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Bats Reports Strong U.S. Equities Market Share Of 21.4% in February - Tops 70 ETFs Listed On Bats ETF Marketplace - Exchange Group Maintains Strength Across Asset Classes

Date 15/03/2016

Bats Global Markets (Bats) today reported February data. Highlights include the third-best month on record for its U.S. Equities business with 21.4% market share, as well as continued market share strength in its U.S. Options and European Equities businesses.

Amman Stock Exchange Joins United Nations Initiative For Sustainable And Transparent Capital Markets

Date 15/03/2016

The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) expressed its commitment to promoting socially and environmentally responsible business and sustainable investment by joining the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative as a Partner Exchange. ASE is the 49th stock exchange to partner with this initiative which works with capital market leaders and policymakers to create sustainable and transparent capital markets.

UK's Serious Fraud Office Closes Forex Investigation

Date 15/03/2016

The Director of the Serious Fraud Office has today closed the SFO’s investigation into allegations of fraudulent conduct in the foreign exchange market (Forex).  This decision follows a thorough and independent investigation lasting over one and a half years and involving in excess of half a million documents.

FIA Elects New Board Members At Annual Meeting

Date 15/03/2016

FIA announced the election of directors to its board at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Seven directors were elected at this meeting for one and two-year terms.

SEC Charges Operator Of Ponzi Scheme That Claimed To Offer “Bridge Loans” To Jamaican Businesses

Date 15/03/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former Boston resident with operating a $10 million Ponzi scheme that claimed to generate profits from “bridge loans” to businesses in Jamaica.

CBOE Receives Two Honors At EQDerivatives Global Equity And Volatility Derivatives Awards 2016 - CBOE Named U.S. Exchange Of The Year - VIX Weeklys Awarded Listed Product Launch Of The Year

Date 15/03/2016

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced it received two honors at the EQDerivatives Global Equity & Volatility Derivatives Awards last night in New York City -- “U.S. Exchange of the Year” and “Listed Product Launch of the Year” for CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) Weeklys futures and options.

NYSE Completes Move To A New Regulatory Approach And Announces Key Leadership Appointments

Date 15/03/2016

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges, today announced it has completed the transition of its regulatory services, along with two leadership appointments in the areas of Listings and Regulation.

CFTC Charges Two Binary Options Firms With Fraud, Illegal Off-Exchange Activity, And Operating In An Unregistered Capacity

Date 15/03/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a federal district court has unsealed a civil Complaint that the CFTC filed with the Northern District of Illinois on February 2, 2016, against two foreign web-based binary options firms, Vault Options, Ltd. (Vault) and Global Trader 365(GT 365), both Israeli web-based companies. The CFTC’s Complaint alleges that the two firms unlawfully solicited and accepted more than $1 million from at least 50 U.S. customers to trade off-exchange binary options contracts, defrauded those customers, and operated as unregistered Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs).

Singapore Index Futures Impacted By April Dividend Schedule

Date 15/03/2016

• The MSCI Singapore Index (SiMSCI) is designed to measure the performance of the large and mid-cap segments of the Singapore market,with 26 of its 28 stocks also represented by the Straits Times Index.

The Nasdaq Stock Market® Lists NextShares, The First Exchange-Traded Managed Fund - Eaton Vance And Janus Among ETF Issuers To Select Nasdaq As Primary Venue For New Listings In February

Date 15/03/2016

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ), the single largest U.S. equity exchange by market share, announced during the month of February, the Eaton Vance listing of the first NextShares™ exchange-traded managed fund, and two new enhanced beta ETFs by Janus.