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The New York State Department of Financial Services Now Accepting Applications For Commerzbank Independent Monitor

Date 17/03/2015

The New York State Department of Financial Services (“the Department”) is accepting applications from firms interested in serving as the independent monitor for Commerzbank AG and Commerzbank AG New York Branch (individually and collectively, “Commerzbank”), pursuant to paragraphs 48 through 55 of the Department’s March 12, 2015 Consent Order.

CalPERS Receives Distinguished Finance Award - Highest Form Of Award For Annual Budget

Date 17/03/2015

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), Financial Office was honored for excellence in budget reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). The GFOA awarded CalPERS the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the 2014-15 Fiscal Year (FY) Annual Budget Report.

Euronext Brussels Introduces Spotlight Options On Ontex And D’Ieteren

Date 17/03/2015

Euronext announced today the successful introduction of spotlight options on the shares of Ontex (option trading symbol: ONT) and D’Ieteren (option trading symbol: IET).  The spotlight options will be available as of today on the derivatives market of Euronext Brussels.

ICE Futures U.S. Sets Daily Volume Record In Mini MSCI Complex And Mini MSCI EAFE Futures

Date 17/03/2015

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced today that ICE Futures U.S. reported record daily volume in the mini MSCI® futures complex as well as futures based on MSCI’s benchmark for international equity performance, the mini MSCI EAFE® index, which tracks equities in developed markets in Europe and Asia.

REGIS-TR Registers As Registered Reporting Mechanism For REMIT Reporting

Date 17/03/2015

• RRM status facilitates reporting of transactions and orders for wholesale energy products as required under REMIT
• Reporting of standardised contracts to commence on 7 October, non-standardised contracts on 7 April 2016
• Addition of this new service strengthens REGIS-TR’s vision of becoming a one-stop-shop for any European reporting regulation

CME Group Inc. Announces Date Of First-Quarter 2015 Earnings Release, Conference Call

Date 17/03/2015

CME Group Inc. will announce earnings for the first quarter of 2015 before the markets open on Thursday, April 30, 2015.  The company has scheduled an investor conference call that day at 7:30 a.m. Central time.

Finansinspektionen - Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority - Decision Regarding The Countercyclical Buffer Rate

Date 17/03/2015

Finansinspektionen (FI) shall, in accordance with the Capital Buffers Act (2014:966), set a countercyclical buffer guide and a countercyclical buffer rate for each quarter.

Mandatory Notification Of Trade - Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA

Date 17/03/2015

Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA has 17 March bought 10,000 own shares at a price of NOK 95 per share. After this transaction, Oslo Børs VPS Holding holds 16,663 shares in the company.

ACER Publishes European Register Of Market Participants And List Of Standard Contracts And Stands Ready For REMIT Data Collection From Organised Market Places And ENTSO Transparency Platforms

Date 17/03/2015

The European Register of Market Participants and the List of Standard Contracts are being published on the REMIT Portal today. The publication marks the finalisation of the Agency’s preparatory work on supporting documentation for data collection under REMIT, the EU Regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency. The publication coincides with the Agency’s completion of its IT development of ARIS, ACER’s REMIT Information System, for data collection from Organised Market Places and ENTSO transparency platforms for the first phase of data collection as of 7 October 2015. The fourth edition of the Agency’s REMIT Q&A was also published today which contains questions and answers concerning the European Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014 (the ‘Implementing Acts’) in addition to the questions and answers concerning REMIT.

Solactive Offering A New Approach To The REIT Sector - Innovative, Equal-Weighted Index Based On Dividend Yield And Volatility - Used For ETF Listed By Global X Today On NASDAQ

Date 17/03/2015

Solactive AG has launched the Solactive Global SuperDividend® REIT Index, designed to follow the stocks of REITs with both a high dividend yield and a low volatility, and used as underlying by the Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF (SRET).