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TARGET2 Turnover Stable In 2014, According To Annual Report

Date 01/06/2015

• TARGET2 processed 91% of the total value settled by large-value euro payment systems
• Volume of transactions decreased by 2.4%, driven by migration to SEPA
• More than 56,000 credit institutions across the world can be addressed via the system

FTSE Russell And Research Affiliates Launch New Smart Beta Index Series

Date 01/06/2015

• New index series focuses on high dividend-paying, high quality stocks
• Builds on 10 years of smart beta leadership and innovation from FTSE Russell and Research Affiliates
• Source ETFs to track the index series in Europe

Euronext Launches Country Indices For Germany, Italy And Spain

Date 01/06/2015

Euronext, the primary exchange in the Eurozone, today announced the launch of three country indices: the Euronext® Germany Index GR (ENDEG); the Euronext® Italy Index (ENITI); and the Euronext® Spain Index (ENESI). The indices will serve as the underlying for new index futures and index options, which will be available for trading in the third quarter of 2015.

David Carson Joins SR Labs As SVP Sales Engineering

Date 01/06/2015

SR Labs, a global leader in enterprise grade market data and trading technology, has announced the hiring of David Carson as SVP Sales Engineering, EMEA.

New Blueprint Offers Hope Of Closing Africa’s Infrastructure Deficit

Date 01/06/2015

• Africa Strategic Infrastructure Initiative (ASII) is a three-year project aimed at identifying and accelerating major cross-border infrastructure projects in Africa
• Lessons learned offer insight into how region’s $100+ billion annual infrastructure deficit can be addressed
• Following successful project acceleration of a pilot, the NEPAD Agency will assume leadership of the Initiative from June 2015
• For more information on the World Economic Forum on Africa 2015, visit http://wef.ch/af15

Japan Exchange Group: Trading Overview In May 2015

Date 01/06/2015

Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview in May 2015.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Volume In May 2015

Date 01/06/2015

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in May was 161,985 ( + 13.8% MoM / △ 30.4% YoY) and its average daily volume was 8,999 .

Polaris Sells Hamlet Protein To Altor And Goldman Sachs

Date 01/06/2015

Altor Fund IV and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division partner to acquire the majority of Hamlet Protein from Polaris Private Equity and the founder of the company, Ole. K. Hansen.

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) Enrols “Fujairah Shares & Bonds” To Margin Trading Members

Date 01/06/2015

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that “Fujairah Shares & Bonds” has been accredited to provide Margin Trading service, lifting the total number of DFM brokerage firms providing this service to 28 companies.

Debating Trust And Confidence In Banking - Speech By Martin Wheatley, Chief Executive Of The UK Financial Conduct Authority , Delivered At The ResPublica Vocational Banking Event In London

Date 01/06/2015

It’s become somewhat unusual, in our era of 24-hour news consumption, for old topics to attract significant public attention. The ink is rarely dry on one story before the next begins.