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Euronext Launches New Single Stock Futures - Launch Expands Single Stock Offering, Delivering Increased User Choice And Significant Efficiencies

Date 27/01/2014

Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), today announced the launch of an enlarged suite of Single Stock Futures on a range of its most liquid Euronext listed stocks.   The launch enhances the existing offering of individual equity options, index futures and options. 

WSE To Introduce WIG50 And WIG250

Date 27/01/2014

• The Exchange will publish WIG50 and WIG250 from 24 March 2014.
• The new indices are a better reflection of the diversity of WSE listed stocks.
• WIG50 will be the underlying instrument of new futures to be introduced to trading in late 2014.

Thomson Reuters Launches Solution To Provide Financial Firms With Improved Oversight Of Benchmark Submissions And Contributed Data - Thomson Reuters Looks To Help Financial Institutions Meet Customer And Regulatory Demands For Greater Transparency Around Benchmarks And Other Price Sensitive Data

Date 27/01/2014

Thomson Reuters announced today that it has launched a new suite of capabilities to help financial institutions improve transparency and reporting around financial benchmark submissions and other price sensitive data. These capabilities allow firms to better manage the entire benchmark submissions workflow; from the pre-submission requirements of controlling who in their firm is publishing contributed data, to the post-submission compliance activities of surveillance, audit and reporting.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority: Temporary Restriction In Short Selling

Date 27/01/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) notifies that it temporarily restricts short selling in the following instrument under Article 23 (1) and 26(4) of  Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps.

New db X-Trackers Equity Index ETF Launched On Xetra - ETF Tracks German Mid Caps

Date 27/01/2014

A new db x-trackers from the ETF section of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Monday. 

Euronext Amsterdam Welcomes Rabobank Certificates

Date 27/01/2014

The Amsterdam market of Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), today saw the launch of trading in Rabobank Certificates (ticker symbol: RABO).

R.J. O’Brien Appoints Kevin Hall Managing Director, Sales And Head Of New York Office

Date 27/01/2014

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, announced that Kevin J. Hall has been appointed Managing Director, Sales and Head of the firm’s New York office. Hall, 52, has spent more than three decades in financial services, specializing in institutional sales, investment management services and risk management.

Euronext Launches New Single Stock Futures - Launch Expands Single Stock Offering,Delivering Increased User Choice And Significant Efficiencies

Date 27/01/2014

Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), today announced the launch of an enlarged suite of Single Stock Futures on a range of its most liquid Euronext listed stocks.   The launch enhances the existing offering of individual equity options, index futures and options. 

Leiv Askvig Resigns As Chairman Of Oslo Børs VPS

Date 27/01/2014

Leiv Askvig has, on his own initiative, resigned from his positions as chairman of the boards of directors of Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA and Oslo Børs ASA. The reason for this is that in the late afternoon of 27 November 2013 the company Sundt AS exceeded the 20% limit for a notifiable change of shareholding in respect of EAM Solar ASA, but notification of this was not sent to Oslo Børs until 11:56 on 28 November 2013. Leiv Askvig is the Managing Director of Sundt AS. 

Bureau Van Dijk Takes The Risk Perspective - Leading Company Information Provider Adds To Its Risk Portfolio By Adding Two New Catalysts That Help Mitigate Corporate Credit And Supplier Risk

Date 27/01/2014

Bureau van Dijk (BvD), the leading publisher of company information, is launching two new solutions for assessing and mitigating risk. These new products are additions to its Catalyst range. The Catalyst range was created to help customers use BvD’s data for specific tasks for faster results and improved efficiency. Credit Catalyst and Procurement Catalyst both blend internationally comparable company information from BvD with the customer’s own data, to give improved insight on counterparties and suppliers respectively. Credit Catalyst and Procurement Catalyst will be available from January 31st.