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Remarks To The First Annual Conference On The Regulation Of Financial Markets, SEC Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar, Washington, D.C., May 16, 2014

Date 19/05/2014

Good afternoon and thank you, Kathleen [Hanley], for that wonderful introduction.  It is a privilege to be the lunch speaker at this inaugural conference on the regulation of financial markets sponsored by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business.  Like the other SEC speakers, I must provide a standard disclaimer that the views I express today are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Commission or my fellow commissioners.

RBS Shuts Down Swaps Clearing - Comment From Rule Financial

Date 19/05/2014

Royal Bank of Scotland announced today that it is winding down its OTC derivative activity,

Perseus Wins Red Herring Top 100 North America - Joins The Ranks Of Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, Palo Alto Networks And eBay, All Previously Honoured In The Past

Date 19/05/2014

Perseus Telecom, a leading provider of high-speed global connectivity, High Precision Time™ and Market-to-Market networks announced today the honour of being selected as a Red Herring Top 100 North America winner for 2014. The award recognizes the leading private companies from North America and celebrates their innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

Crowdfunding Growth Outstrips Moore’s Law By A Factor Of 10

Date 19/05/2014

A mass of new data has revealed that global crowdfunding is growing exponentially, doubling every two months, and outstripping Moore’s Law of computing power by a factor of ten.

Rick Ketchum, Chairman And Chief Executive Officer, FINRA Annual Conference Welcome Remarks, Washington, DC, May 19, 2014 - Restoring Investor Trust In The Markets

Date 19/05/2014

Good morning. It's my pleasure to welcome you to another FINRA Annual Conference. It's good to have you here and to see so many of you again.

For the next few days, all of us are going to have opportunities to talk about the issues facing firms. And I look forward to being part of many of those conversations.

Montréal Exchange Closed - Market Holiday

Date 19/05/2014

The Exchange's offices and markets are closed today, May 19, 2014 (Victoria Day).

ECB And Other Central Banks Announce The Fourth Central Bank Gold Agreement

Date 19/05/2014

The European Central Bank, the Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique, the Deutsche Bundesbank, Eesti Pank, the Central Bank of Ireland, the Bank of Greece, the Banco de España, the Banque de France, the Banca d’Italia, the Central Bank of Cyprus, Latvijas Banka, the Banque centrale du Luxembourg, the Central Bank of Malta, De Nederlandsche Bank, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, the Banco de Portugal, Banka Slovenije, Národná banka Slovenska, Suomen Pankki – Finlands Bank, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank today announce the fourth Central Bank Gold Agreement (CBGA).

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Welcomes Banking Standards Review Report

Date 19/05/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority today welcomed thereport of the Banking Standards Review into how standards can be raised in behaviour and competence across the banking and building society sector.

Semi-Annual Changes To The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index

Date 19/05/2014

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), and CRD Analytics today announced the results of the semi-annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index (Nasdaq:QCRD), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, May 19, 2014.

Egyptian Exchange: The 1st DealOof Block Trading Mechanism Worth 2.1 Billion EGP On 6.5% Of CIB

Date 19/05/2014

EGX witnessed today, the first deal of Block Trading Mechanism.  The deal is worth 2.1 billion Egyptian Pounds on  6.5% of the shares of Commercial International Bank - Egypt sold by Actis to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd "Fairfax".  Shares were priced at 36.34 EGP per share & volume of deal reached 58.54 Million shares.