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UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Fines And Bans Ralph Whittington

Date 10/09/2015

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Ralph Whittington £42,111 and banned him from performing any function in relation to regulated activity for failing to act with integrity in carrying out his controlled functions. The FCA has also withdrawn Mr Whittington’s approvals to perform controlled functions at Savesure Limited (“Savesure”), an insurance intermediary of which he was a shareholder.

Korea Exchange (KRX) Amended The Enforcement Rules Of The Disclosure Regulations

Date 10/09/2015

The KRX amended the Enforcement Rules of the Disclosure Regulations of the KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets as a follow-up measure after the “Regulatory Reform for the Corporate Disclosure System (FSC, June 1, 2015),” and it has become effective on September 7, 2015.

EURO STOXX 50 Index Licensed To Yuanta To Underlie Exchange-Traded Fund

Date 10/09/2015

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced that the EURO STOXX 50 Index has been licensed to Yuanta Securities Investment Trust Company (Yuanta SITC), the largest mutual fund company in Taiwan, to serve as the basis for an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF will be listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2016.

Taiwan Stock Exchange: Listing Of TOPIX ETFs Increases Taiwan Economic Momentum

Date 10/09/2015

The listing of TOPIX index-based leveraged and inverse ETFs on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TWSE) – the first ever ETFs tracking the Japanese market to list in Taiwan – on 10 September 2015 represented a milestone in the ongoing cooperation between the Taiwan and Japan capital markets.

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) To Restitute Victims Of Illegal Futures Trading Scheme

Date 10/09/2015

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today started the process of restituting victims of an illegal futures trading scheme by calling upon eligible claimants to file their notice of claims before 5pm, 25 September 2015.

TriOptima And LCH.Clearnet Expand Compression For Unlinked, Cleared Interest Rate Swaps Eliminating 30% Of NZD (New Zealand Dollar) Notional Outstanding In First Swapclear NZD Cycle

Date 10/09/2015

TriOptima announces today that 12 participants eliminated 902.3 Billion NZD ($590.2 Billion) in the first NZD compression cycle in LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear. According to SwapClear, this represents 30% of the NZD notional and 35% of the NZD line items outstanding in the clearinghouse.

OTC Clear Welcomes Deutsche Bank As A Clearing Member

Date 10/09/2015

OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited (OTC Clear), a subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) that provides clearing services for over-the-counter, or OTC, derivatives, welcomes Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Hong Kong Branch (Deutsche Bank) as a clearing member.  Deutsche Bank's membership takes effect today (Thursday).

Clearstream’s August 2015 Figures - 25 Percent Increase In German CSD Settlement Transactions Compared To August 2014 - 16 Percent Increase In Investment Funds Transactions Compared To August 2014 - Marc Robert-Nicoud: Results A Positive Response From Customers To Our Integrated Offering For T2S

Date 10/09/2015

Clearstream: Business stream 1: Custody 

In August 2015, the overall value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 8 percent to EUR 13.2 trillion (compared to EUR 12.2 trillion in August 2014).

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For September 2015 Rubber Contract

Date 10/09/2015

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the September 2015 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,

Orc Recruits Senior Industry Experts To Address New Regulatory Landscape

Date 10/09/2015

Orc, the global market leader in electronic trading technology for listed derivatives, today announced two strategic recruitments: Christer Wennerberg, who joins Orc from the SEB Group and Magnus Hedin, most recently with Nasdaq. They are entering Orc’s newly established market structure team with the key mission to adapt Orc’s platforms to upcoming regulatory changes, and to launch a broader product and services offering for supporting clients affected by new European market regulations, including MiFID II/MiFIR. The new team will be headed by Christer Wennerberg.