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DIFC Announces Enactment Of Amendment Law 2018 and Amendments To Data Protection Regulations

Date 31/01/2018

Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFC Authority) announced today that His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, has enacted the DIFC Laws Amendment Law, DIFC Law No. 1 of 2018 (Law).

United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Calls For Brexit Analysis To Be Published

Date 31/01/2018

Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan MP, Chair of the Treasury Committee, has written to Rt Hon. David Davis MP, Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, to express the Committee’s full support for calls to make the leaked document entitled 'EU Exit Analysis—Cross Whitehall Briefing' available to Parliament and the public.

Gary Katz To Receive Joseph W. Sullivan Award At 2018 Options Industry Conference

Date 31/01/2018

The Options Industry Council (OIC), an industry resource funded by OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced that Gary Katz, former President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Securities Exchange (ISE), will receive the 2018 Joseph W. Sullivan Options Industry Achievement Award.

Overstock.com And tZERO Advisors Launch Robo-Advisor Digital Investment Platform

Date 31/01/2018

Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) announces the launch of a digitally driven investment platform, powered by tZERO Advisors, within the online retailer’s FinanceHub™.

Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam Before The Market Risk Advisory Committee

Date 31/01/2018

Introduction

Good morning and welcome to the first Market Risk Advisory Committee (“MRAC”) meeting of 2018. I am pleased to sponsor this Committee, and believe my timing to address important market risk issues could not be better. Ground-breaking new ideas have gone from theory to application in just the past few months. I am especially mindful and appreciative of the Commission’s ongoing efforts to affirmatively exercise its regulatory authority and expertise while remaining ever vigilant of the risks associated with the adoption of nascent technologies.

MIAX Options - February 1, 2018 Fee Changes

Date 31/01/2018

Effective February 1, 2018, pending SEC approval, the MIAX Options Fee Schedule will be amended.  

Remarks Of CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo Before The Market Risk Advisory Committee Meeting

Date 31/01/2018

Thank you, Commissioner (Rostin) Behnam.

Good morning, everyone. A warm welcome to all of the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) Committee members, presenters and participants, both here and on the telephone. It is good to have you all with us.

This is the first time my new fellow Commissioners and I are appearing together in an official capacity at the agency. It is very good to be with Commissioners (Brian) Quintenz and (Rostin) Behnam. Hopefully, the three of us will have additional company this year.

Distributed Futures Research Explores Cryptocurrency Liquidity

Date 31/01/2018

Long Finance’s Distributed Futures research programme is pleased to announce the launch of a research project provisionally entitled, “Addressing the thirst for Cyptocurrency Liquidity with Technical & Operating Standards.”

Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz Before The CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee

Date 31/01/2018

Thank you, Commissioner Behnam, for convening today’s meeting and for your sponsorship of the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC). I look forward to a thoughtful discussion of the process by which exchanges may list contracts for new or novel products and the CFTC’s role in that process.

Tehran Stock Exchange Weekly Market Review From 27 January 2018 To 31 January 2018

Date 31/01/2018

Click here to download Tehran Stock Exchange's weekly market review.