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Varta AG Listed On The Frankfurt Stock Exchange Today - 8.6 Million New Shares Placed During IPO - Initial Price: €24.2

Date 19/10/2017

Varta AG (ISIN: DE000A0TGJ55) was listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today. 8.6 million new shares were placed during the IPO. The initial listing price was €24.25, the issue price €17.50.

Muhurat Trading Session At BSE In The Vikram Samvat Year 2074

Date 19/10/2017

BSE welcomed the Vikram Samvat Year 2074 with much fanfare and panache. The Lakshmi Pooja and the Muhurat Trading Session on Thrusday, October 19, 2017 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. was graced by a lot of recognized personalities from broking fraternity, corporates and bollywood too Smt. Richa Chadda  Indian Bollywood film and television actress. After debuting with a bit role in the comedy film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), she worked as a supporting actress in several films. Her major breakthrough was a supporting role in the film noir gangster saga Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), where her role as the bellicose and extremely foul-tongued wife of a gangster earned her a Filmfare award. Her sole foray into mainstream cinema has been as a supporting character in Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela (2013).

LSEG: IMS For The Period To 18 October 2017, Including Revenues And KPIS For The Three Months Ended 30 September

Date 19/10/2017

• Another period of delivery against our targets with continued good growth - Q3 total income up 17% to £486 million; and up 19% for 9 months year-to-date, to £1,432 million
• Q3 revenues up 18% to £443 million; up 18% for 9 months year-to-date at £1,295 million
• Strong demonstration of capital deployment to drive growth and returns, including: completion of the Citi Fixed Income Indices and The Yield Book acquisition; increasing our stake in LCH; and, completion of the £200 million share buyback programme

Securities Commission Malaysia: InvestSmart® Fest 2017 Attracted Close To 20,000 Visitors; Announced Tengku Zatashah As Ambassador - 450 Visitors Received Complimentary Financial Planning Services

Date 19/10/2017

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC)’s InvestSmart® Fest 2017 held from 13-15 October attracted close to 20,000 visitors. The annual event which aims to enhance financial and investment literacy amongst Malaysia was officiated by Yang Berhormat Brigadier General Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister for Youth and Sports. Then three-day event ended on a high note with the inaugural ScamBuster Run which drew participation of 3,000 people. The charity fun run, held to enhance investors’ awareness on scams, successfully raised RM100,000 for the National Kidney Foundation.

LSEG CEO Succession Planning - Xavier Rolet To Leave London Stock Exchange Group By The End Of December 2018

Date 19/10/2017

As Xavier Rolet approaches nine years of extraordinary success, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) announces that he will leave the Group by the end of December 2018.

CME Group And JPX Enter Into Agreement To Launch Japanese Yen-Denominated TOPIX Futures Contract On CME

Date 19/10/2017

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and Japan Exchange Group (JPX), Asia's leading comprehensive exchange group, today announced the launch of Japanese Yen-denominated Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) futures contracts to begin trading on CME Globex by Q1 2018, pending all relevant regulatory review periods.

Record Number Of Listings Reached At Nasdaq Nordic Markets

Date 19/10/2017

• Nasdaq Stockholm Main Market reached an all-time high in terms of number of listed companies (319)
• Nasdaq First North reached 300 listed companies across Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland

Enyx’s nxFeed Chosen To Power Quincy Extreme Data Service

Date 19/10/2017

Quincy Data has adopted Enyx’s nxFeed solution, a full featured ultra-low latency market data distribution system, as the sole provider of full FPGA feed handlers to power its industry-leading Quincy Extreme Data (QED) service.

Robert (Bob) Becker Joins JonesTrading - Will Head Capital Introduction

Date 19/10/2017

JonesTrading Institutional Services, LLC (“JonesTrading”) announced today that Bob Becker has joined the firm in New York as a Managing Director, Head of Capital Introduction. In this role, Becker will be responsible for building the firm’s Capital Introduction offering – the focus will be on alternative investment managers, institutional investors, and family offices. Mr. Becker has held similar senior roles at other firms including Jefferies. He has also previously worked in the outsourced COO/CFO industry and on the buyside including launching and managing his own hedge fund.

Irish Stock Exchange: Italian Bank, Banca Sistema, Lists €175m Notes On MSM

Date 19/10/2017

Banca Sistema lists for the first time on the Main Securities Market (MSM) of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) with issuance of €175m notes. The notes, with a 1.75% interest rate, have a maturity date of October 2020.