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Borsa Italiana Acquires Majority Stake In EuroTLX SIM S.p.A.

Date 24/09/2013

• Borsa Italiana acquires 70 per cent of EuroTLX
• Massimo Tononi appointed as Chairman and Pietro Poletto as CEO of the company

Hellenic Exchanges S.A. - Change In The Composition Of The Board Of Directors [Corrected]

Date 24/09/2013

The Board of Directors of Hellenic Exchanges, at its meeting today, elected Mr. Fokion Karavias as new non-executive member, in place of the non-executive member Mr. Konstantinos Vousvounis who resigned. Mr. Karavias is a non-executive member of the Board of Directors at Eurobank Equities, General Manager of Capital Markets & Wealth Management and a Member of the Executive and the Management Committee at Eurobank.

U.S. Federal Regulators Issue Guidance On Reporting Financial Abuse Of Older Adults

Date 24/09/2013

Seven federal regulatory agencies today issued guidance to clarify that the privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act generally permit financial institutions to report suspected elder financial abuse to appropriate authorities.

CFTC Orders Florida Company Newbridge Metals, LLC To Pay Over $1.5 Million In Restitution For Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions

Date 24/09/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Newbridge Metals, LLC, based in Boca Raton, Florida, for engaging in illegal off-exchange precious metals transactions.

MEPs Raise Suspension Of EU-US Bank Data Deal

Date 24/09/2013

MEPs raised the possibility of suspending or even terminating the EU-US Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP), during the discussion on Tuesday about the NSA's alleged tapping of the SWIFT company's international bank-transfer data at the Civil Liberties Committee's third hearing on US and EU countries' surveillance schemes.

State Street Investor Confidence Index Falls In September By 3.5 Points To 101.4

Date 24/09/2013

State Street Global Exchange today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for September 2013. 

CISI Offers Qualification For 14-16 Year Olds From September 2014

Date 24/09/2013

The CISI is delighted to announce that from September 2014 schools will be able to offer the Certificate in Fundamentals of Business and Finance to young people in full time education at key stage 4 , which is for 14-16 year olds.

Sapient Global Markets Offers New Sentiment-Based Data Management Maturity Assessment - Assessment To Help Financial Institutions Gain A Subjective, Organizational View Of Their Current-State Of Data Management Maturity

Date 24/09/2013

Sapient Global Markets, a division of Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE), today announced the “Sapient Global Markets Sentiment-Based Data Management Maturity Assessment” (DMMA). Unlike evidence based data management assessments, the DMMA evaluates stakeholder perceptions of data management maturity across the organization.

CFTC Certifies Futures Contract On S&P BSE 100 Index Submitted By BSE Ltd (BSE) - Contract May Be Offered To U.S. Persons Effective September 24, 2013

Date 24/09/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight issued a letter advising the BSE that its S&P BSE 100 Index futures contract submitted for review on August 8, 2013 is deemed certified.

ISDA And Markit Publish Cross-Border Swaps Representations On ISDA Amend - More On The The ISDA Cross-Border Representation Letter And ISDA Amend On The Dodd-Frank Documentation Initiative Page

Date 24/09/2013

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) and Markit announced today the launch of the ISDA Cross-Border Swaps Representation Letter on ISDA Amend, their joint electronic solution that facilitates compliance with certain Dodd-Frank regulatory requirements.