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Connectivity In A Box Joins IPC’s Connexus Financial Extranet

Date 04/03/2014

IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of mission critical voice and electronic communication solutions to the world’s top financial services firms and global enterprises, today announced that Connectivity In A Box (CIB), a leading edge provider of FIX messaging connectivity solutions, has joined IPC’s Connexus Financial Extranet Community.

BATS Global Markets February Highlights - New Market Share Records In US, Spain, Trade Reporting

Date 04/03/2014

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported February volume, market share, and monthly highlights.

NASDAQ OMX eSpeed Goes Live On Trading Technologies - New Connection Enhances Trading Opportunities For The Global Fixed Income Community

Date 04/03/2014

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, along with The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced the release of TT's connection to NASDAQ OMX eSpeed, a fully executable central limit order book for electronic trading in benchmark U.S. Treasuries, one of the world's largest and most liquid cash markets.

CME Group Volume Averaged 14.0 Million Contracts Per Day In February 2014, Up 2 Percent From February 2013 And Up 8 Percent From January 2014

Date 04/03/2014

• Eurodollar futures average daily volume increased 21 percent and Eurodollar options increased 92 percent
• Natural Gas average daily volume increased 29 percent
• Dubai Mercantile Exchange average daily volume reached a record 10,800 contracts

UNIQA Insurance Group And Flughafen Wien New In The ATX

Date 04/03/2014

The ATX Committee decided to include the two companies, UNIQA Insurance Group and Flughafen Wien to the ATX today. These replace EVN AG and STRABAG SE. The changes to the composition of the ATX will take effect on 24 March 2014. It had become apparent that UNIQA would be added to the index already last autumn after the capital increase. The free float of the insurance company and trading volumes in the stock increased steeply on the back of this transaction and were the main reasons for the decision to include the stock in the leading index. The decisive criterion for adding Flughafen Wien to the ATX was the stock’s significant price gain and therefore higher market capitalization (free float capitalization). The leading Austrian index contains the 20 largest and most frequently traded stocks listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange.

Major Banks Join Forces With SWIFT To Manage KYC Compliance Challenges - Bank Of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Commerzbank, JPMorgan, Societe Generale And Standard Chartered Will Work With SWIFT To Build A KYC Registry For The Industry

Date 04/03/2014

SWIFT announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a group of major banks to jointly develop and use SWIFT’s KYC Registry, a centralised utility for the collection and distribution of standard information required by banks as part of their due diligence processes.

Investor Activity On Warsaw Stock Exchange Markets February 2014

Date 04/03/2014

• The value of session trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 17.9 billion in February 2014, an increase of 11.7% year on year.
• The number of transactions per session increased by 47.5% year on year to 1.3 million in February 2014.
• The total value of trading on NewConnect increased by 20.4% year on year and stood at PLN 108.9 million in February 2014.
• The total volume of transactions on the electricity market stood at 16.2 TWh in February 2014, an increase of 17.6% year on year.

Correction - Component Change Made In STOXX Eastern Europe 50 Index

Date 04/03/2014

STOXX Limited, a leading provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced a correction to the component changes in the STOXX Eastern Europe 50 Index which were communicated on March 3, 2014. All changes become effective with the open of markets on March 24, 2014.

Low-Touch Share Of 2014 European Equity Trading Commission Wallet Will Exceed 40% For First Time, Says TABB - Part Two Of 7th Annual Buy-Side Research Shows Challenge To Bulge Bracket Banks’ Dominance Across Europe Amidst Change In Algorithm Selection Process

Date 04/03/2014

Following up on the recently issued first part of its annual benchmark research study covering European equity trading focused on transaction cost analysis (TCA) and research, TABB Group today published part two, “European Equity Trading 2014: Low-Touch Domination Takes Off.”

ICE U.K. NBP Natural Gas Futures Set Daily Volume Record

Date 04/03/2014

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that ICE U.K. National Balancing Point (NBP) Natural Gas futures achieved a daily volume record of 118,145 contracts (equivalent to 3.65 billion therms) on March 3, 2014. The previous record of 70,690 contracts was set on January 13, 2014.