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ASX Improves Listing Rules To Enhance Market Quality

Date 10/10/2019

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has today released its final response to submissions to its November 2018 consultation paper Simplifying, clarifying and enhancing the integrity and efficiency of the ASX listing rules. The response includes a range of rule amendments and new and updated guidance.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange September 2019 Market Summary - TOCOM September Daily Volume Averaged 90,207 Contracts, Down 14.0% M-o-M

Date 10/10/2019

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that September 2019 average daily volume was 90,207 contracts, down 14.0% from August and up 10.7% from September 2018. Volume increased for TOCOM’s most active contracts; Platinum Standard rose 43.7% from the prior month to 17,140 and Dubai Crude Oil increased 11.4% to 12,636 contracts. Gold Standard declined 28.9% to 40,468 contracts and Gold Rolling Spot fell 22.7% to 7,159 contracts.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For October 2019 Rubber(RSS) Contract

Date 10/10/2019

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the October 2019 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.2 of the Rubber Delivery Detailed Rules, the price differential between the Good Delivery materials RSS No.3 and the non-standard grade RSS No.4 for the October 2019 contract month shall be -3.0 yen/kg.

Other People’s Money' And Changing Global Markets - Keynote Address By ASIC Chair, James Shipton, At The Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) Annual Conference, 'Developing Asia's Capital Markets', Tokyo, Japan, 10 October 2019

Date 10/10/2019

Introduction

Good morning everyone.

I would firstly like to thank ASIFMA for inviting me to speak to you today. And it is great to be back in Tokyo.

Over the next two days, you will hear many different perspectives on how markets are changing, evolving and adapting to new regulation, technology and innovation.

"The Changing World" - Keynote Speech By Ms Jacqueline Loh, Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At The World Federation Of Exchanges General Assembly And Annual Meeting On 9 October 2019

Date 10/10/2019

Nasdaq Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date September 30, 2019

Date 09/10/2019

At the end of the settlement date of September 30, 2019, short interest in 2,379 Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled 8,342,401,350 shares compared with 8,289,152,727 shares in 2,367 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of September 13, 2019. The end-of-September short interest represents 4.37 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 5.18 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 09/10/2019

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of September 30, 2019.

Fiserv Recommends Shareholders Reject Mini-Tender Offer By TRC Capital Investment Corporation

Date 09/10/2019

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, has been notified of an unsolicited mini-tender offer by TRC Capital Investment Corporation (“TRC”) to purchase up to 1 million shares of Fiserv common stock at a price of $101.00 per share in cash. TRC's offer price is approximately 4.5% lower than the $105.70 closing price of common stock of Fiserv on October 4, 2019, the last closing price prior to commencement of the offer.

CFTC To Hold An Open Commission Meeting On October 16

Date 09/10/2019

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath P. Tarbert today announced the CFTC will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, October 16 at 10:00 a.m. at its headquarters in Washington, DC to consider the following:

• Proposed Rule: Amendment to Regulation 23.161 – Compliance Schedule Extension
• Proposed Rule: Amendments to the Margin Rules for Uncleared Swaps – 23.151 and 23.157

New Zealand Financial Market Authority: KiwiSaver Providers Respond On Member Engagement But Little Movement On Fees

Date 09/10/2019

The Financial Market Authority (FMA) has today published its annual KiwiSaver report for the year to the end of March 2019, showing a welcome increase in default member engagement, but few signs of a reduction in fees.