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Direct Edge Regulatory Notice #13-02 – Section 31 Fee Changes

Date 07/05/2013

As announced in Fee Rate Advisory #3 for Fiscal Year 2013, effective Saturday, May 25, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will decrease the Section 31 transaction fees for most securities transactions from $22.40 per million dollars to $17.40 per million dollars.  EDGA Exchange and EDGX Exchange will apply this new rate to transactions on and after the trade date of Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Platts Power Generation Tracker: West Europe’s 20 Gigawatts New Capacity - Power Stations Nearing Completion, But Construction Starts Slow On Uncertainty

Date 07/05/2013

More than 20 gigawatts (GW) of gas- and coal-fired power station capacity is presently under construction in West Europe, despite stagnant demand and below-cost wholesale power prices, the latest Platts power generation analysis shows.

FTSE Climbs To Five-Year High - Cass Business School Comment

Date 07/05/2013

Commenting on the FTSE 100 climbing to a five year high, Professor of Finance at Cass Business School, Meziane Lasfer has some concerns…

“My overall impression is that the market is too overvalued and there is no fundamental reason for the recent increase in share prices given the gloomy economic conditions. Investors need to be very careful in coming to the market."

Warsaw Stock Exchange Derivatives Market In April 2013

Date 07/05/2013

• The volume of trading in all derivatives was 972.1 thousand instruments in April 2013.
• The number of open interest was 219.3 thousand at the end of April 2013.

Deutsche Börse Introduces New Corporate Bond Indices

Date 07/05/2013

Deutsche Börse has launched the new XETRA Prime and Entry Standard Bond index family. The new index family tracks all corporate bonds in the Entry Standard and Prime Standard for corporate bonds.

Susquehanna Financial Group Extends Its Relationship With SunGard’s Protegent Trading Compliance

Date 07/05/2013

Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP (SFG), the institutional broker-dealer member of the Susquehanna International Group of Companies (SIG), has extended its relationship with SunGard’s Protegent Trading Compliance as the firm’s platform for trading compliance of its institutional equities trading business.

SBI Liquidity Market Selects smartTrade’s Technology To Aggregate FX Liquidity Globally In The Quest For Best Execution

Date 07/05/2013

smartTrade Technologies, an industry leader in cross-asset liquidity management software and solutions for banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, and large hedge funds, announces today that SBI Liquidity Market, a Japanese leading FX infrastructure solution and liquidity provider, has selected LiquidityFX^TM, smartTrade’s FX trading system to provide the aggregation service and smart order routing to achieve best execution. SBI Liquidity Market chose smartTrade for its proven market reputation, sophisticated technology and rich experience in global market for tier-1 and tier-2 banks, brokers, asset managers and hedge funds.

Moscow Exchange Indices Weekly Review: April 29 - May 3, 2013

Date 07/05/2013

Weekly review: April 29 - May 3, 2013 (pdf, 587 Kb)

SIX Financial Information’s Intraday Pricing Service Bolsters Triangle Park Capital Markets Data Service

Date 07/05/2013

SIX Financial Information is teaming up with Triangle Park to redistribute end-of-day pricing data, a move that enhances Triangle Park’s data offering for surveillance, monitoring and OTC price verification activities.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Press Conference By Taro Aso, Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Of Finance, And Minister Of State For Financial Services

Date 07/05/2013

(Excerpt)

(Friday, April 26, 2013, from 8:56 am to 9:25 am)