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Direct Edge Trading Notice #12-35: Market Holiday Reminder – Labor Day

Date 28/08/2012

EDGA Exchange, Inc. and EDGX Exchange, Inc. will be closed on Monday, September 3, 2012, in observance of Labor Day. Both exchanges will resume normal trading hours on Tuesday, September 4^th. 

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen: Bank Interest Rates And Lending, Q2:2012

Date 28/08/2012

The growth rate of lending to households and corporations is decreasing, but remains positive and is clearly higher than the corresponding figure for the eurozone. Banks' margins on mortgages increased in the same period, according to the second quarterly report.

NYSE Member Firms Report Second-Quarter 2012 Results

Date 28/08/2012

New York Stock Exchange member firms that conduct business with the public reported a second-quarter 2012 after-tax profit slightly over $2.1 billion and revenues of approximately $37.0 billion, compared with a nearly $4.7 billion after-tax profit on revenues of about $42.0 billion in the first-quarter of 2012.

NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions Expands Actionable Resources For Board Community - Renews Partnership With The National Association Of Corporate Directors (NACD)

Date 28/08/2012

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the renewal of the strategic partnership between NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). This partnership reflects NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions' commitment to providing public and private companies with an expanded platform of director education and board development programs.

ICE Selects Platts Data As Basis For LNG And Other Energy Contracts

Date 28/08/2012

Platts physical energy price assessments for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and petroleum products have been selected as the basis for nine new cleared over-the-counter (OTC) swaps* contracts launched today by the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), an operator of OTC markets and futures exchanges. Platts is a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider.

NYSE Euronext: Global CEOs And U.S. Small Business Owners Believe The Next U.S. Administration Should Focus On Regulation And Corporate Taxes

Date 28/08/2012

The 8th annual NYSE Euronext CEO Report presents the thinking of a diverse set of business leaders on the global economy, business growth, job creation and the impact of the U.S. elections. Participants in the survey expressed their views on how the upcoming elections would impact business and economic growth, employment growth, regulation, the deficit and taxes and future public policy.

Closure Of Bursa Malaysia Berhad - National Day Public Holiday

Date 28/08/2012

Bursa Malaysia would like to announce that its offices will be closed on Friday, 31 August 2012  in conjunction with the National Day public holiday. The Exchange will resume its operations on Monday, 3 September 2012.

Hedge Funds’ Assets Continued To Rise In First Half Of Year, According To PerTrac Study - PerTrac Releases Update To Yearly Study On Size And Composition Of Hedge Fund Industry

Date 28/08/2012

Single-manager hedge funds, which include commodities trading advisors, withstood market swings, macroeconomic uncertainties and regulatory reforms in the first half of 2012, increasing their reported assets under management by 5.23% to $1.892 trillion, according to a study by PerTrac, the leading provider of analytics, reporting and communications software for investment professionals. This mid-year update to their annual study on the size and composition of the hedge fund industry also found a continued decline in the reported assets under management of funds of hedge funds. The amount of money invested in these investment vehicles, which allocate exclusively to hedge funds, declined by 4.92% during the first half of 2012 to $425 billion. Part of the slide in these funds’ assets can be attributed to the decline in the number of them reporting information to databases, which slipped by 3.81% to 3,259.

Warsaw Stock Offers Mobile Device Exchange Data Application

Date 28/08/2012

• WSE offers a mobile exchange data application to Apple iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android users.
• Users of mobile devices equipped with the application can access quotations, key statistics and latest news from the WSE Main Market, NewConnect and Catalyst.

CEO Of National Stock Exchange Of India Visits Qatar Exchange

Date 28/08/2012

Mr. Ravi Narain, CEO of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) today visited Qatar Exchange and met Mr. Rashid Bin Ali Al-Mansoori, Deputy CEO of Qatar Exchange, and several department directors.