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Fraudster Benjamin Wilson Sentenced To Seven Years Imprisonment Following Successful UK Financial Conduct Authority Prosecution

Date 14/02/2014

Benjamin Wilson of Bournemouth, Dorset was sentenced to seven years at Southwark Crown Court today for defrauding investors of over £21m, following previous guilty pleas for fraud, forgery and operating a collective investment scheme without authorisation.

Diverging Markets: European Stocks Have Led Other Global Equity Markets And Emerging Markets Have Significantly Underperformed Since The U.S. Fed Began Taper Talk In June 2013, According To Russell

Date 14/02/2014

As new U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen testifies on the current state of the U.S. economy and U.S. Fed policy this week in Washington, Russell Indexes reflect a divergence in global equity markets since former Fed chair Ben Bernanke first announced the Fed tapering policy in June of last year.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #14-06: EDGA & EDGX Fee Schedule Change

Date 14/02/2014

Effective Tuesday, February 18, 2014, EDGA ExchangeSM (EDGA®) and EDGX ExchangeSM (EDGX®) will update the rate for the RC Flag to $0.0018 per share to reflect recent changes to the NSX fee schedule, pending filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Remarks Of Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent Of Financial Services For The State Of New York, On The Regulation Of Virtual Currencies At The New America Foundation In Washington, DC

Date 14/02/2014

This is a particularly well-timed event.

As you may know, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) just completed an extensive set of hearings on the regulation of virtual currencies.

UBS MTF Trading Notice: Clearing Spanish Executions

Date 14/02/2014

Further to the UBS MTF update on 29 January 2014 (Additional CCP, Notice N1 2014), this notice is to confirm that from 18 February 2014 all executions on UBS MTF in Spanish instruments will be cleared by EuroCCP N.V. only.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Awards Polish Capital Market Leaders For 2013

Date 14/02/2014

• The 2013 Stock Market Review Gala was held at Centrum Giełdowe in Warsaw yesterday.
  
• Issuers, Exchange Members and Authorised Advisers were awarded by WSE at the event for their special contribution to the growth of the Polish stock market.

2014 NASDAQ OMX Investor Day

Date 14/02/2014

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. ("NASDAQ OMX®") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) will hold its 2014 Investor Day on Thursday, March 27, 2014. NASDAQ's senior executive team will conduct an in-depth discussion of the company's operations, objectives, and strategy.

Financial Stability Board To Review Foreign Exchange Benchmarks

Date 14/02/2014

The Financial Stability Board was tasked by the G20 in 2013 to co-ordinate and guide work on the necessary reforms to short-term interest rate benchmarks, to ensure that widely-used benchmarks are held to appropriate standards of governance, transparency and reliability. Within its broader mandate, the FSB will promote adoption and implementation of principles and good practices that emerge regarding the benchmark setting process. A high-level Official Sector Steering Group (OSSG) of regulators and central banks is taking this work forward.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Council Approves Contract, Detailed Rules Of PP Futures

Date 14/02/2014

The forty-eighth session of the Second Council of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) recently deliberated on and adopted the Contract of the polypropylene (PP) futures and the Amendment to the related detailed rules, which means that the PP contract long anticipated by the market has accelerated the pace of listing.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report -14th February, 2014

Date 14/02/2014

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading report.