Nasdaq Acquires Quandl To Advance The Use Of Alternative Data - Acquisition Aligns With Nasdaq’s Strategy To Expand Technology And Analytics Offering

Date 04/12/2018

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced today it has acquired Quandl, Inc., a leading provider of alternative and core financial data.

Artemis.bm: Jurisdictional Competition Should Grow The ILS Pie: BSX CEO

Date 04/12/2018

Artemis, a news, analysis and data media service, released an on-line article 29 November 2018, titled “Jurisdictional competition should grow the ILS pie: BSX CEO”. The full release from Artemis stated:

Competition between the widening array of regulatory jurisdictions that offer insurance-linked securities (ILS) platforms for market structures and services should serve to grow the size of the market, making shared experiences important so each can learn from others lessons learned.

Shira Pavis Minton, Ethics Counsel, To Retire From The SEC After 20 Years Of Federal Service

Date 04/12/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Shira Pavis Minton, Ethics Counsel and Designated Agency Ethics Official, will be retiring from the agency this month after more than 20 years of federal service and nearly 10 years with the SEC. 

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 04/12/2018

To honor the memory of President George H. W. Bush, December 5, 2018 is a National Day of Mourning, and the U.S. Government will be closed.

EEX New Participant: Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH

Date 04/12/2018

Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH has been additionally admitted to exchange trading for UK Financial Power Futures.

EBA Publishes Final Guidelines On The Exemption From The Fall Back Mechanism Under The RTS On SCA And CSC

Date 04/12/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on the conditions that account servicing payment service providers (ASPSPs) must meet in order to be exempted from the obligation to implement the fallback mechanism under the Regulation (EU) 2018/389 on strong customer authentication and common and secure communication (RTS on SCA&CSC). The Guidelines aim at providing clarity to ASPSPs and national competent authorities (CAs) regarding the elements that should be considered for the purpose of an exemption and at ensuring a consistent application of the conditions for an exemption across the 28 EU Member States.

FTSE Russell Launches New Green Real Estate Indexes

Date 04/12/2018

• New FTSE EPRA Nareit Green Indexes allow investors to integrate climate risk into listed real estate portfolios
• Provide a similar returns profile to their parent index, but materially enhances climate exposure in building energy efficiency, green certification and carbon emissions
• Innovative tools to help drive ambitious global sustainability agenda
• Real estate sector currently accounts for 28% of global carbon emissions
• US $341 billion of assets currently benchmarked to underlying FTSE EPRA Nareit Global Real Estate Indexes

Strong November For Eurex Exchange: 12 Percent Increase In Total Turnover

Date 04/12/2018

In November, Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has again seen very strong demand for its products. A total of 149.5 million contracts were traded in November. This is 12 percent more than in last November (133.3 million).

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Publication Of Final Terms

Date 04/12/2018

Pursuant to the London Stock Exchange Group plc's £2,500,000,000 Euro

Medium Term Note Programme, final terms (the "Final Terms") of the

following securities issued are available for viewing:

• EUR 500,000,000 1.750% Senior Notes due 2027 (ISIN XS1918000107)

BME Brings Together Seven Spanish Midcaps With European Investors In Geneva - Tenth Edition Of The "Geneva MidCap Event"

Date 04/12/2018

The tenth edition of the Geneva MidCap Event, an annual meeting of medium and small companies with investors sponsored by BME, is being held in Geneva today. The two-day meeting will allow the management teams of eight small and medium capitalisation Spanish listed companies to meet with European institutional investors from France, Belgium, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Switzerland. More than 100 investors will attend the event this year.