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Nasdaq Raises Offer Price For Oslo Børs VPS

Date 04/03/2019

Nasdaq raises offer price to NOK 158, reduces minimum acceptance condition, extends acceptance period and Drop-dead Date and reaffirms its commitment to its six-point program for the development and enhancement of Oslo Børs VPS and the Norwegian capital market.

Euronext Notes Updated Recommendation By Oslo Børs VPS Board Of Directors

Date 04/03/2019

Euronext notes that the Oslo Børs VPS Board of Directors has considered Euronext’s increased offer announced on 11 February 2019 as equal to the updated Nasdaq offer from a purely financial point of view. Euronext also notes that today, following Nasdaq’s announced decision to match Euronext’s offer, the Board of Directors has upheld its recommendation of Nasdaq as the preferred bidder in line with its commitment to do so under any circumstances.

MIAX Emerald Successfully Launches Trading Operations

Date 04/03/2019

MIAX Emerald™, the newest U.S. equity options exchange, successfully launched trading operations on March 1st with the rollout of options on its first symbol, IBM. MIAX Emerald will continue listing options on IBM for its first week of trading and begin rolling out additional symbols thereafter. With its launch, MIAX Emerald joins current options exchanges MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ as part of the MIAX Exchange Group™. All three exchanges are subsidiaries of Miami International Holdings, Inc.   

Nigerian Stock Exchange Holds Fixed Income Trading Workshop For Dealing Members

Date 04/03/2019

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) today held Fixed Income Trading Workshop at the Stock Exchange House in line with its commitment to improve the capacity of its members and enhance investors’ participation in the fixed income market.

OCC Welcomes MIAX Emerald Options Exchange

Date 04/03/2019

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today congratulated MIAX on the launch of MIAX Emerald, which began operations on Friday. This successful launch brings the total number of U.S. options markets to sixteen.

Amman Stock Exchange: Non-Jordanian Ownership In Companies Listed Reached 51.7%

Date 04/03/2019

The value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in February 2019 was JD 22.9 million, representing 23.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 24.8 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in February 2019 showed a decrease by JD 1.9 million, compared with an increase by JD 0.6 million during the same month of 2018.

Global Witness Response To Troika Laundromat Stories

Date 04/03/2019

The Global Witness response to the Troika Laundromat stories just published, on the same day the government pulled the Financial Services bill:

"On the same day that the Government pulled a bill rather than extend critical transparency measures to the Crown Dependencies, today’s stories of a new Russian laundromat reveals that companies serviced by UK tax havens are integral to the circulation of billions of dollars of apparently fraudulent funds.

How many more scandals and leaks are needed before Theresa May stops the UK territories from servicing the criminal and corrupt? We cannot, and should not, wait for the rest of the world to come on board before we open up our tax havens. Government must call time on the corrupt and push the UK to lead from the front in the fight against dirty money.” - Naomi Hirst, Senior Anti-Corruption Campaigner, Global Witness

Federal Court Orders Purported Metals Dealer And His Companies To Pay More Than $8 Million For Fraud And Misappropriation Of Customer Funds In CFTC Action

Date 04/03/2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that a Florida federal court ordered Carlos Javier Ramirez (Ramirez) and his companies, Royal Leisure International, Inc. (RLI) and Gold Chasers, Inc. (GCI), to pay restitution and civil monetary penalties for fraudulently soliciting customers to purchase physical gold and misappropriating their funds.

CISI Launches New UK Pathway For Global Certified Financial Planner Licence

Date 04/03/2019

A new and improved study pathway has been announced by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) for UK candidates for the world’s leading global financial planning credential, the Certified Financial Planner certification.

CFTC Commissioner Berkovitz To Participate In A Panel At CERAWeek 2019

Date 04/03/2019