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CBOE Futures Exchange Plans Extended Trading Hours - Two-Phase Rollout Begins In May

Date 04/04/2013

CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE^®) today announced plans to expand CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX^® index) futures trading hours — currently 7:00 a.m. CT to 3:15 p.m. CT -- in two phases, beginning in May.

TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – March 2013 - Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange

Date 04/04/2013

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for March 2013.

Platts: March U.K. Power & Gas Prices Surged - Power In Europe Little Changed Cold Snap Sparked Double-Digit Rise In Natural Gas Prices In U.K. And Europe - U.K. Power Also Spiked But Muted Response By Diversified European Power Sector

Date 04/04/2013

Day-ahead natural gas and power price rose by double digits in the United Kingdom last month on the back of cold weather, with continental Europe sharing in the gas price spike but escaping the power price climb due to greater power generation diversification, according to the monthly day-ahead prices just released by Platts, a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information.

Federal Reserve Board Finalizes Standards For Fed-Regulated Banks Engaged In Certain Types Of Foreign Exchange Transactions With Retail Customers

Date 04/04/2013

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the finalization of standards for banking organizations regulated by the Federal Reserve that engage in certain types of foreign exchange transactions with retail customers.

Bloomberg Integrates Live Twitter Feeds With Financial Platform - Bloomberg Professional Service First To Give Investors The Ability To Incorporate Tweets Into Their Decision Making Process

Date 04/04/2013

Bloomberg announced today that it is the first financial information platform to integrate real-time Twitter feeds directly into the investment workflows of market professionals. The announcement follows this week’s decision by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow companies to use social media for corporate disclosures.

Borsa Italiana Welcomes Moleskine

Date 04/04/2013

Borsa Italiana today welcomed Moleskine to STAR, the Italian market segment dedicated to midsize companies with the highest levels of transparency, corporate governance and free float offering.

ESMA Submits Its Technical Advice To The Commission On Fees For Trade Repositories

Date 04/04/2013

On 14 January 2013 ESMA received a formal request from the European Commission (the Commission) to provide technical advice to assist the Commission in formulating a Regulation on fees for Trade Repositories (TRs) by a delegated act.

Program Trading Averaged 30.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During March 25-29

Date 04/04/2013

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database.  The report includes trading on the NYSE for Mar. 25-29.

BM&FBOVESPA Publishes March Market Performance

Date 04/04/2013

• BOVESPA segment reaches record daily average of 911,623 trades
• Real Estate Funds pass the 100,000 investors milestone
• Securities lending has a monthly financial volume record of BRL 89.44 billion
• ETFs grow 14% in financial volume and 21% in number of transactions

The NASDAQ Stock Market Tops U.S. Exchanges In IPOs And Transfers In Q1 2013 - Led U.S. Market With 33 New Listings, Including 18 IPOs In The First Quarter Of 2013 - Captured Four Switches While Retaining All Currently-Listed Companies - Remains The Leading U.S. Exchange For Technology, Financial And Healthcare IPOs

Date 04/04/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that in the first quarter it welcomed 33 new listings, including 18 initial public offerings (IPO), more than any other U.S. exchange. Combined proceeds totaled more than $2.18 billion.