futures

Date 30/04/2014

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 5 May 2014, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

TheCityUK: Financial Sector Employees Almost Twice As Productive As UK Average

Date 30/04/2014

Employees in the financial and related professional services industry are almost twice as productive as the average UK worker, according to a new report from TheCityUK.

Results Of The April 2014 Euro Area Bank Lending Survey

Date 30/04/2014

• Credit standards on loans to enterprises remained broadly unchanged.
• Credit standards on loans to households for house purchase eased.
• Net demand for loans turned positive across all loan categories.
• The majority of surveyed banks assessed their current level of credit standards to be tighter than the midpoint of the range of credit standards since 2003.

PORR: Capital Increase On The Vienna Stock Exchange

Date 30/04/2014

After a small capital increase in the preceding year, PORR AG has just completed a follow-on offering on the Vienna Stock Exchange. Starting Friday, all new PORR shares will be traded in the segment standard market continuous. The capital increase has raised around EUR 119 million for the Austrian construction company. The share of free float in PORR AG will double after the transaction from 15% to around 34%. PORR AG has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1869. 

Report On The Results Of The Survey On The Access To Finance Of SMEs In The Euro Area – October 2013 To March 2014

Date 30/04/2014

• Access to finance remains an important – albeit not the most pressing – concern
• SMEs report less of a deterioration in the availability of finance from external sources
• Financing difficulties remain broadly unchanged, with substantial cross-country differences