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SIFMA Commends Obama Administration’s New Cybersecurity Action Plan

Date 09/02/2016

SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., president and CEO, after the Obama Administration announced a new Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) that aims to enhance cybersecurity practices across the federal government: 

FINRA Warns High-Yield CD Offers Can Be Bait For High-Commission Investments

Date 09/02/2016

Advertisements touting higher-than-average CD yields might actually be a lure to trick investors into buying costly investments, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said today in a new Investor Alert.

MGEX Tops Open Interest Record

Date 09/02/2016

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), has set a new open interest record for the second time in as many weeks, closing Monday’s activity at 83,259.

Nasdaq Investor Day

Date 09/02/2016

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) will hold its 2016 Investor Day on Thursday, March 31, 2016.  Nasdaq's senior executive team will conduct an in-depth discussion of the company's operations, objectives, and strategy. 

European Commission - Extract From Speech By Commissioner Jonathan Hill On 2016 Priorities For An Approach To Resolution For CCPs, Centre For European Policy Studies

Date 09/02/2016

We need to consider how to approach other systemic financial institutions like central counterparty clearing houses, or CCPs.  We have required more clearing to go through central counter parties.  That's good for transparency and will reduce risk.  But now, if we are going to rely more on CCPs, we also need to put in place a system so that we can resolve them if anything goes wrong.

EEX And Powernext Launch Additional Trading Venues In Response To MiFID II Revisions

Date 09/02/2016

The revision of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) will fundamentally change the framework conditions for trading power and natural gas derivatives contracts. As a result, many commodity firms who trade energy derivatives through an exchange may have to adhere to additional requirements as these products are classed as financial instruments.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) Has Signed The First Agreement Of Its Kind With Edison Investment Research For Analysis Of Listed High-Tech Companies - Analysis Will Include Financial And Scientific Aspects And A Target Price Range And Will Be Distributed To Over 400 International Institutional Investors

Date 09/02/2016

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and international research firm, Edison Investment Research, today announced an agreement for the analysis of technology and biomed companies listed on the TASE. This agreement is the first of its kind and forms part of the analysis project promoted by the Committee for Promotion of Investments in Research and Development traded companies (the R&D Committee). The goal is to encourage investment in these companies by removing the barrier of a lack of understanding in the market.

Cairo Amman Bank Weekly Amman Stock Exchange Report

Date 09/02/2016

Click here to download Cairo Amman Bank's weekly Amman Stock Exchange report.

Achilles Macris Responds To Financial Conduct Authority Notice

Date 09/02/2016

Response from Achilles Macris to the Financial Conduct Authority Final Notice, published 9th February 2016:

“Today’s outcome represents a major climb-down by the FCA, after four years that I have spent fighting to clear my name. The Final Notice issued to JP Morgan by the FCA in 2013 wrongly and unfairly accused me of deliberately misleading the FSA. That Notice was released to the public without the FCA ever having properly heard my side of the story.  Today the FCA has finally accepted that this allegation against me was utterly wrong.

Borsa İstanbul VIOP Doubles The Underlying Single Stocks For Futures And Options Contracts To 20

Date 09/02/2016

Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) increases the number of underlying single stocks for futures and options contracts, currently standing at 10 to 20. Upon introduction of the new underlying assets on February 11, the ratio of the total spot market trade volume of 20 underlying single stocks to that of BIST 30 Index-constituent equities will increase to 93%.