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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.

Dubai Financial Market Achieves 100% Compliance In Quarterly Results Disclosure Of UAE Companies

Date 16/05/2012

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that its UAE listed companies recorded 100% compliance in disclosing their Q1 – 2012 financial results within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the period.

FINRA Warns Investors Of Nutraceutical Stock Scams

Date 16/05/2012

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a new Investor Alert called Nutraceutical Stock Scams—Don't Supplement Your Portfolio With These Companies to warn investors about stock scams related to companies selling everything from fortified foods and energy drinks to "natural" medicines. Like many investment scams, pitches for nutraceutical stocks may arrive in a variety of ways—from cold calls to email, tweets, blogs or message board posts.

Chicago Board Options Exchange And China Financial Futures Exchange Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 16/05/2012

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) announced today that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which establishes an open channel of communication and lays the foundation for future collaborative efforts between the exchanges. Executives from both exchanges signed the MOU today at a ceremony in Beijing, China.

Equinix Agrees To Acquire ancotel - Significantly Increases Network Density In Europe - Agreement Will Increase Equinix Capacity In Frankfurt And Provide Access To More Than 400 Networks For Customers Expanding Into Europe

Date 16/05/2012

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire ancotel GmbH, a leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation and interconnection services in Europe. With the acquisition of ancotel, Equinix gains one data center in Frankfurt with 2,100 square meters of data center capacity and increases its European network density by adding more than 400 network customers, which includes 200 new networks and 6,000 cross connects.