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Instinet Adds Global Connectivity To Nomura’s Electronic Futures Trading Platform

Date 28/05/2014

Instinet Incorporated today announced the global availability of Nomura’s advanced electronic futures trading platform via the Newport® Execution Management System (EMS).

Implementation Monitoring For The PFMIs: First Update To Level 1 Assessment Report

Date 28/05/2014

The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have today published the first update to the Level 1 assessments of implementation monitoring for the Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMIs).

NASDAQ OMX eSpeed Brings World Class Trading Platform And Data Center To U.S. Fixed Income Market - Migration To NASDAQ OMX Data Center Enhances Trading Performance And Opportunities

Date 28/05/2014

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that eSpeed, the exchange group's leading over-the-counter platform for electronic trading in benchmark U.S. Treasuries, successfully completed performance engineering enhancements and the migration to the NASDAQ OMX Data Center. The updated platform and data center environment will provide customers with improved cost efficiencies, trading opportunities across multiple asset classes, and access to leading-edge services for market participants.

Euro Area Business Climate Indicator Increased Slightly In May

Date 28/05/2014

In May 2014 the Business Climate Indicator (BCI) for the euro area increased slightly by 0.09 points to +0.37. Managers' evaluation of the past production improved markedly, while production expectations, overallorder books and export order books booked more moderate increases. Managers' views on stocks of finished products remained broadly unchanged.

New FTSE ASEAN Index Series Provides Comprehensive Suite Of Indices Benchmarking The ASEAN Region

Date 28/05/2014

• A comprehensive suite of benchmarks with increased representativeness  of the growing ASEAN grouping
• Inclusion of Vietnamese constituents
• Reinforces FTSE’s leading position in index innovation and exchange partnerships

The Board Of Oslo Børs Approves Software Innovation For Listing

Date 28/05/2014

At its meeting on 28 May 2014, the Board of Directors of Oslo Børs resolved to admit the shares in Software Innovation Group ASA to listing on Oslo Børs.

Euronext: Visiativ Lists On Alternext In Paris

Date 28/05/2014

EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the market for SMEs, today congratulated Visiativ,an integrator and publisher of collaborative software solutions for SMEs, on its listing on Alternext in Paris.

Iran's FINEX To Be Held June 2014

Date 28/05/2014

The 8th International Exhibition of Exchange, Bank and Insurance (FINEX 2014) will be held in Tehran on 8 – 11 June 2014. The event’s venue is the Permanent Exhibition Fairground, Parkway, Tehran.

EBRD Facilitates First Carbon Credit Transaction Between Slovak Republic And Spain

Date 28/05/2014

An innovative carbon credit transaction was concluded between the governments of the Slovak Republic and Spain. Under the terms of the agreement, the Slovak Republic has allocated the proceeds from the sale of seven million Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) towards additional greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction projects in the Slovak Republic. The transaction was structured under the Green Carbon Fund of the Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund (MCCF), established and managed jointly by the EBRD and the European Investment Bank (EIB). This will help Spain to meet its emission reduction target under the Kyoto Protocol, while the Slovak Republic will reinvest these funds to further decarbonise its economy.

Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: Source GS EFI World ETF Launched On Xetra - ETF Based On “Beta Plus” Strategy With Global Equity Exposure

Date 28/05/2014

A new equity index fund from the ETF offering issued by Source has been tradable on Xetra since Wednesday.