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ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – July 2015

Date 05/08/2015

The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 4.2% in July 2015. This performance was stronger than all other major markets, including Germany up 3.3%, the UK up 2.7%, the US up 2.0% and Japan up 1.7%. Hong Kong was down 6.1% and Singapore down 3.5%.

Establishing A Registration Framework For Dealers And Major Participants In The Derivatives Market, SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, Aug. 5, 2015

Date 05/08/2015

The financial crisis of 2008, and the ensuing turmoil, shook the global economy to its core and exposed the weaknesses of our regulatory regime. Years of lax attitudes, deregulation, and complacency allowed an unregulated derivatives marketplace to cause serious damage to the U.S. economy, resulting in significant losses to investors. As a result, Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act tasked the SEC and the CFTC with establishing a regulatory framework for the over-the-counter swaps market. In particular, the SEC was tasked with regulating the security-based swap (SBS) market and the CFTC was given regulatory authority over the much larger swaps market, covering products such as energy and agricultural swaps.

ASX Compliance Monthly Activity Report – July 2015

Date 05/08/2015

New listings for the month were amaysim Australia Limited (AYS), Argo Global Listed Infrastructure Limited (ALI), Costa Group Holdings Limited (CGC), Genex Power Limited (GNX), Kina Securities Limited (KSL), Medlab Clinical Limited (MDC), MG Unit Trust (MGC), Mitula Group Limited (MUA), Netccentric Limited (NCL), Pepper Group Limited (PEP), Pureprofile Ltd (PPL), REFFIND Limited (RFN), Series 2015-1 WST Trust (WEJ) and TORRENS Series 2015-1 Trust (TNJ).

ASIC: Proceeds Of Crime Seized Following Account Hacking

Date 05/08/2015

The Supreme Court of New South Wales today ordered more than $77,000 to be restrained following a joint ASIC-Australian Federal Police (AFP) operation into the hacking of online accounts of retail investors.

The CEO Pay Ratio Rule: A Workable Solution For Both Issuers And Investors, SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, Aug. 5, 2015

Date 05/08/2015

Today, the Commission takes another step to fulfill its Congressional mandate to provide better disclosure for investors regarding executive compensation at public companies.  As required by Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act,[1] today’s rules would require a public company to disclose the ratio of the total compensation of its chief executive officer (“CEO”) to the median total compensation received by the rest of its employees.[2]  The hope, quite simply, is that this information will better equip shareholders to promote accountability for the executive compensation practices of the companies that they own.

Quantitative Brokers And InfoReach Partner To Deliver Relative Value Trading For Futures

Date 05/08/2015

Quantitative Brokers (“QB”), a world leading provider of clearer and dealer-neutral agency algorithms for fixed income and futures markets, has partnered with InfoReach, an independent provider of multi-broker, cross-asset, electronic trading technology. InfoReach has integrated QB’s full suite of algorithms, including LEGGER, which supports relative value trading of user-defined, futures versus futures structures. The partnership will allow users of InfoReach’s electronic trading platform to submit and manage outright and inter-commodity futures trades through QB’s best execution algorithms.

Statement At Open Meeting On Registration Requirements For SBS Entities, SEC Chair Mary Jo White, Aug. 5, 2015

Date 05/08/2015

Good morning.  This is an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2015, under the Government in the Sunshine Act.

EBA: Consultation On RTS On Exclusion From CVA Of Non-EU Non-Financial Counterparties (EBA/CP/2015/14)

Date 05/08/2015

Statement At Open Meeting On Pay Ratio, SEC Chair Mary Jo White, Aug. 5, 2015

Date 05/08/2015

Good morning.  This is an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2015, under the Government in the Sunshine Act.

EBA Consults On Technical Standards On Exemption Of Non-Financial Counterparties (NFCs) From CVA Risk Charge

Date 05/08/2015