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"The Challenges For Insurance And Regulators In A Big Data World" Speech By Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive Of The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority At The ABI Annual Conference, Wednesday 22nd November 2016

Date 22/11/2016

It is a great pleasure to be at the ABI Conference today. Insurance is very important to the effective functioning of our society and economy. It is therefore very important to the FCA. On a slightly selfish note, I have to admit also that it is a great pleasure to talk about insurance today and not speak about Solvency II. I will go out on a limb and say there is more to life than Solvency II, important though it is.

Itiviti Presented With 2016 Technology Award By TMT News

Date 22/11/2016

Itiviti, world-leading technology provider for the capital markets industry, has been recognized by the 2016 Technology Awards, where Itiviti was named Best Capital Markets Technology Provider.

Axioma Rolls Out Enhanced US Equity Risk Models

Date 22/11/2016

• Improved methodologies and enhanced style factors enable better articulation of risk
• Customization options empower full implementation of proprietary strategies

Russell/Nomura Total Market Index Adds 140 New Firms In Annual Reconstitution

Date 22/11/2016

FTSE Russell, the global index provider, and Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., today announced that 140 new stocks were added to the Russell/Nomura Total Market Index, which captures 98% of the float-adjusted market capitalization of the Japanese equity market, as part of the annual reconstitution process on November 21. The new membership list for the indexes was posted on the FTSE Russell website.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Improves Review Remedy System To Protect Legitimate Rights & Interests Of Self-regulation Entities

Date 22/11/2016

Approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has recently issued the “SSE Measures for Implementation of Review” (the Measures for short), further improving the review system and strengthened the protection for the legitimate rights and interests of the self-regulation entities.

ASIC: Relief For Foreign Financial Service Providers From Luxembourg

Date 22/11/2016

ASIC has extended its relief for foreign financial service providers (FFSPs) from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services (AFS) licence when providing financial services to Australian wholesale clients by Luxembourg fund managers.

Shanghai Stock Exchange: First AdjustmentTto SSE 50 ETF Option For Dividend Distribution

Date 22/11/2016

On November 11, 2016, Huaxia Fund Management Co., Ltd. issued the “Announcement on Dividend Distribution of SSE 50 ETF”, stating that the SSE 50 ETF (ticker symbol: 50 ETF; code: 510050) would distribute dividend, with the ex-dividend date of November 29. It will be the first dividend distribution by the underlying of the SSE 50 ETF option contract since the option’s launch on February 9, 2015. The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) will, according to the “SSE Rules for Pilot Program of Stock Option Trading”, adjust all the unexpired contracts of the SSE 50 ETF option on November 29 and re-launch new option contracts.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 21 November, 2016, Issue 39

Date 22/11/2016

SZSE promulgated the Guidelines on Information Disclosure of three industries: seed and planting, construction machinery, and decoration industry. Taking industrial characteristics, investor demand and information disclosure cost of listed companies into consideration, the Guidelines clearly regulated disclosure requirements of periodic report and interim report, first disclosure and continuous disclosure obligations, industrial characteristics and business scope, industrial chain and core competitiveness, value and risk, financial and non-financial information by emphasizing industrial characteristics and risks respectively. In addition, the Guidelines expanded the flexibility of specific rules based on industrial characteristics.

Trading And Markets Director Stephen Luparello To Leave SEC

Date 21/11/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Stephen Luparello, Director of the Division of Trading and Markets, will leave the agency by the first of the year.  He was named director of the office in February 2014.

Canada's Competition Bureau Statement Regarding Its Investigation Into Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct By TMX Group Limited

Date 21/11/2016

Today, the Commissioner of Competition (the “Commissioner”) announced that he has discontinued his investigation into allegations that TMX Group Limited (“TMX Group”) engaged in conduct contrary to the restrictive trade practices provisions of the Competition Act (the “Act”). This statement summarizes the Competition Bureau’s (the “Bureau”) approach in respect of this investigation.