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NZX Q3 2019 Revenues & Shareholder Metrics

Date 22/10/2019

Please see attached Q3 2019 revenue and shareholder and regulatory metrics.

CFTC Commissioner Behnam To Discuss The Impact Of Climate Change On Financial Stability At A Global Financial Markets Center Event

Date 22/10/2019

Creation Of The AMF-Finance Montréal Research Chair

Date 22/10/2019

The École des sciences de la gestion of Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG UQAM), the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and Finance Montréal are announcing the creation of the AMF-Finance Montréal Research Chair, an interuniversity research unit aimed at developing foundational and practical knowledge about the issues and impacts of financial technological innovation (fintech).

American Financial Exchange® Announces One-Day Volume Record In AMERIBOR® Futures

Date 22/10/2019

The American Financial Exchange (AFX), electronic exchange for direct interbank lending and borrowing for American financial institutions, announced a record volume trading day on Monday, October 21 in the AMERIBOR futures complex. A record 665 contracts were traded across both the three-month and seven-day futures contracts, which is equal to $6.02 billion in notional value. This surpasses the record set on Monday, September30 when 585 contracts were traded.

FESE: European Capital Markets Fact Sheet Q3 2019

Date 22/10/2019

• European capital markets had a good third quarter in 2019.
• Both the FESE Index and equity trading increased QoQ and YoY, recovering their earlier path.
• Good news for SME markets, they grew in market capitalisation.
• New listings experienced a sharp quarterly decline owing to an above-average second quarter, but equity investment flows increased YoY.
• It was a very positive quarter for options and futures, as they soared in notional turnover.
• Finally, also good news for bonds: they increased in turnover at the QoQ and YoY levels.

SEC Investor Advisory Committee To Meet On Nov. 7

Date 22/10/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on Nov. 7. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time in the Multipurpose Room at SEC headquarters at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. and is open to the public. The meeting will be webcast live and archived on the committee’s website for later viewing.

BME: MARF Registers A Bond Issue By Vista Alegre

Date 22/10/2019

• The Portuguese company chooses this BME market to broaden and diversify its investor base in Spain

Record Number Of Comments Submitted In Opposition To Proposed SEC Rule

Date 22/10/2019

The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) today filed a historic petition with 102,595 signatures opposing a proposed Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) rule that would reduce whistleblower protections and rewards. When combined with the more than 15,000 comments directly filed with the SEC by many of these individuals, this is the largest-ever set of comments on an SEC whistleblower program change. It is also one of the top seven sets of comments on any SEC action.

ETF Market Report: 3rd Quarter 2019 - The Swiss Stock Exchange, One Of Europe’s Top 3 ETF Venues, Publishes The Latest Figures About The Growth Of Its Segment.

Date 22/10/2019

The Swiss ETF market developed positively in the past quarter and achieved an increase in turnover, as the latest edition of ourETF Market Report[pdf] shows. Trading turnover in the third quarter reached CHF 40.5 billion. With CHF 28.9 bn, turnover in the asset class Equity Developed Markets alone was higher than the total turnover of the ETF segment in Q2 (CHF 24.7 bn). With a total of 272'322, the number of transactions in Q3 was also higher than in the previous quarter (257'707).

Verhofstadt, European Parliament's Brexit Coordinator: “We Will Only Approve Brexit Deal After UK Has Approved It”

Date 22/10/2019

An orderly Brexit is needed to avoid violence returning to Ireland, according to Guy Verhofstadt, Parliament's Brexit coordinator.