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Seedrs Opens Convertible Equity To The Crowds With Financing Round For Venture Capital-Backed Startup ‘Future Ad Labs’

Date 07/07/2014

• Future Ad Labs, one of the most prominent adtech startups in the UK, is offering Seedrs investors the chance to invest in their business at a discount to the price set in their next round of funding
• Convertibles are commonly used in Silicon Valley, and increasingly in Europe, to attract investment into fast-growing startups seeking to raise capital, usually before a large venture capital raise
• Seedrs is the first crowdfunding platform in the world to offer convertibles, which can also be eligible for SEIS/EIS tax reliefs

Ipreo Launches Mobile Apps For Android Tablets - BD Advanced And BD Vision Mobile Apps Supports Capital Markets Professionals On The Road

Date 07/07/2014

Ipreo, a leading global provider of market intelligence, investor data and workflow solutions to corporate and capital markets professionals, announced that its BD Vision and BD Advanced mobile apps are now available for Android tablets.

Ljubljana Stock Exchange: Monthly Statistical Report June 2014

Date 07/07/2014

Click here to download Ljubljana Stock Exchange's monthly statistical report for June 2014.

BATS Global Markets June Highlights: Market Share Remains Strong Globally - Company Plans New York, Chicago Expansion - BATS Chi-X Europe Reports 20.3% Market Share

Date 07/07/2014

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported June volume, market share, and monthly highlights:

• In the U.S., BATS earned 19.2% U.S. equities market share in June, up from 10.4% a year ago. BATS Options recorded 3.9% market share vs. 3.8% one year ago.
• In Europe, BATS Chi-X Europe finished with overall market share of 20.3%. Over the course of the month €308bn was reported to BATS’ trade reporting facility, BXTR. In addition, a further four participants are now reporting to BXTR with Deutsche Bank, Instinet, KCG and Liquidnet now using the service.
• On June 9, BATS Chi-X Europe, in partnership with Euroclear Bank, announced the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing on BATS – iShares MSCI USA Dividend IQ UCITS ETF –with an international securities structure.
• On June 26, BATS announced the signing of a a 10-year lease renewal at its Kansas City-area global headquarters, as well as plans to open a Chicago office and expand its New York City presence due to the Direct Edge Holdings merger.
• On June 30, BATS announced the upcoming roll-out of the BATS One Feed, a market data product that provides cost-effective, high-quality quote and trade information for market participants looking for comprehensive, real-time market data across all of BATS’ markets.
• In the U.S., BATS remains on schedule with the Direct Edge integration and member connectivity to the EDGA and EDGX production environments within the Equinix NY5 data center is now available (as of June 30). Additional information on the integration is available atbats.com/edgeintegration and BATS will also share updates via its Twitter feed@BATSGlobal.

HKEx: On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics

Date 07/07/2014

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Starts Debate On Fairness Of Changes To Mortgage Contracts

Date 07/07/2014

In a discussion paper published today, the FCA sets out some of the factors that are considered relevant when assessing changes to mortgages contracts and asks for views on its current approach to fairness.

BlackRock ETP Landscape: Strong June Caps Best Quarter In 5 Years

Date 07/07/2014

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - June 2014

Date 07/07/2014

Highlights

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first six months of 2014 was $62,933 million, a decrease of 8 per cent when compared with $68,280 million for the same period last year.
• There were 52* newly listed companies for the first six months of 2014, an increase of 126 per cent when compared with the 23* for the same period last year.
• Funds raised through IPOs for the first six months of 2014 was $81,137 million, an increase of 104 per cent when compared with $39,697 million for the same period last year.

Intelligent Energy Opens London Stock Exchange Trading Celebrating IPO

Date 07/07/2014

• Dr. Henri Winand, CEO, Intelligent Energy opens London trading
• IPO raises £55 million; company valued at £639 million at admission
• £2.3 billion raised by technology companies on London Stock Exchange in 2014

EBA Consults On A Framework For Common Supervisory Procedures And Methodologies

Date 07/07/2014

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on its draft Guidelines for common procedures and methodologies for the supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP). These guidelines will be applied in the supervision of all institutions across the Union and represent a major step forward in forging a consistent supervisory culture across the single market.  The guidelines provide a common framework for the work of supervisors in their assessment of risks to banks' business models', their solvency and liquidity.  These guidelines will be a key component of the EU Single Rulebook aimed at improving the functioning of the internal market, including a sound, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision in the banking sector. The consultation runs until 7 October 2014.