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Explanatory Brief: Monetary Authority Of Singapore (Amendment) Bill 2015

Date 13/04/2015

1    The Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”), Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, today moved the Monetary Authority of Singapore Bill (“MAS Bill”) for First Reading in Parliament. 

KVH Upgrades To 100G Backbone On SJC Between Tokyo, Singapore And Hong Kong

Date 13/04/2015

KVH Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading Information Delivery Platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan announced today that it has upgraded its network backbone between Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong to 100G on the South-East Asia Japan Cable System (SJC). Beginning April 15th, 2015, KVH will offer KVH etherXEN Global network services and Global DCNet on this newly acquired SJC capacity between these three major Asian cities. This SJC capacity illustrates KVH’s commitment to the Asia Pacific region as well as the company’s ability to operate and maintain high-bandwidth services.

Cairo Amman Bank Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 12/04/2015

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Qatar Stock Exchange And Carnegie Mellon Qatar Sign Memorandum Of Understanding Cooperation In The Fields Of Education, Training And Specialized Conferences

Date 12/04/2015

Qatar Stock Exchange and CarnegieMellon University in Qatar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) topromote future collaborations between the two organizations.

DGCX Sets Several Records In The First Quarter

Date 12/04/2015

• First quarter volumes grew 11% from Q4 2014 and 8% from Q1 2014
• March 2015 volumes up by 32%  while year-on-year volumes rose by 19%
• Indian Rupee Futures recorded the highest monthly volume since August 2013 with 1,026,331 contracts

CBOE Holdings Reports March 2015 Trading Volume - Corrected

Date 11/04/2015

NOTE: In the news release, “CBOE Holdings Reports March 2015 Trading Volume,” issued April 1, 2015 by CBOE Holdings, Inc. over PR Newswire, the company advised PR Newswire that the table in the last section -- “CBOE Holdings Average Revenue Per Contract” -- contained an incorrect number. In the “Total Options Average Revenue Per Contract” line, the February 2015 figure has been changed from "$0.264" to "$0.283." The complete, corrected release follows:

• Total Volume of 94.9 Million Contracts Traded
• ADV of 4.3 Million Contacts Down From Prior Month, Year Ago

BATS 1000 Index Advances 1.6% This Week

Date 10/04/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS), a leading operator of exchanges and services for financial markets globally, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) rose 370.74 points to close at 23,337.69, up 1.6 percent over last Friday’s close.

Bank Regulators At The Gates: The Misguided Quest For Prudential Regulation Of Asset Managers: Remarks At The 2015 Virginia Law And Business Review Symposium, SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher, University Of Virginia School Of, Law, Charlottesville, VA, April 10, 2015

Date 10/04/2015

Thank you, Andy [Vollmer] for that kind introduction. 

I’m very pleased to be a part of today’s symposium celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Investment Company and Investment Advisers Acts of 1940.  For more than seven decades, these remarkably simple pieces of legislation have provided an efficient regulatory framework for a vital sector of the capital markets.

NYSE GROUP Issues Short Interest Report

Date 10/04/2015

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of March 31, 2015.

Nasdaq Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date March 31, 2015

Date 10/04/2015

At the end of the settlement date of March 31, 2015, short interest in 2,260 NASDAQ Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,682,464,601 shares compared with 7,722,396,733 shares in 2,264 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of March 13, 2015. The end-of-March short interest represents 4.52 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.58 days for the prior reporting period.