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Exchange Council Speaks Up For Integrated German/Austrian Day-Ahead Market - Launch Of Swiss Intraday Market On 26 June 2013

Date 10/06/2013

Splitting the successfully integrated German/Austrian Day-Ahead price zone would put at stake liquidity and competition on the wholesale market and might reduce the incentive for crucial investments into the German transmission grid. These are the key results of the second meeting of EPEX SPOT’s Exchange Council in 2013. Following a presentation by the German regulator, Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), the members of the Council expressed their strong support to maintain the common German/Austrian Day-Ahead market as it is shaped today.

NICE Launches Proactive Compliance Solution For Trading Floors - The Solution Offers Financial Institutions An Advanced Compliance Management System To Help Them Address Requirements Under The Dodd Frank Act

Date 10/06/2013

NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) today announced the introduction of its Proactive Compliance Solution for Trading Floors, which enables financial institutions to monitor and investigate trade interactions. This is to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, like those from the Dodd Frank Act that mandate a complete audit trail for conducting comprehensive and accurate trade reconstructions. The solution uses analytics technology to identify infractions, detect and mitigate risk, and effectively manage day-to-day compliance.

Boerse Stuttgart: End Of Subscription Period For More & More AG Bond - Trading On Bondm Starts On 10 June 2013

Date 10/06/2013

Investors have had the opportunity to subscribe to the corporate bond of More & More AG via Boerse Stuttgart’s subscription box since 3 June 2013. According to the company, EUR 8 million had been subscribed until 7 June. From today, the bond can be traded in Boerse Stuttgart’s Bondm trading segment.

Clearstream’s May 2013 Figures - Clearstream’s Assets Under Custody See New Record Level At EUR 11.7 Trillion - Particularly Strong Performance Of The German Central Securities Depository Business - Stefan Lepp: “Domestic And International Asset Growth Confirms Our Combined Central Securities Depository And International Central Securities Depository Strategy”

Date 10/06/2013

In May 2013, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 5 percent to EUR 11.7 trillion (compared to EUR 11.1 trillion in May 2012). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business increased by 2 percent from EUR 6.0 trillion in May 2012 to EUR 6.1 trillion in May 2013 – while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 9 percent from EUR 5.1 trillion in May 2012 to EUR 5.5 trillion in May 2013.

Deutsche Bank Launches One Of Singapore's Largest Gold Storage Facilities At The Singapore Freeport

Date 10/06/2013

Deutsche Bank – a global Clearing Member of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and a market leader in global precious metal services –  today announced the establishment of one of the largest custodial and vaulting services for gold at the Singapore Freeport.

Q&A With Steffen Koehler, Chief Operating Officer, EEX - From June's Trading Places

Date 10/06/2013

(Trading Places): Welcome to your first Q&A with Trading Places as EEX’s COO. The first obvious area we would like to explore with you is EEX’s recent cooperation with Powernext in setting up PEGAS (the Pan-European Gas Cooperation). Could you explain what it’s all about?

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report May 2013

Date 10/06/2013

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 211 at the end of May 2013. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 24 at the end of the month.

Two companies were listed on Nilex this month, with a total capital of US$ 1.29 million (LE 9 million).

OECD Asian Roundtable Task Force On Enforcement To Produce Best Practices Report In 2014

Date 10/06/2013

Capital market regulators in Asia recently held the first formal meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Asian Roundtable Taskforce on Enforcement (the Taskforce), with the aim to produce a best practices report to improve public supervision and enforcement in the area of corporate governance requirements in the region. The report will serve as a guide to regulators in their efforts to enhance the effectiveness of public enforcement in Asia.

Mamadoo Participates In Custom Connect - Big Opportunities For International, Carrier-Neutral Connectivity Services

Date 10/06/2013

Mamadoo Ventures B.V., a niche investment company, announces to have taken a stake in Custom Connect B.V., the worldwide provider of advanced, carrier-neutral connectivity services as of 2 May 2013. This participation fits perfectly into Mamadoo’s strategy, to take interests in medium-sized organizations with a clear focus and the ambition for rapid growth. Custom Connect was founded in 2009 and focuses on developing and providing services in the field of designing, realizing and maintaining international communication connectivity. Custom Connect’s customers comprise of Fortune 500 companies, service providers, financial institutions and organizations in the business of modern media and technology. Custom Connect represents worldwide over 1,500 carriers, making itself the largest independent worldwide operating provider of data connections. Furthermore, Custom Connect also realizes and exploits its own wireless Ultra Low Latency Microwave connections. The very first connection, between the two most important European exchanges in London and Frankfurt, is already in place and being used.

Tradition Launches New Volatility Futures Platform - Streamlined Negotiation Of CME Group Futures With Variance Pay-Off

Date 10/06/2013

Tradition, one of the world's largest interdealer brokers in over-the-counter commodity and financial products, has today announced the launch of Volatis, a new hybrid platform designed to facilitate the negotiation, and subsequent trading of, realised volatility futures with a variance pay-off listed and cleared on CME Group exchanges.