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S&P Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Indices Market Attributes Report - Commodities Market Performance In January 2014

Date 06/02/2014

Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index:

The DJ-UBS Commodity Index posted a gain of 0.3% in January; year-over-year returns down 11.4%.

• Energy was up 3.4%, and livestock was up 4.3% in January.
• The best-performing commodities were natural gas, up 17.9% and coffee, up 13.1% for the month.
• Wheat was down 8.2% and aluminum was down 6.10% on the month.

Moscow Exchange Launches An ETF On The MSCI China Index

Date 06/02/2014

Moscow Exchange on 6 February launched trading in the FinEx MSCI China UCITS ETF (FXCN).

Testimony Of CFTC Acting Chairman Mark P. Wetjen Before The U.S. Senate Committee On Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs, Washington, DC

Date 06/02/2014

Good morning Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Crapo and members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me to today’s hearing on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) and customer information security. I am honored to testify as Acting Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). I also am pleased to join my fellow regulators in testifying today.     

Deutsche Börse: 2 Percent Drop In FDAX After Scheduled ECB Announcement Triggers Safeguard

Date 06/02/2014

Safeguard volatility interruption was automatically activated. Orderly market was ensured at all times. No sign of flash crash.

Perseus Is First Fintech Company To Recognise Bitcoin - Sets The Tone For 2014 With GoCoin - Global Telecommunications Company Accepts Virtual Currency Payments With GoCoin, Chaired By Brock Pierce, Bitcoin Luminary

Date 06/02/2014

Perseus Telecom, a leading provider of high-speed global connectivity, High Precision Time™ and market-to-market networks announced today the virtual currency called Bitcoin may be used to pay for Perseus services worldwide. Perseus will process the Bitcoin transactions with GoCoin, Bitcoin's first truly international payment processing service.  Bitcoin is acknowledged as a legitimate and secure financial service by government regulatory bodies. High-speed trading communities who profit from strong volatility may now be getting the relief they need to continue to trade via Bitcoin rather than the highly regulated Majors across all asset classes. Even more broadly, companies earning profits in Bitcoin can now efficiently pay for the technology Perseus offers with Bitcoin.

PEGAS Achieves New Records In January

Date 06/02/2014

PEGAS, the natural gas platform established by the European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Powernext, announced that a total volume of 43.0 TWh was traded on the platform in January. This is the highest volume since the launch of the cooperation in May 2013 and represents an increase of 55 % compared to the previous monthly record of 27.8 TWh achieved in November 2013.

BM&FBOVESPA Publishes January Market Performance

Date 06/02/2014

NASDAQ OMX To Open New Office In Austin, Texas - Corporate Solutions Business To Drive Expansion Into Central U.S. Region

Date 06/02/2014

NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ) will open a new office in Austin, Texas on February 28 to expand its footprint in the Central region to meet increasing customer demand, particularly for Corporate Solutions products and services which are used by over 1,300 customers in the region. The office will be overseen by Cris Farrell, Vice President and Head of Sales, U.S. West, Corporate Solutions, NASDAQ OMX.

Testimony By Federal Reserve Governor Daniel K. Tarullo - Dodd-Frank Implementation - Before The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., February 6, 2014

Date 06/02/2014

Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Crapo, and other members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the Federal Reserve's activities in mitigating systemic risk and implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). In today's testimony, I will provide an update on the Federal Reserve's recent activities pertaining to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act and describe our key regulatory and supervisory priorities for 2014. I will also discuss the Federal Reserve's expectations with regard to information security at the financial institutions it oversees.

Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange: Final Recommendations Of The Committee For The Promotion Of Investments In Public Companies Engaged In R&D

Date 06/02/2014