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ISE Announces Appointment Of Robert Cornish As Chief Information Officer And Thomas Reina As Chief Technology Officer

Date 01/03/2016

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today announced that its Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Robert Cornish will assume the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) upon the retirement of current CIO Daniel Friel, effective April 1, 2016. Thomas Reina, currently in the position of Senior Vice President, Technology Development, will become CTO. The technology management team has been planning for over six months to ensure a seamless transition following Mr. Friel’s announcement of his retirement plans last fall.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange: February 2016

Date 01/03/2016

• Month-on-month increase in trading activity: transactions up 10%, 8.3% increase in trading turnover
• Trading turnover in the first two months: CHF 234.9 billion.
• Average trading turnover per day in the first two months: CHF 5.7 billion

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.: Rule 2.10 Announcement

Date 01/03/2016

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (“ICE”) (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, confirms, in accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"), that as of the close of business on 29 February 2016, it had 118,998,178 shares of common stock, having US$0.01 par value each, in issue and admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) US45866F1049, excluding shares of common stock held in treasury.

OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume Increased 10 Percent In February - Securities Lending Activity Up 10 Percent In February And 41 Percent Year-To-Date

Date 01/03/2016

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that total cleared contract volume in February was 338,300,969 contracts, up 10 percent from February 2015 volume of 306,531,839 contracts. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is up seven percent from 2015 with 18,209,514 contracts.

MGEX Concludes 4th-Best Month In Its History

Date 01/03/2016

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports a total volume of 247,562 from February, making it the 4th-best month in the history of the Exchange. This is also the highest February volume total of all-time, up 11 percent from the previous record set in 2011.  

Revised Lists Of The Moscow Exchange Indices Announced

Date 01/03/2016

Moscow Exchange has revised the constituent lists of the Moscow Exchange Indices as well as free floats effective from March 16 to June 15, 2016.

Vienna Stock Exchange: ATX Watchlist For February 2015

Date 01/03/2016

The watchlist is used as a basis for the admission and/or deletion of ATX stocks at the semiannual (March and September) reviews of ATX basket.

Finansinspektionen: New Methods For Banks’ Risk Weights And Capital Requirements

Date 01/03/2016

Finansinspektionen (FI) is publishing two consultation memorandums today that will raise the capital requirements primarily for exposures to corporates for banks that use the internal ratings-based approach. The increase is the result of a more conservative calculation of probability of default and the introduction of a maturity floor. FI’s new methods will be implemented in 2016.

SEC: Qualcomm Hired Relatives of Chinese Officials to Obtain Business

Date 01/03/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Qualcomm Incorporated has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by hiring relatives of Chinese government officials deciding whether to select the company’s mobile technology products amid increasing competition in the international telecommunications market.

EBA Publishes Its Annual Assessment Of EU Colleges Of Supervisors

Date 01/03/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its annual assessment of EU colleges of supervisors, the forum within which joint decisions on capital and liquidity and recovery plans are organised for EU cross border banking groups. The report assesses how colleges have functioned during 2015 and identifies key activities for the effective oversight of EU cross border banking groups in 2016. In addition, it draws the attention of supervisors to some specific items for 2016, including non-performing loans (NPLs) and balance sheet cleaning, business model sustainability, conduct risk and IT risk.