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Remarks By President Donald Tusk Following The UK Notification - "What Can I Add To This? We Already Miss You"

Date 29/03/2017

So, here it is, six pages: the notification from Prime Minister Theresa May, triggering Article 50 and formally starting the negotiations of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. There is no reason to pretend that this is a happy day, neither in Brussels, nor in London. After all, most Europeans, including almost half the British voters wish that we would stay together, not drift apart. As for me I will not pretend that I am happy today.

Cantor Fitzgerald Adds Lance Vegna To Lead Global Portfolio Solutions Team

Date 29/03/2017

Cantor Fitzgerald, a leading financial services firm, today announced the addition of Lance Vegna to head its Portfolio Solutions team globally. Mr. Vegna will be a Managing Director, based in New York.

RWE Extends EEX Market Making Agreement To Spanish, French And Italian Power

Date 29/03/2017

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has welcomed RWE Supply & Trading GmbH as a market maker for the Spanish, French and Italian Power Futures Markets. Under the new agreement RWE Supply & Trading will promote liquidity in these markets by providing bid-offer spreads for Baseload Month, Quarter and Year contracts in the order book.

European Commission - Fact Sheet - Article 50 Of The Treaty On European Union – Q&A

Date 29/03/2017

Correction: DTCC’s Omgeo ALERT Completes Enhancements To Become Industry’s SSI Utility, Increases SSIs By 15% - Introduces Omgeo ALERT Automating SSIs Together (ASSIsT) Program - Readies Industry For U.S. T+2 Go-Live In September 2017 And Implementation Of MiFID II in January 2018

Date 29/03/2017

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that its Omgeo ALERT (ALERT) solution, a global repository for storing standing settlement instruction (SSI) data, has completed enhancements to become the industry’s single and centralized ‘SSI Utility.’ With 6.6 million settlement instructions as of year-end 2016, an increase of 15% over 2015, DTCC remains committed to driving the industry towards automating and replacing onerous, manual processes.

OTC Markets’ Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program Expands With Addition Of Colonial Stock Transfer And Transfer Online

Date 29/03/2017

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced Colonial Stock Transfer Co. Inc. and Transfer Online, Inc. have joined OTC Markets’ Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program, further growing the list of transfer agents that have partnered with OTC Markets Group to improve the transparency of share information for OTCQX®, OTCQB® and Pink® securities. 

SIX Swiss Exchange Welcomes A New Company - Today The Shares Of Rapid Nutrition PLC (RAP) Were Listed On SIX Swiss Exchange

Date 29/03/2017

The shares of Rapid Nutrition PLC (“Rapid Nutrition”) were listed today under the “International Reporting Standard” on SIX Swiss Exchange. The issued share capital of Rapid Nutrition comprises 23,265,104 ordinary shares with a nominal value of GBP 1.00 per share. An offering of the company’s securities has not taken place.

Feri EuroRating Services AG CRA Registration Withdrawn Following Acquisition

Date 29/03/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today withdrawn the credit rating agency (CRA) registration of Feri EuroRating Services AG (Feri EuroRating).

CBOE Holdings Announces First Stages Of Technology Integration Plan - CFE To Lead Planned Switch-Over To Bats Platform February 25, 2018; CBOE And C2 Options To Follow - All CBOE And Bats Exchanges To Operate Normally During Platform Integration - Customer Conference Call Scheduled For Wednesday, March 29, 2017, At 11:30 A.M. CT

Date 29/03/2017

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (BATS: CBOE | NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced that the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) will be the first of the CBOE Holdings exchanges to migrate onto the Bats technology platform, with an expected switch-over on Sunday, February 25, 2018. The migration of the C2 and CBOE options exchanges will follow, with those dates to be announced later.

MIAX Options - Postponed Activation Of Complex Market Orders And MIAX Price Collars (MPC) For Complex Orders And eQuotes

Date 29/03/2017

MIAX Options has postponed the activation of Complex Market Order Functionality and MIAX Price Collars (MPC) for Complex Orders and Complex eQuotes as previously announced in the March 21, 2017 Alert.  MIAX will publish an Alert with the new activiation date once available.