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BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement Activity For May

Date 04/06/2015

In the month of May, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 207,930 per day. Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction, PIP, averaged $341,729 per day, while total savings to investors in May was $6.83M. With this, BOX has saved investors over $631M since its inception in 2004. Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of May was 341,010 contracts.

SEC Staff Provides Additional Analysis Related To Proposed Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules

Date 04/06/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission staff today made available additional analysis related to its proposed rules for pay ratio disclosure.  The analysis by the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) considers the potential effects of excluding different percentages of employees from the pay ratio calculation. 

FIA Releases SEF Tracker Report For March

Date 04/06/2015

FIA today published the latest issue of FIA SEF Tracker, a periodic report on trading activity taking place on swap execution facilities. This issue of FIA SEF Tracker presents the data in a new format and shows volume trends from January 2014 to March 2015 for interest rate, credit default and foreign exchange products. This issue also includes a spreadsheet containing weekly data going back to January 2014.

European Commission Extends Transitional Period For Capital Requirements For Banks' Exposures To CCPs

Date 04/06/2015

The European Commission has today adopted an implementing act that will extend the transitional period for capital requirements for EU banking groups’ exposures to central counterparties (CCPs) under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). The CRR introduced a capital requirement for the exposures of EU banks and their subsidiaries to a CCP.

Capital Markets Union – A Regulator’s Perspective - Speech By David Lawton, Director Of Markets, Policy And International, At The FCA, Delivered At The Deutsche Borse Group ‘Blueprint For A European Capital Markets Union’ Event On 27 May 2015 At The ETC Venues, London

Date 04/06/2015

It is clear that Capital Markets Union is going to be a central theme of the European Commission’s programme for the next five years (and possibly beyond). 

But we are still at the formative stage – defining the ambition, setting the goals, gathering ideas on the possible ways forward.

Euronext Announces Quarterly Review Results Of The AEX, AMX And AScX

Date 04/06/2015

Euronext today announced the results of the quarterly review for the AEX, the AMX and the AScX. The changes due to the review will be effective from Monday 22 June 2015. 

BATS Exchange Welcomes The iShares Convertible Bond ETF - New ETF Begins Trading Today On BATS Exchange Under Symbol ICVT

Date 04/06/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS), the leading U.S. market for the trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), welcomes the iShares Convertible Bond ETF (BATS: ICVT), an indexed bond ETF, which begins trading today on BATS Exchange.

Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld To Present At Sandler O’Neill’s Global Exchange And Brokerage Conference

Date 04/06/2015

Who:     Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld

What:    Sandler O’Neill’s Global Exchange and Brokerage Conference

When:   Thursday, June 4, 2015
             1:30 PM Eastern Time 

Euronext Announces Quarterly Review Results Of The BEL 20, BEL MID, And BEL Small

Date 04/06/2015

Euronext today announced the results of the quarterly review for the  BEL 20®, BEL Mid®, and BEL Small®. The changes due to the review will be effective from Monday 22 June 2015.

BATS Reports U.S. Options Market Share Of 9.7%, Second-Best Month On Record - EDGX Options Scheduled To Launch November 2nd, Pending SEC Approval

Date 04/06/2015

BATS Global Markets today reported volume, marketshare, and monthly highlights for its U.S. options business, including its second-best month on record with 9.7% market share, up from 3.8% one year ago. The monthly market share record is 9.9%, set in April 2015.