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Osaka Exchange: Decision On Implementation Date, Etc. For Expansion Of Contract Months For Options On Nikkei Stock Average And Introduction Of Weekly Options

Date 24/02/2015

We are glad to announce that we have determined the implementation date, etc. for the expansion of contract months for options on the Nikkei Stock Average, which was announced October 9, 2014, as follows.

Implementation date and the Contract Months on Implementation

The expansion will be implemented on May 25, 2015 (Mon.) 
The following four new contract months whose last trading day is the day preceding each Friday other than the second Friday (hereinafter referred to as "weekly options") will be available for trading on the launch date: 5th week May 2015, 1st week June 2015, 3rd week June 2015, and 4th week June 2015.

FIX Trading Community Releases Best Practices Document For IPO Process

Date 24/02/2015

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced the release of a Best Practices document for the automation of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process.

1,000th ETF listed On SIX Swiss Exchange - With Five New ETFs From UBS, The Selection Available On SIX Swiss Exchange Has Risen To 1,000 Products

Date 24/02/2015

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are funds that are traded over an exchange and do not have maturity caps. SIX Swiss Exchange is among the pioneers of ETF trading in Europe, having already launched its segment in 2000 with two products on STOXX indices. Since then, the number of products has continued to grow from year to year. 162 products were added in 2014 alone. With the five ETFs listed by UBS today, the selection of ETFs now comprises 1,000 products from 18 issuers.

FIA Japan Newsletter March 2015 Edition Released

Date 24/02/2015

Futures Industry Association of Japan has released the March 2015 edition of its bimonthly newsletter. For browse, please access the following URL.

http://www.fiajapan.org/site_newsletters/en/201503/FIAJ_Newsletter_EN_2015_03.pdf 

UBS Joins mFund Service

Date 24/02/2015

UBS Securities Australia  has this month joined the mFund Settlement  Service. This strengthens the distribution capabilities of mFund through UBS’s extensive network of broker, adviser and investor channels.

Activation Of JPX Data Cloud

Date 24/02/2015

Tokyo Stock Exchange is pleased to announce the current TSE Data Download Service has been revamped and launched as a new historical data service, JPX Data Cloud.

ASIC Takes Action On Deficient Advice On Complex Structured Investment Products

Date 24/02/2015

ASIC concerns about financial advice relating to complex products has led to 10 licensees undertaking corrective action.

ASIC released a report in December 2013 which looked at advice provided by 10 licensees in relation to retail structured products. These are investments whose value is based on the movement of underlying assets such as a share index, generally using derivatives arrangements. The report also looked at advice on limited recourse (or 'protected') loans that are used to buy shares.

Independent Reserve Added To Global Bitcoin Benchmark - Tera Bitcoin Price Index – The Only Regulated Global Benchmark For USD/XBT Contracts – Has Selected Independent Reserve As Part Of Its TeraBit Index

Date 23/02/2015

Independent Reserve, the Bitcoin market, has become the only Australian Bitcoin exchange to be included in the TeraBitSMIndex, the global benchmark for Bitcoin pricing.

Nasdaq Increases Bandwidth Recommendations For Select Proprietary Data Feeds

Date 23/02/2015

What you need to know:

• Nasdaq® is updating its bandwidth recommendations for select proprietary data feed products to reflect recent traffic trends.
• Nasdaq is advising firms to increase bandwidth allocations for the affected proprietary data feed products:

ASIC Publishes Second Report On Corporate Finance Regulation

Date 23/02/2015

ASIC has today published the second report in its series on the regulation of corporate finance issues in Australia.