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Direct Edge Regulatory Notice #12-03: Telemarketing Rules - Effective June 29, 2012

Date 16/05/2012

Overview

This Regulatory Notice (the “Notice”) serves to inform Members of EDGA Exchange, Inc. and EDGX Exchange, Inc. (together, the “Exchanges”) that beginning on Friday, June 29, 2012, the Exchanges will be implementing new rules  that impose certain requirements in accordance with rules promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) pursuant to the Telemarketing Consumer Fraud and Prevention Act of 1994.

Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee, April 24-25, 2012

Date 16/05/2012

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on April 24-25, 2012. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the April 24-25, 2012 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.

CEO Of The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange To Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell To Commence The 5th TASE And NASDAQ Investor Conference At NASDAQ MarketSite

Date 16/05/2012

Ester Levanon, Chief Executive Officer ofthe Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange will preside over The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell to officially commence the 5^th TASE and NASDAQ Investor Conference which will take place at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square on May 17.

European Central Bank Operations During Demonstrations Planned In Frankfurt

Date 16/05/2012

In view of the demonstrations planned in the city of Frankfurt in the course of the next few days, the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has taken the necessary steps to ensure that the ECB remains operational, with the objective of fulfilling its mission.

Burgundy CCP Interoperability With EuroCCP - Project Update

Date 16/05/2012

Participants will be able to start testing from Monday 21 May 2012, and are invited to contact Burgundy - support@burgundy.se  and EuroCCP Account Administration Team –euroccpaa@dtcc.com, who will provide them with all the relevant documentation and support.

Michel BARNIER Member Of The European Commission Responsible For Internal Market And Services Competitiveness — The Key To Growth In A Strong Europe Ceremony To Award The Charlemagne Prize To Wolfgang Schäuble Aachen, 16 May 2012

Date 16/05/2012

Ladies and Gentlemen,

May I start by thanking the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize and its Chairman, Michael Jansen, and the Mayor of Aachen, Marcel Philipp, for this invitation.

New Supervisory Board Elected At Deutsche Börse AG - Dr Joachim Faber Is Chairman, Gerhard Roggemann Deputy

Date 16/05/2012

The shareholders of Deutsche Börse AG elected the company’s new Supervisory Board at the AGM today. The Supervisory Board members then elected Dr Joachim Faber as Chairman and Gerhard Roggemann as deputy. Faber takes over the office from Dr Manfred Gentz (70) who is retiring from the board. Elections were held for the entire Supervisory Board and Chair due to the expiry of the existing terms of office.

BME To Offer Co-Location Service For Market Members - The Service Makes The Spanish Stock Exchange One Of The Most Accessible In The World

Date 16/05/2012

BME announced today it will offer co-location services to all its Members,  after expanding its communication infrastructure and IT systems in its Data  Processing Centre, in Madrid.  In addition, BME will provide high-tech  facilities to house Member’s automatic trading systems. The goal of this service  is to improve the speed of access to the Spanish market, in this way enhancing  liquidity and improving price formation.

smartTrade Technologies Powers FXSpotStream - smartTrade Provides Liquidity Aggregation Technology For Newly Launched Market Utility

Date 16/05/2012

smartTrade Technologies today announced that FXSpotStream LLC, the recently announced multibank Spot FX price aggregation service, is powered by smartTrade’s Liquidity Management System.

AMF And ACP Academic Symposium: “The Consequences Of The Financial Crisis On Household Savings And Distribution Of Financial Products”

Date 16/05/2012

Savings and retail investment are essential to the effective working of the economy and are, more thanever before, central to the preoccupations of all the actors on financial markets, especially at a time when banking and insurance players are under pressure from major prudential reforms. Against this backdrop, the AMF and ACP decided to dedicate their academic symposium to the consequences of the financial crisis on household savings and distribution of financial products.