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FESE‐CFA Institute Joint Seminar On Long‐Term Growth: European Exchanges Call For EU Action To Increase SME Listings In Europe

Date 21/02/2013

The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) has organised a seminar with CFA Institute on 21st February 2013 in Brussels, focusing on the actions needed to improve the EU capital markets’ ability to  finance long‐term economic growth. FESE’s partnership with CFA  Institute in  this  joint seminar underscores the common ideal shared by stock exchanges and investors, which is fair, safe, and liquid markets that enable growth. The seminar is aimed at contributing to the EU discussion being launched by the European Commission’s upcoming Green Paper on long‐term investment and specifically focuses on investments in smaller companies. In recognition of the increasing constraints on bank lending available to SMEs, participants discussed how Europe can help SMEs get better access to both private and public equity and public bonds for SMEs.

GETCO And Knight Announce Management Team For Combined Firm

Date 21/02/2013

GETCO Holding Company, LLC ("GETCO") and Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KCG, "Knight") yesterday announced the management team of the new public company that will own GETCO and Knight upon completion of their pending transaction. As previously disclosed, the combined firm will be led by Daniel Coleman, Chief Executive Officer of GETCO. Thomas M. Joyce, currently Knight's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will serve as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.

FESE‐CFA Institute Joint Seminar On Long‐Term Growth: European Exchanges Call For EU Action To Increase SME Listings In Europe

Date 21/02/2013

The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) has organised a seminar with CFA Institute on 21st February 2013 in Brussels, focusing on the actions needed to improve the EU capital markets’ ability to finance long‐term economic growth. FESE’s partnership with CFA Institute in this joint seminar underscores the common ideal shared by stock exchanges and investors, which is fair, safe, and liquid markets that enable growth. The seminar is aimed at contributing to the EU discussion being launched by the European Commission’s upcoming Green Paper on long‐term investment and specifically focuses on investments in smaller companies. In recognition of the increasing constraints on bank lending available to SMEs, participants discussed how Europe can help SMEs get better access to both private and public equity and public bonds for SMEs.

Thomson Reuters And Chartwell Compliance To Offer Compliance Solutions To Small And Mid-Market Us Financial Services Providers

Date 21/02/2013

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that it has entered into an alliance partner agreement with Chartwell Compliance, a Washington-based provider of consulting, testing and outsourcing services in the areas of regulatory compliance, financial crimes prevention, and enterprise risk management.

MTS Licences Lyxor For MTS Spain Government Bond Index

Date 21/02/2013

• Lyxor listed new ETF tracking the index this week
• First MTS index to measure the performance of Spanish government bonds
• Transparency of methodology and accuracy of index calculation meet highest industry standards

Boerse Stuttgart Extends Trading Hours To 22.00 Hours CET

Date 21/02/2013

The trading hours for all German and international equities, participation certificates, investment fund units and exchange-traded products are to be extended with effect from 1 March 2013.

Share Of Investors in Financial Instrument Trading On Warsaw Stock Exchange In 2012

Date 21/02/2013

• Investor structure on WSE’s Main Market in equities in 2012 was similar to 2011; retail investors generated 18% of trading (no change YoY); institutional investors, 34% (-1 percentage point); and foreign investors, 48% (+1 percentage point).
• Retail investors once again made the biggest contribution to trading in futures (47%) while the share of foreign investors grew steadily (17%, a historical high).
• Retail investors were in the lead on NewConnect, similar to previous years.

Lahore Stock Exchange Is Organizing A “Roundtable Listed Companies” On Monday, February 25, 2013 - Director Securities Market Division (Secp) Mr. Amir Khan Afridi Will Be The Chief Guest

Date 21/02/2013

The Lahore Stock Exchange is facilitating the capital formation process through primary market regulatory functions and also by providing a liquid, fully automated and well regulated secondary market.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Group Financial Results for 2012 - Strategy of Revenue Diversification Brings Positive Results

Date 21/02/2013

The revenues of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Group increased to a record-high level of PLN 273.8 million in 2012, an increase of 1.9% compared to 2011 driven by the WSE’s acquisition of the Polish Power Exchange (PolPX), Poland’s only licensed energy exchange, in 2012. As a result of PolPX consolidation as of March 2012, the revenues of the WSE Group from the commodity market increased from PLN 2 million in 2011 to PLN 62.6 million in 2012. For the same reason, the WSE Group’s operating expenses (PLN 148.5 million) increased by nearly 10.8%; however, WSE alone reduced its operating expenses by 7.0% to PLN 114.9 million.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Formally Accepts UTP System - The Warsaw Stock Exchange Has Formally Accepted The Universal Trading Platform (UTP) From NYSE Technologies

Date 21/02/2013

The Warsaw Stock Exchange announces the successful completion of the acceptance process of the trading system UTP. As an important element of the process, functional and technical acceptance tests have been completed with a positive outcome. The completion of this stage of the project means that the new trading system has entered the last phase of preparations before the production launch on 15 April 2013.