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Hargreaves Lansdown Goes Live With Calastone Settlement Service

Date 27/04/2016

Calastone, the global funds transaction network, today announced that Hargreaves Lansdown has gone live with Calastone Settlements, its innovative funds settlement solution.

London Stock Exchange Group: IMS For The Period To 26 April 2016, Including Revenues And KPIS For The Three Months Ended 31 March 2016 (Q1)

Date 27/04/2016

• A strong performance – all main business divisions delivering growth on an organic and constant currency basis
• Q1 total income from continuing operations up 9% to £387.6 million
• Merger with Deutsche Börse announced in March 2016; a compelling value enhancing opportunity through the creation of a leading global markets infrastructure group anchored in Europe – shareholder documents being prepared
• Sale of Russell Investment Management, for gross proceeds of US$1,150 million, is on track to complete in Q2 2016

AnaCap In Exclusive Talks To Acquire Barclays’ French Retail Banking Operations

Date 27/04/2016

AnaCap Financial Partners (“AnaCap”), the specialist European financial services private equity firm, announces that it has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Barclays plc’s French retail banking and wealth businesses. Barclays will continue to operate its corporate and investment banking operations in France.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Establishment Of “Panel Of Experts On FinTech Start-Ups”

Date 27/04/2016

1. Purpose

The trend of FinTech has been attracting attention. However, advanced FinTech start-ups and venture capitalists have not necessarily emerged in Japan when compared with the situation in other advanced economies.

In order to promote FinTech start-ups’ growth and success regardless of borders, it is important to create an ecosystem in which a range of professionals–such as those who specialize in technologies (like researchers and engineers) and those who specialize in business development (like enterprises, fund providers, and law and accounting experts)–gather, and FinTech start-ups emerge and grow through the collaboration of such professionals, while taking advantage of Japanese strengths.

Westpac MNI China Consumer Sentiment Indicator Edges Slightly Lower In April - Survey Points To Improved Outlook For Spending

Date 27/04/2016

Chinese consumer sentiment eased slightly in April, although improvements across a range of spending gauges in the survey point to a better outlook for retail sales and consumption expenditure in general.

Japan Exchange Group: Calculation And Publication Of JPX/S&P CAPEX & Human Capital Index

Date 27/04/2016

Japan Exchange Group, Tokyo Stock Exchange and S&P Dow Jones Indices today announced the launch of JPX/S&P CAPEX & Human Capital Index

Dalian Commodity Exchange Adopts New Measures To Prevent Risks

Date 27/04/2016

Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) issued a notice today (the 21st) to announce that according to the relevant provisions in the “Measures of Dalian Commodity Exchange for Risk Management”, it will, starting from the settlement on April 25, adjust the price limits and the minimum trade margins for 8 futures products as well as the trading fees of the iron ore and the PP futures. Starting from the trading on April 25 (the after-hours trading at 21:00 on Friday this week), DCE will cancel the exemption for the unusual transactions of arbitrage clients, so as to prevent and control the risk of overheated trading.

TSX Staff Notice On Four Letter Stock Symbol Reservation Procedures

Date 26/04/2016

Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") staff is providing guidance with respect to its stock symbol reservation procedures. Currently, a stock symbol must consist of not more than three letters of the alphabet, as set out in Section 355 of the TSXCompany Manual.

Statement From New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneidermann On Case Against Donald Trump And Trump University

Date 26/04/2016

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued the following statement on today’s hearing in New York State Supreme Court on the case against Donald Trump and Trump University:

“I am very pleased the judge has indicated her intention to move as expeditiously as possible to trial, as thousands of Mr. Trump’s alleged victims have been waiting years for relief from his fraud. We believe that Mr. Trump and Mr. Sexton will be essential witnesses at trial. As we will prove in court, Donald Trump and his sham for-profit college defrauded thousands of students out of millions of dollars.”

Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date April 15, 2016

Date 26/04/2016

At the end of the settlement date of April 15, 2016, short interest in 2,305 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 8,009,519,261 shares compared with 8,166,679,657 shares in 2,301 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of March 31, 2016. The Mid-April short interest represents 5.12 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.90 days for the prior reporting period.