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London Stock Exchange Group Plc Transaction In Own Shares

Date 26/07/2017

London Stock Exchange Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased through RBC Europe Limited, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2017, the following number of its ordinary shares of 6 79/86 pence each ("Shares") on the London Stock Exchange as part of the buyback programme announced on 29 March 2017:

CFTC Orders New York Trader Simon Posen To Pay A $635,000 Civil Monetary Penalty And Permanently Bans Him From Trading In CFTC-Regulated Markets For Spoofing In The Gold, Silver, Copper, And Crude Oil Futures Markets - Order Finds That Posen Placed Thousands Of Orders With The Intent To Cancel Before Execution Over A Period Spanning More Than Three Years

Date 26/07/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against Simon Posen of New York, New York for engaging in thousands of incidents of “spoofing” — bidding or offering with the intent to cancel the bid or offer before execution — in gold, silver, and copper futures contracts traded on the Commodity Exchange, Inc., and crude oil futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange over a period spanning more than three years. Posen traded from home for his own account and was not employed by any corporate entity, according to the Order.

Financial Statements Of The Second Quarter 2017 For Companies Listed At The Amman Stock Exchange

Date 26/07/2017

The Chief Executive Officer of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) Mr. Nader Azar, said that the ASE is still receiving the semi-annual reports of the period ended in June 30, 2017, from all companies listed at the ASE which have been reviewed by their auditors.  The listed companies must submit semi-annual reports reviewed by their auditors within one month after the end of the said period by virtue of the Directives for Listing Securities at the ASE for the year 2016.

MGEX Announces Top 25 Daily Volume Record

Date 26/07/2017

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), announces Tuesday was the 24th -highest volume day in the history of the Exchange with 20,375 contracts trading.

Cairn Homes Takes Primary Listing On The Irish Stock Exchange

Date 26/07/2017

• "This listing on an EU exchange will provide us with an increased exposure to a wider investor base” – Cairn CEO
• Cairn continues to have standard listing in UK
• Cairn eligible for index inclusion for the first time through the ISEQ 

Thomson Reuters Enhances Tick History In Preparation For MiFID II - Tick History 2.0 Provides Increased Granularity Of Content Designed To Enable Improved Algorithmic Trading Strategies, Additional Reference Data Fields For New MiFID II Data Sources, And Enhanced APIs For Faster And Easier Application Development.

Date 26/07/2017

Thomson Reuters has enhanced its tick history data service, Tick History 2.0, to provide the financial industry with a powerful tool for developing algorithmic and systematic trading strategies and assist in meeting MiFID II requirements in 2018.   The solution assists institutions in complying with MiFID II, by incorporating additional reference data fields to capture the new data sources and venues under MiFID II. 

Warsaw Stock Exchange: IPO Momentum Picks Up

Date 26/07/2017

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CME Group To Develop Derivatives On Broad Treasuries Repo Financing Rate

Date 26/07/2017

Following the Alternative Reference Rate Committee's (ARRC) recent recommendation that the broad Treasuries repo financing rate should serve as the reference rate in certain new U.S. dollar derivatives and other financial instruments, CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will develop futures and options on the new benchmark.

SET Reveals H2/2017 Plan To Launch LIVE Platform For Startup After FundConnext Service, Reiterating Its Digital Exchange Role For Sustainable Growth

Date 26/07/2017

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) said of its performance during the first half of 2017 that it has been the top ranking as ASEAN’s most liquidity market   with outstanding results in initial public offering (IPO) value and listed companies’ performance. For the second half of this year, SET would roll out initiative “LIVE” Platform to facilitate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups to access to capital funding in line with Thailand 4.0 policy and preparing for the launch of T+2 settlement cycle on March 2, 2018.

Foreign Investors Total Trading Value In ADX Reaches AED 26.9 Billion During First Half Of 2017

Date 26/07/2017

Total trading values (buy and sell) of foreign investors in ADX reached AED 26.9 billion Dirhams during the first half of 2017 – thus representing % 47.3 of the total trading value on ADX during the same period which amounted to around AED 56.5 billion.