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Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date August 15, 2016

Date 25/08/2016

At the end of the settlement date of August 15, 2016, short interest in  2,334  Nasdaq Global Market^SM securities totaled  7,501,329,605  shares compared with 7,662,477,758  shares in 2,335  Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of July 29, 2016. The mid-August short interest represents 4.37  days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 5.06 days for the prior reporting period.

NZ Milk Futures Hits Milestone, Price Rise Rrives Activity

Date 24/08/2016

NZX’s NZ milk price futures contract reached a new milestone on Wednesday, with more than 10 million kilograms of milk solids (kg/ms) traded since the product launched less than three months ago.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 24/08/2016

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

CBOE Risk Management Conference Europe 2016 - CBOE To Host 5th Annual CBOE RMC Europe September 26 - 28, 2016 In County Wicklow, Ireland

Date 24/08/2016

Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) will host the 5th annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC) Europe, Monday, September 26 through Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at the Powerscourt Hotel in County Wicklow, Ireland.

SIFMA Statement On SEC MCDC Enforcement Action

Date 24/08/2016

SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., president and CEO of SIFMA, on the MCDC enforcement action announced today by the Securities and Exchange Commission:

“SIFMA supports a robust disclosure regime in the municipal market to ensure that investors have timely access to the information they need to evaluate their investments. We have serious concerns about how the SEC executed the MCDC Initiative. Given the widespread nature of the enforcement actions by the SEC, first against dealers and now against issuers, we believe that broad changes in regulation and practices are warranted."

IIROC Consolidated Enforcement Rules Take Effect September 1

Date 24/08/2016

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada's (IIROC's)new Consolidated Rules, approved earlier this year by the Canadian Securities Administrators, will take effectSeptember 1, 2016.

SIFMA Market Close Recommendation For Labor Day In The U.S., The UK And Japan

Date 24/08/2016

SIFMA has confirmed its previous holiday recommendation for a full market close on Monday, September 5 for the trading of U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-income securities in the U.S., the UK, and Japan in observance of Labor Day. 

United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: Gilt Market Liquidity

Date 24/08/2016

Letter from Dr Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England, regarding gilt market liquidity, dated 18 December 2015

24-08-2016 01:00 AM BST

Oslo Børs: Harald Espedal Resigns From Board Positions

Date 24/08/2016

Attention is drawn to the Oslo Børs press release of 24 August in which it is announced that the Board of Directors of Oslo Børs has resolved to impose a violation charge on Sandnes Sparebank for a breach of the duty to disclose inside information to the market. Harald Espedal is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sandnes Sparebank. He is also Deputy Chair of the Boards of Directors of Oslo Børs ASA and Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA. As a consequence of the decision taken by the Board of Directors of Oslo Børs in relation to Sandnes Sparebank, Harald Espedal has decided of his own accord to resign from the latter two board positions today.

United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: Response From Tim Parkes, Chair Of FCA's Regulatory Decisions Committee

Date 24/08/2016

The Treasury Committee publishes a response from Tim Parkes, Chairman of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC), to a request by the Committee for information on the composition of the RDC's membership, its involvement in settled cases, and entrenching demonstrable independence.