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11th Annual General Meeting Of Hellenic Exchanges

Date 23/05/2012

HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A. HOLDING, CLEARING, SETTLEMENT AND REGISTRY announces that today, May 23^rd 2012, the 11^th Annual General Meeting of shareholders of the Company was held in the “HERMES” hall at the offices of the Company. Shareholders representing 33,056,299 common registered shares and voting rights, i.e. 50.6% of the 65,368,563 total common registered shares participated.

BT Taking Steps To Open Up Hong Kong Markets To Global Investors - BT Radianz Portfolio To Be Offered From Hong Kong Exchange’s New Data Centre To Deliver Fully Managed Hosting And Low-Latency Interconnectivity Services

Date 23/05/2012

BT today announces that it is working with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited’s (HKEx) to offer BT Radianz Venue to customers hosted at the exchange’s new data centre. This new suite of services will offer HKEx’s customers fully managed hosting capabilities and optimised latency, as well as interconnectivity between and within global trading venues. 

Instinet Adds McBee Strategic Insight As Research Provider

Date 23/05/2012

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agencyonly brokerage services, today announced that its Instinet, LLC subsidiary has entered an exclusive research marketing agreement with McBee Strategic Insight, LLC (MSI), an independent Washington Research firm.  

Thai Bourse Announces Three Governors Elected To Its Board

Date 23/05/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announced that three governors were elected by member companies to its board of governors to replace those whose terms will end on May 27, 2012, at an extraordinary meeting of member companies on May 23.

Statement By European Commission President Barroso Following His Meeting With Mr Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Interim Prime Minister Of Greece

Date 23/05/2012

I have just met with the interim Prime Minister of Greece, Mr Panagiotis Pikrammenos. His government has a clearly defined yet vital role to play in the coming weeks.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Accepts 400th New Listing On NewConnect After Announcing Major Market Reform

Date 23/05/2012

• 400 companies have been listed on NewConnect since the market opened
• The WSE consistently improves the quality of the alternative stock market and amends the ATS Rules
• The success and strong growth of NewConnect inspire other exchanges around the world

NICE Actimize Announces Integrated FATCA Compliance Solution That Ensures Rapid Deployment To Allow Institutions To Get Ahead Of Pending Regulatory Deadlines - The Integrated Approach To FATCA Compliance Helps To Future Proof Organizations And Reduce Operational Cost

Date 23/05/2012

NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE) company and the largest and broadest provider of a single financial crime, risk and compliance software platform for the financial services industry, today announced the availability of the new Actimize FATCA Compliance solution, further broadening the capabilities of the integrated Actimize Anti-Money Laundering solution suite. Created to future proof organizations and reduce operational costs, the new Actimize solution was designed to ensure rapid deployment to allow institutions to get ahead of the upcoming 2013 July compliance deadlines. In developing the new offering, NICE Actimize solicited feedback from its existing client base to understand their needs with respect to this pending legislation.

Steven Maijoor Chair Of ESMA Speaks At The Government Borrowers Forum

Date 23/05/2012

Steven Maijoor, Chair of ESMA, today spoke at the Government Borrowers Forum in Helsinki.  To view the speech, please click here.

European Parliament Adopts Ambitious Approach On Financial Transaction tax

Date 23/05/2012

The proposed financial transaction tax should be better designed to capture more traders and make evasion unprofitable, said the European Parliament in its opinion adopted on Wednesday. The opinion also says the tax should go ahead even if only some Member States opt for it.

NZX Limited Ordinary Shares Update

Date 23/05/2012

NZX ordinary shares are now trading ex the share cancellation/buyback and share-split.